Chapter 1: The Digital Transformation Era and Early Childhood Education

1.
Living in a new era where imagination becomes reality
1) Intelligent information society through digital transformation
2) Talking about future education

2.
Future-Oriented Early Childhood Education: Play Meets Digital
1) The digital transformation era and future-oriented curriculum
2) Direction of future curriculum
3) EdTech Play Story
4) Digital-based play environment
5) Developing digital competencies in early childhood education teachers

Chapter 2: Playing Digital Games

① Digital play using AI cameras and AI speakers
: A smart camera that follows me, and conversations I share with AI speakers.
1.
This is Talent Broadcasting Station
2.
Virtual Background Role Play
3.
Hey, Clover! Welcome~
4.
Music Box Play
5.
Tell me about fine dust
② Digital play using coding robots: Play with robot friends
6.
Self-driving car play
7.
Paper cup play with M-Tiny
8.
Let's practice carbon neutrality
9.
Color Jump
10.
Delivery Play
11.
Obstacle avoidance game
12.
Maze game
③ Digital play using AI content: Play online
13.
Save the Fish (AI for Oceans)
14.
Museum Play (Google Arts & Culture)
15.
Playing an instrument with artificial intelligence (AI Duet)
16.
Find your neighborhood with satellite maps (Google Earth, Naver Map)
17.
AI designer (Auto draw)
18.
AI, guess my drawing (Quick draw)
19.
Let's travel the world (Google Earth)
20.
Digital Book Creation Game (BookTraps, Book Creator)
21.
Follow me! (Scroobly)
22.
Akinator
23.
Match the shape (Jamboard)
④ Digital play using mirroring: Play together while looking at each other like a mirror.
24.
Idol play
25.
Performance play
⑤ Digital play using augmented reality (AR): The pictures move!
26.
Augmented reality play
27.
Palace Play
⑥ Digital play using virtual reality (VR): You can’t touch it, but you can see it!
28.
The Amazing Universe
29.
A playground that makes you feel good
⑦ Unplugged Play: Play without a computer
30.
Drawing with data
31.
What is an algorithm?
32.
Let's become artificial intelligence
⑧ Digital play using online platforms: Playing separately but together
33.
I am Dr. Ant
34.
Forest Band Online Concert
35.
I'm curious about elementary school
36.
Digital play materials we create
⑨ Other: You can play like this too
37.
Making a Bag Hook (3D Pen)
38.
Make My Hand (3D Pen)
39.
Robot Exhibition (3D Pen)
40.
Observe with a digital microscope (digital microscope)
41.
Movie theater play (using PPT)
42.
I am a video producer (using the VLLO app)

Chapter 3: Communicating Digitally: Family-Linked Activities

1.
Communicating with 'Classting'
2.
Connect with YouTube
3. Communicate through social media
4. Communicate with QR codes

Chapter 4: How to Use Digital Play

1. AI for Oceans
2. AI Duet
3.
Google Earth
4.
Scroobly
5.
Auto draw
6.
Quick draw
7.
Akinator
8. VLLO
9.
Padlet
10.
Google Arts & Culture
11.
Book Creator
12.
BookTraps
13. SNOW
14.
Naver Smart Lens
15.
Jamboard
16.
digital microscope
17.
Mentimeter

“The creation of new things is achieved not through intelligence, but through the instinct to play driven by inner need.
“Creative people love to play with what they love.”
_Carl Gustav Jung

In 2016, the Go match between AlphaGo and Lee Sedol, 9th dan, was an event that sparked explosive interest and influence in artificial intelligence worldwide.
Countless people have witnessed the capabilities of artificial intelligence surpassing those of humans, experiencing a sense of wonder at the "capabilities of artificial intelligence." Meanwhile, research into the scope and limitations of what artificial intelligence can do has led to a redefinition of the talent needed for future society.
While there have been significant changes in the years since COVID-19, there is no doubt that the future society in which today's children will grow into adults will be transformed beyond our current understanding.
What kind of education is appropriate for the young children who will become the leaders of tomorrow's society? And what skills do the early childhood educators responsible for their education need to teach these future leaders? Will they be able to teach them effectively? Numerous questions have arisen.
To answer these questions, this book, “Digital Play in the Classroom: The More You Know, the More Fun It Gets,” was published.

Digital Native Toddlers and Teachers Needing Digital Competency Enhancement

The use of digital media is very natural in the lives of infants who are surrounded by a digital environment from birth.
Of course, there are concerns about the negative effects of excessive digital device immersion in early childhood, but young children who have already sensorily accepted digital technology and have used various digital toys, including smartphones, as part of their daily lives are digital natives.
In contrast, teachers who teach them are in a situation where they have to relearn digital devices that children have naturally accepted through learning.
There may be individual differences in accepting digital devices, but it may be slower and more difficult for children to accept them compared to infants.
Moreover, considering that new programs and devices are released every day, teachers are at an even greater disadvantage.
To alleviate the burden on these teachers, the book "Digital Play in the Classroom: The More You Know, the More Fun It Be," which contains theories and practical examples of digital-based play support, was published.


Until the publication of "Digital Play in the Classroom: The More You Know, the More Fun It Gets"

This book focuses on the operational case of the 'Future-oriented Curriculum' implemented at Incheon Talent University Kindergarten from 2021 to 2022.
In line with Incheon Talent University's 'AI Frontier Policy' to respond to the changes of the 4th Industrial Revolution era in 2020, we first attempted to operate an 'AI-leading kindergarten that fosters the capabilities of future talents', and from 2021 to 2022, we were selected as a 'Future-oriented curriculum pilot kindergarten' by the Ministry of Education.
Afterwards, we operated a future-oriented pilot kindergarten under the theme of “Operating a child-centered, play-centered smart kindergarten using AI and online content,” and published the results containing the play cases and know-how acquired there.


The Use of "Digital Play in the Classroom: The More You Learn, the More Fun It Gets" in Early Childhood Education

This book was written with the mindset of building a house by laying bricks one by one, starting from small things, so that teachers who are new to digital play support can more easily approach, understand, and utilize it. It will be a good guide for teachers who are trying to support young children's digital play for the first time.
Furthermore, case studies of child-led play flows based on edutech play based on a child-centered and play-centered curriculum will help cultivate the digital play support capabilities of teachers in the field, and will also establish a new awareness among teachers regarding the necessity of digital competency and digital literacy education for young children.