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Results Matter Video Library - iPads in Early Childhood
We wish to thank the families and early childhood education teams who have partnered with us to create the videos in the Results Matter Video Library. CDE produces these videos for professional development activities and obtains voluntary written permission from all parties who appear in these video clips.
How to Access the Videos
You can watch the clips online as they are embedded on the webpage or open them in YouTube. You have the option to download the videos for use in professional development activities. To download the .mp4 file, select the Download Video link located next to each video.
- Open the video file in your browser by clicking on the link
- Select the three dots on the lower right corner of the video for the option to download
Limitations on Video Use
- You may not use any of the videos on this site for commercial purposes.
- You may not edit, alter, transform or build upon any of the videos on this site.
- You may not download and re-upload a video file on this site to any website. However, you may use the YouTube share option to link to or embed the video on another website.
NOTICE
These videos were produced and posted to this website with voluntary written permission from all parties who appear in the videos including program staff, volunteers and parents/guardians on their own behalf and that of their children.
These videos are NOT extracted in any form from child assessment records but rather were produced by CDE for professional development activities.
For more information about the video library, please contact:
- Marcia Blum, Preschool Special Education Specialist - Email Marcia Blum
Video Categories
(Click on a category below to view a list of videos)
Clips for Practicing Observation, Documentation and Assessment Skills
(View Only Practice Clips in Spanish)
These clips were developed to be used in professional development activities to give early care and education providers an opportunity to practice observation and documentation skills.
Using Technology to Enhance Instruction and Family Engagement (Runtime: 9:44)
This video illustrates how a preschool teacher uses a variety of technologies, including computers, iPads, iPods, a Promethean Board, and a media sharing site, to enhance instruction for children and engage their families.
Teaming on the Use of the GOLD® Documentation App (Runtime: 5:31)
This video demonstrates how three team members of a preschool classroom work together to use the TS GOLD® Documentation App to document children's learning.
Using the GOLD® Documentation App to Better Understand Children's Communication (Runtime: 3:23)
This video demonstrates how a preschool teacher uses the audio recording function of the GOLD® Documentation App to capture language samples to that document children's language development.
First Look-Teaching Strategies GOLD® Documentation App (Runtime: 5:45)
This video demonstrates the functions of the Teaching Strategies GOLD® Documentation App for iPads, iPod Touches, and iPhones that was released during the week of November 5, 2012.
Using iPads to Enhance Preschool Speech and Language Services (Runtime: 10:48)
This video describes and illustrates a number of ways that speech and language pathologists are using iPads to enhance their work with preschoolers at Adams County School District 50.
Ricky, Lilly, and Emiliano Play with an iPad (Runtime: 4:20)
Ricky, Lilly, and Emiliano demonstrate a variety of social, communication and iPad-related skills during choice time at preschool.
Using iPads at Thompson Early Childhood (Runtime: 12:13)
This video documents how the Thompson School District in Loveland, Colorado introduced the use of iPads throughout their early learning programs and how teachers and therapists used them one month later.
Using iPads at Thompson Early Learning One Year Later (Runtime: 10:08)
This video revisits the iPad program at Thompson Early Learning one year after it was rolled out and illustrates how early childhood educator's use of iPads evolved over the course of a year.
Using iPads to Illustrate Problem Solving Strategies (Runtime: 3:08)
This video illustrates how preschool teacher Ashley Hamand creatively uses the iPad to enable children to illustrate problem-solving strategies from the Pyramid Model for one another.
Learning with iPads at Adams50 (Runtime: 6:35)
Preschool teacher Holly Williams describes the benefits of using iPads during choice time with children in her class
Lucy's iPad (Runtime: 4:54)
Bonnie Swing describes how valuable the iPad has been for her daughter Lucy and her entire family.
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