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ERIC Number: EJ602112
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1082-3301
Web Sites Provide Unique Learning Opportunities for Young Children. Computers and Young Children.
Gerzog, Elissa H.; Haugland, Susan W.
Early Childhood Education Journal, v27 n2 p109-14 Win 1999
Notes that the Internet can offer young children developmentally appropriate learning opportunities. Details four categories of opportunities: (1) information gathering, research and virtual field trips; (2) global communication; (3) publishing; and (4) interactive sites. Provides guidelines for site selection, notes concerns regarding children's Internet exposure, and suggests Web sites for early childhood educators. (LBT)
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Opportunities, Emergent Literacy, Internet, Online Searching, Problem Solving, Research Skills, User Needs (Information), World Wide Web, Young Children
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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