Computerized voice: Click the triangle. Triangle.
Interviewer: Advancing that knowledge also means bringing technology into the equation. Building Blocks incorporates the use of technology in the classroom. Why?
Dr. Sarama: It offers the advantage of giving one more environment in order to work with the concepts we're talking about. So, yes, we want children counting stairs, we want them counting blocks, we want them counting each other, we want them counting everything. Being on the computer and counting the things on the screen is just one more environment, and we can structure the technology-- and this is very important--to support children's counting wherever they are developmentally.
This video is part of the Interactive Media in Early Learning module, one of several in the EarlyEdU Alliance Learning Modules series.
