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Effective Use of Technology in Early Years

One of the toughest jobs that we as a team had to do was finding the most relevant, engaging and meaningful ICT resources like software, websites, apps etc for learners in Early Years (Learners aged between 3 - 5 years). Initially the process was tough and hectic, since we had to search for free apps on Google app store, interactive websites that could easily run on the android Intel tablet. These resources were then shared on the PLC (Professional Learning Community website) that was developed for the sole purpose of sharing lesson plans and resources with all concerned teachers working on the ELE (Enhanced Learning Environment) project. Once we had searched for a few apps, the next step was to install them on our android Intel 10" tablets. This was a tedious process , had to be manually done, teachers and IT support staff had to be engaged to download and install apps on almost 500 tablets to be distributed on time , in almost 9 schools.Teachers during the proce