Peer Feedback Erika

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Feedback for Erika's reflections

Reflection One

I just loved the photograph and your transcript of the two boys talking in this reflection.  It reminded me of the mitre 10 advertisement on television with the two kiwi boys asking an Australian boy to help them out over the weekend.

Both boys were really engaging in their use of tools and collaborating together in their building on the carpentry table.  I like that the two boys were outside engaging in low technology use, it seems maybe the age could have had a part in this.  It's nice to see children outside in the natural environment whilst technology has become such a big part of early childhood education sometimes we forget that there are many other types of technologies.  Do these boys engage in high technology use, or are they still quite young that they prefer to use low technologies, I wonder?

They certainly were totally absorbed in what they were doing with the hammer and saw, working proactively leading their own experience.  As I look at the photograph of the two boys I can see that they have built a good relationship together and trusted each other in what they were trying to achieve.


Reflection Two

Erika, I can relate to this reflection really well as in my kindergarten they also still use a stereo system that is played daily at the request of the children, maybe not Katy Perry but certainly a lot of Irish music.

I agree, about using the correct words to access technology terms.  This creates a better understanding of what the technology is that children are using and how it functions.  As Smorti states "technology is about helping people and solving problems" (Smorti, 1999).  This is exactly what the children in your centre are doing, they want to dance so by having you put the stereo on, solves there problem.  They want to dance, dance and dance some more, through the use of high technology to express their feelings through music.

What next?  As you've mentioned what will the children say when music needs to be played through the use of an ipad?  I don't think it will make much difference where the music comes from as long as they can still hear it and able to dance along with it.