Infusing Technology into Early Childhood Education and Professional Development: A Learning Community Approach

Technology has become a critical tool in all facets of living and learning. Early childhood education is one area where technology is still not used on a daily basis and is considered by many as inappropriate. In this research, we created a learning community and provided them with technology training to not only use in their early childhood classrooms, but also to empower to take online courses to advance professionally. The data shows that after participating in the technology training, participants: felt more empowered, comfortable in using technology overall and participating in distance/online learning.