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Early Childhood Laboratory School

Early Childhood Laboratory School. History of Lab School. UMass – Land Grant Institution The Lab School – Train women in domestic tasks School of Constructive Play – 1970s. Dotty Meyer Joins ECLS Staff. Preschool Teacher and Faculty Facilitator of Student Teachers

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Early Childhood Laboratory School

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  1. Early Childhood Laboratory School

  2. History of Lab School • UMass – Land Grant Institution • The Lab School – Train women in domestic tasks • School of Constructive Play – 1970s

  3. Dotty Meyer Joins ECLS Staff • Preschool Teacher and Faculty Facilitator of Student Teachers • Infant/Toddler and Preschool Program • Technology in 1988 – observation booths

  4. Reggio Approach • 1991 – Newsweek proclaims best, most Innovative Preschools in the world are in Reggio Emelia, Italy • 1992 - Dotty Meyer becomes Director of ECLS • 1992 – Teacher, from Reggio Emelia, is hired to teach at ECLS

  5. Change Efforts Initiated • Reggio Influence • New Standards mandated at State Level • Purchased two 35 mm cameras, wanted to buy video camera

  6. “Atelierista” Joins ECLS Staff • Jane Broderick Independent Study – Atelierista - 1999 • T.A. – Documentarian • Start using video cameras and video printer • Purchased IMac

  7. Entering Cyberspace • Spring 2000 – ECLS is given permission to open a web site • http://www.umass.edu/preschool

  8. New Technology Introduced • IMac with IMovie • Digital Video Cameras • Digital Editing • “Videographer”

  9. Teachers Posting on the Web • Student teachers create documentation panels and post them on the ECLS website

  10. Parents/Teachers Respond to New Technology • Survey of parents • Survey of student teachers • Responses to video cameras, documentation panels and web site

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