Part 1 Theory

Chapter 1: Future Society and Education Paradigm Changes
1.
The Digital Transformation Era and Education 16
2.
25 Early Childhood Education in the Digital Transformation Era and the Future

Chapter 2: Digital Competencies in Young Children
1.
The Importance and Concept of Learner Digital Competence 37
2.
Digital Competencies in Young Children 45
3.
55 Ways to Strengthen Young Children's Digital Competency
4.
Digital Competency Program for Children 67

Chapter 3: Digital Competencies of Early Childhood Teachers
1.
Digital Competencies for Early Childhood Teachers 85
2.
Digital Pedagogy 100
3.
Digital Divide 103
4.
Strengthening the Digital Capabilities of Early Childhood Teachers 106

Chapter 4 Digital Environment and Digital Play
1.
Young Children's Learning in a Digital Environment 115
2.
Evolution to Digital Play 131

Reference 148

Part 2: The Real Story

Digital Stories in the First Classroom: Health, Fun, and More! Let's go to the exciting digital playground!
01 Our Expectations 160
Open Thought 161
02 Our Knowledge 164
Lesson 1) Become a butterfly and fly through the forest 165
Lesson 2) The classroom has been transformed into an auditorium! 174
Lesson 3) Have fun exercising with Scroobly! 178
Lesson 4) I Protect My Home's Safety! 184
03 Our Challenge
Challenge 1) Expanding the Play with Mirroring: AnyDesk 191
Challenge 2) Adding Fun to Physical Activity with a Virtual Background: Chroma Key 198
Challenge 3) Adding Imagination to Physical Activity with Mixed Reality: Paint 3D 204
Challenge 4) Meet a Playmate in Augmented Reality: Scroobly 214

Digital Stories in the Second Classroom: Stories of Me, You, and Us Together
01 Our Expectations 226
Open Thought 227
02 Our Knowledge 230
Lesson 1) When was I born? 231
Lesson 2) I want to show my friends my facial expressions! 236
Lesson 3) Who is this guy? 240
Lesson 4) Playing Hospital with the Doctor 244
Learning 5) A Digital World Journey with Friends 249
Lesson 6) Our Voice for the Earth 255
03 Our Challenge 264
Challenge 1) A platform for diverse communication-based activities: Padlet 265
Challenge 2) A Virtual World Tour with a Digital Globe: Google Earth 280