Tuicheeva I.L., Gornizkaya O.N., Korkina A.U. Preschool childhood in the world of ICT

Tuicheeva I.L., Gornizkaya O.N., Korkina A.U. Preschool childhood in the world of ICT // Preschool Education Today. 2010, Issue 5 - p. 38-45.

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2010, 5

Alla Yu. Korkina
Psychologist, head of preschool and early school department of “Noviy Disk” company (Moscow, Russia)

Olga N. Gornizkaya
Head of structural subdivision #2528 (Moscow, Russia)

Irina L. Tuicheeva
Head of preschool establishment #2558 (Moscow, Russia)

Abstract

At the UNESCO World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education held in Moscow a special event “Recognizing the potential of ICT in early childhood education” was organized by the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE). This event was opened by professor of Comenius University (Slovak Republic) Ivan Kalash. His analytical review of information and communication technologies in preschool education covered different aspects of the issue discovered in Brazil, Chile, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Hungary, Norway, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia. The report was based on practical experience in preschools, including kindergartens in Moscow. The article provides an overview of the experience gained by Moscow preschool establishments in the field of ICT. On the basis of Moscow preschool establishment #2528 “Noviy Disc” company has developed multimedia complexes “Dreamers. Magic Designer”and “Dreamers. MULTIcreativity”, which were first presented at the international exhibition “BETT SHOW” in London in 2009 and 2010, as well as at the international congress “Global Education - Education without Borders” in 2009.