Early Childhood Laboratory School

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