Development of Digital Competence in Pre-School Education

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Video Resources

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Router-Switch.com. A Brief History of the Internet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtniqEMweO8

EuroNews. Tales and tech to kindle love of books in kindergarten kids at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w5GzkcCFf8

Idaho STEM Action Center. Integrating Technology into a Preschool Classroom at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYoCfBA9Xpc

Lakeside Science and Technology Park. Lakeside IT Curriculum – The digital kindergarten at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CFpzZK_Tcc

Stockholms Universitet. The use of digital tablets in today´s preschool at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLyQx6fHMK8

Online Safety Episodes with Sango for Kids. https://www.itu-cop-guidelines.com/children

GKTechies (2020). Kindergarten and First Grade Internet Safety. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU2cxv8akC4 (5.48 min)

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The List Show TV. How to Help Kids Start a Digital Detox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SzyHkdkVtY

 

 

Digital Content Creation Platforms

Actionbound with a tutorial

BBC Games for Kids https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/collections/primary-games/1

Bingo Baker

bit.studio

Calaméo with a tutorial.

Canva

Chrome Music Lab with a tutorial.

FlexClip with a tutorial

Genially with a tutorial.

iPiccy with a tutorial

Jeopardy Labs

Kahoot

LearningApps

MyAdvent

National Geographic Games for Kids https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/games/

Padlet with a tutorial.

PIXABAY

Scroobly

Storyjumper

Wheel of Names with a tutorial.

Wordwall with a video.

 

 
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