ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the possibilities and potential of digital technologies for rethinking learning in the early years. Digital cameras provide portable, accessible technology with which young children can engage for early years learning. The chapter also focuses on ‘digital technologies’, which ‘refer to the everevolving suite of digital software, hardware and architecture used in learning and teaching in the school, the home and beyond both home and school environments’. The concept of the networked school community provides a response to the technology trends and critical challenges posed by the NMC Horizon Report 2011: K–12 Edition. The method of using a digital camera in the early years classroom evolved over time. Through the camera as an active digital technology device, others were invited into the world of the children, allowing for the recognition of the significant contribution the children could make to an understanding of learning, teaching and pedagogy.
