2. Early Childhood Laboratory School

3. History of Lab School UMass – Land Grant Institution The Lab School – Train women in domestic tasks School of Constructive Play – 1970s

4. Dotty Meyer Joins ECLS Staff Preschool Teacher and Faculty Facilitator of Student Teachers Infant/Toddler and Preschool Program Technology in 1988 – observation booths

5. Reggio Approach 1991 – Newsweek proclaims best, most Innovative Preschools in the world are in Reggio Emelia, Italy 1992 - Dotty Meyer becomes Director of ECLS 1992 – Teacher, from Reggio Emelia, is hired to teach at ECLS

6. Change Efforts Initiated Reggio Influence New Standards mandated at State Level Purchased two 35 mm cameras, wanted to buy video camera

7. “Atelierista” Joins ECLS Staff Jane Broderick Independent Study – Atelierista - 1999 T.A. – Documentarian Start using video cameras and video printer Purchased IMac

8. Entering Cyberspace Spring 2000 – ECLS is given permission to open a web site http://www.umass.edu /preschoolhttp://www.umass.edu /preschool

9. New Technology Introduced IMac with IMovie Digital Video Cameras Digital Editing “Videographer”

10. Teachers Posting on the Web Student teachers create documentation panels and post them on the ECLS website

11. Parents/Teachers Respond to New Technology Survey of parents Survey of student teachers Responses to video cameras, documentation panels and web site