wow-inequalities/02-data/intermediate/wos_sample/4cd0485f1eb31e2d11f849dc7ff20ebd-mayoral-p.-and-flor/info.yaml

abstract: 'The term App is a short way to name the ``application{''''} in singular

  and plural. The following paper based upon a teachers log, summarizes

  some of the most important experiences a group of teachers faced

  previous, during and while using iPad applications to stimulate kids,

  from 45 days to 4 years old. Based on a timeline we introduce both the

  enthusiastic experience and the scientific perspective, only with the

  objectivity and the theoretical frame to support the paper, but in a

  storytelling way, to take the readers with us in a journey that helps

  them visualize the experience, closer to the feelings but not so far

  from the objectivity of the science. From Apps designed to provide

  infants with essential stimulation during early stages of development to

  Apps that help teachers to facilitate the reading and writing process at

  the time they enjoy and explore the technology in a friendly and natural

  way. As a result of our research project, we found that some apps are

  based on decades of research and beautifully designed, they were planned

  to provide as much stimulation as possible, some of them use bold,

  high-contrast symbols, shapes, patterns, and captivating sounds, proven

  to be preferred by infants. We decided to use apps as teaching aids and

  we chose those with a higher level of stimulation in the areas of

  cognitive and motor development, but with impressive potential to

  provide with significant visual tracking, scanning, and object

  permanence, the aim was considered in two main ways, using English as a

  communication channel and technology that speeds myelination of brain

  cells. On the other hand, the term `early intervention'' designates

  educational and neuro-protection strategies aimed at enhancing brain

  development. Using technology as one of these strategies increases both

  the teaching experience for the teachers in charge of the early

  stimulation, as well as the learning experience for babies. Early

  educational strategies seek to take advantage of cerebral plasticity,

  according to the experts, from the born day to the age of seven,

  represent the most adequate and important period to generate as much

  neuro-connections as possible. In our experience we have observed that

  kids respond naturally and friendly to the chosen apps as teaching aids

  to present vocabulary, to practice hand writing, to read stories and to

  have fun at the time they practice math, sciences and other skills.

  Early stimulation programs were first devised in the United States for

  vulnerable children in low-income families; positive effects were

  recorded regarding school failure rates and social problems. In the

  language learning area, we decided to put in practice a stimulation

  program in the University of Colima''s Baby Day Care Department BDCD

  (Estancias Infantiles in Spanish). The institution attends the kids of

  every woman that works for the University. It is organized in rooms that

  keep the kids in periods of 6 months, the first three years and twelve

  months for the last year they spend at the BDCD. The class took place

  two days a week for each room in sessions of 30 minutes a day. The

  results so far shows positive results, from the day we began to now we

  had a great amount of significant experiences we would like to share in

  a full paper, as well as in the presentation.'
affiliation: Mayoral, P.; Flores, E.; Gonzalez, J.; Sebire, R., Univ Colima, Mexico
  City, DF, Mexico.
author: Mayoral, P. and Flores, E. and Gonzalez, J. and Sebire, R.
author-email: 'pett30@gmail.com

  florese@ucol.mx

  jmgfreire@ucol.mx

  raphael\_elie@hotmail.com'
author_list:
- family: Mayoral
  given: P.
- family: Flores
  given: E.
- family: Gonzalez
  given: J.
- family: Sebire
  given: R.
booktitle: 'EDULEARN12: 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION AND NEW LEARNING

  TECHNOLOGIES'
da: '2023-09-28'
editor: Chova, LG and Torres, IC and Martinez, AL
files: []
isbn: 978-84-695-3491-5
issn: 2340-1117
keywords: Early stimulation; foreign languages; iPad applications
language: English
note: '4th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies

  (EDULEARN), Barcelona, SPAIN, JUL 02-04, 2012'
number-of-cited-references: '6'
orcid-numbers: 'González Freire, José Manuel/0000-0003-0823-9676

  sebire, raphael/0000-0003-2803-7203

  Valdivia, Pedro José Mayoral/0000-0001-7145-354X'
pages: 3450-3459
papis_id: 225332eba64ec9ec37228d280d944ac8
ref: Mayoral2012babiesusing
researcherid-numbers: 'González Freire, José Manuel/H-7477-2017

  sebire, raphael/GLV-1466-2022

  Valdivia, Pedro José Mayoral/B-5194-2018'
series: EDULEARN Proceedings
times-cited: '1'
title: BABIES USING IPAD APPS IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE-LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
type: proceedings
unique-id: WOS:000326239303071
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '11'
web-of-science-categories: Education \& Educational Research
year: '2012'