At RAINTREE International School Cambodia, we acknowledge the important of ICT in our day to day life. The benefits of ICT in early years education go far beyond establishing the place of computers in day-to-day life. A growing proportion of fine motor skills can be developed using computer-based movements that require hand-eye coordination, such as moving a mouse around while following a cursor on a screen. At this early stage in a child’s development, there is a close two-way relationship between self-confidence and the acquisition of new skills. Learning any new skill will boost the child’s confidence in the school environment, while this confidence will in turn allow them to pick up basic ICT skills much more quickly.
Another key role of ICT in early years education is to accurately reflect the world outside a primary school’s walls. Computers are inextricably woven into the future that children will occupy, so positioning them at the heart of education is not only an obvious decision but a responsible one.
