How can we tell our children not to take candy from strangers and to only interact with people we trust, but then turn around and educate them with un-tested technology apps, media and content that are not based on evidence, created by experts and not running on hardware developed for schools? [...] Read more »
A big thank you to everyone who attended our webinar on Social Emotional Learning, facilitated by Dr. Kate Zinsser. Dr. Zinsser has gotten back to us with some of the questions posed during the webinar. We appreciate all your thoughtful questions and we”ll see you again next time! “Plays Nice with [...] Read more »
The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention informs us that 1 in 88 American children are identified as on the autism spectrum and along with that substantial spike comes an increased need to obliterate myths and mistruths about autism, so whether you are an educator, a parent, a news [...] Read more »
By: Dr. Dale McManis, Research Director, Hatch Early Learning We can’t believe we are wrapping up our Spring 2013 Expert Webinar Series here at Hatch! We are bringing you a fascinating final webinar on May 16th at 2 pm ET entitled “Empowering Young Minds Through Signs”, presented by Dawn Braa, [...] Read more »
By: Nancy Slagle, Hatch Product Development Graphic Artist Psychosocial Moratorium principle — learners can take risks in a space where real world consequences are lowered. —James Paul Gee, What Video Games Have to Teach About Learning and Literacy This chick shown in the fictional game image above began a quest [...] Read more »
By Dr. Dale McManis, Research Director at Hatch Early Learning We are very much looking forward to the April 25th Hatch Webinar -“Plays Nice with Others”: How Educators Can Best Support Social Emotional Learning in Young Children. Dr. Zinsser was kind enough to give us some insight into her area [...] Read more »
By: Ginny Norton, President, Hatch Early Learning President Obama recently visited College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center in Decatur, Georgia and hailed the school as a model for Pre-K success. Coincidentally, the school that the President visited uses Hatch technology! He urged other states to emulate Georgia’s model to create [...] Read more »
By: Amy Katz, Teacher & Hatch Blog Contributor Character building is (or should be) an important part of the early learning classroom. Helping children understand the importance of sharing and acceptance and of being kind, generous, honest, patient, cooperative, respectful and responsible sounds like it should be a simple task. [...] Read more »
As an extension of the session, “Teachable Moments with Technology” (hosted on March 7th), I have taken the liberty of combining a few excellent questions from our time together! Several attendees asked questions about when it is appropriate (age-wise) to introduce young learners to technology. In addition, many have asked whether or [...] Read more »
By: Nancy Slagle, Hatch Product Development Graphic Artist The learner gets ample opportunity to operate within, but at the outer edge of his or her resources, so that at those points things are felt as challenging but not impossible. —James Paul Gee, What Video Games Have to Teach Us About [...] Read more »
By: Content Expert Jenne Parks Upon receiving a first-year kindergarten teaching assignment, my parents gave me Jim Trelease’s Read Aloud Handbook and insisted I read it, cover-to-cover. Although I do not recall the specifics of the ensuing conversation, I presume I argued that as an avid, lifelong reader, I would not need help [...] Read more »