Read this scenario:
Scenario: You are a new teacher in a pre-K classroom. Your center has six new digital cameras and two new iPads, and each classroom has just been given a website. You decide to explore new technology tools to observe and document students in your class during dramatic play. You sit down to create an observation strategy, considering what technology is best suited to observing dramatic play. (2022 Cengage Learning)
In writing your paper, include complete responses to the following three prompts:
1. Describe a dramatic-play activity and two types of assessments, their purposes, and their associated methods and tools. Tell which assessment tool you would use for the activity and why. (NAEYC Standard 3b)
2. Describe the professional communication skills, including technology-mediated strategies, you would use to effectively support young children’s learning and development and to work with families and colleagues. (NAEYC Standard 6c)
3. Describe how you would use the knowledge gained from the assessment of the dramatic play activity to make evidence-based decisions that support each child. (NAEYC Standard 1d)