App characteristics guide for ICT integration in early childhood education: an experience analysis

Abstract

In the early childhood setting, introducing appropriate technologies and providing the skills, knowledge and techniques to enhance children's learning is very important. This paper proposes an application (app) characteristics guide in the design and development of apps that support ICT integration in early childhood teaching. It also presents the experiences of using existing apps that satisfy the identified app characteristics that enable children to communicate, play and learn. Finally, it presents observations on how well these apps are integrated into early childhood teaching.