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The Center for Early Childhood Education is pleased to release Involving Families, an educational video that discusses the importance of building strong, trusting relationships with families. The video features Jamie Klein, Director of Eastern's Child and Family Development Resource Center, describing strategies for early childhood teachers and administrators to engage families in program activities and in extending learning at home.

The video is the third in the e-clips series of educational videos for early childhood professionals. Each e-clip features an expert describing how early childhood professionals can use the latest research to enhance children's learning, and includes video footage from Eastern's preschool classrooms. Supplementing each e-clip are suggested readings, additional on-line resources, and discussion questions to support conversations within instructional teams or in staff meetings.

To view Involving Families and to access the supplemental materials, go to: http://www.easternct.edu/cece/e-clips_involving_families.html.

The Center for Early Childhood Education is pleased to release Introducing Technology to Young Children, an educational video that explores the role computers can play in teaching young children. The video features two prominent scholars in the field of technology in early childhood: Dr. Sudha Swaminathan of Eastern Connecticut State University and Dr. Douglas Clements of the University at Buffalo. The two scholars discuss how computers can help young children make the connection between concrete concepts and more abstract ideas, and how teachers can successfully integrate computers in their classroom curriculum.

The video is the second in the e-clips series of educational videos for early childhood professionals. Each e-clip features an expert describing how early childhood professionals can use the latest research to enhance children's learning and includes video footage from preschool classrooms. Supplementing each e-clip are suggested readings, additional on-line resources, and discussion questions to support conversations within instructional teams or in staff meetings.

To view Introducing Technology and to access the supplemental materials, go to: http://www.easternct.edu/cece/e-clips_Technology.htm.

The Center for Early Childhood Education is pleased to announce the e-clips project, an effort to provide early childhood professionals with tips and ideas they can implement in their own classrooms. e-clips are brief professional development videos that teachers and child care providers can access electronically from the Center's website. Educators can elect to receive email notification of new e-clip releases.

Each e-clip features an expert describing how early childhood professionals can use the latest research to enhance children's learning. Interviews with classroom teachers and footage from preschool classrooms illustrate how educators can put theory into practice and capture authentic early childhood classroom experiences. Supplementing each ­e-clip are suggested readings, additional on-line resources, and discussion questions to support conversations within instructional teams or in staff meetings.

How to Use e-clips

While many early childhood professionals will view and reflect on ideas presented in e-clips independently, the Center encourages educators to view e-clips in a group setting, such as in a staff meeting or during classroom planning periods. The video clips are designed to support educators in reflecting on their current teaching practices and in imagining possible changes they can make in their classrooms to implement research-based strategies.

e-clip #1: Five Predictors of Early Literacy

  The first e-clip features Dr. Theresa Bouley, and expert on early childhood language and literacy at Eastern Connecticut State University. To view the clip and access supplemental materials, go to http://www.easternct.edu/cece/e-clips_LiteracyPredictors.htm. Viewers are encouraged to provide feedback on the video by clicking on the feedback link directly below the video.

The Center for Early Childhood Education is proud to announce the completion of its first interactive training CD. Guiding Young Children's Behavior is the first video-based training curriculum from Project Navigate, an Eastern distance learning initiative supported by the U.S. Department of Defense. The Center's training CDs provide current and future early childhood professionals with tools and strategies for improving care and education practices. Watch a video about the Center's training CDs.