Welcome Back

Since starting this blog several years ago my life has taken on a few changes, nonetheless, my views regarding the importance of early childhood technology education have not wavered. In fact, they have gotten even stronger than ever.

In the fall of 2012, I was blessed with my 1st grandchild and he is amazing. I doubt anyone who knows me will be surprised to hear one of the 1st gifts my grandson received was an iPad. In fact, the iPad was a shower present from my son…. DGS was still in utero at the time.

You might say, the Apple (literally and figuratively) doesn't fall far from the tree. :)

Over the last couple years, I have watched this newest member of our family connect his physical world and his digital world in ways I could never have imagined. One of the most mind boggling examples of this, is DGS (dear grandson) can identify all of his ABCs and he is not yet two years old. Previously, this ability might have been classified as some form of hyperlexia, but I assure you DGS is quite the social butterfly. I have seen many, many other examples of these technology learning shifts in my DGS that I cannot recall seeing when my own children were little, and I hope to share some of these future posts.


For now, I wanted to take a moment to reconnect with those who have followed my journey since the start and welcome those who are just joining me.


My goals are to still share the great apps I come across, but I feel the need augment my reviews and share my experiences; how I see technology may be shaping the minds of the youngest of learners. Additionally, I have invited others to share their experiences of how they see technology shaping the early childhood learning environment. I promise it will be an exciting journey and I hope you will share it with me.


Thank you,

Keri

Monday, February 7, 2011

App Review: The Monster at the End of the Book

The Monster at the End of the Book by Sesame Street, in partnership with Callaway Digital Arts, is a stunning example of what an interactive book should be. I originally chose this app because the book is a family favorite. As young children, this was one of the high request read-to-me story books among all four of my children. The digitalized interactive version of this family favorite is impressive. Grover is nicely animated and he encourages the reader to explore the interactibles on each page. The only drawback I found was some of the pages took longer than expected to load. The premise of the story is Grover does not want to get to the end of the book because he is afraid of monsters. Grover pleads with the reader to not get any closer to the end of the book, only to find out he is the monster at the end. Children of all ages will enjoy tapping on bricks and knots while they giggle their way through this digital treat.

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