Interesting Use of Technology for Preschool

I was in a pre-school classroom yesterday afternoon and was interested in watching these students use technology.

First of all, I was unhappy with where the computer was placed in the classroom. It was against a wall that  was in the middle of the classroom facing out. So, when one student was on the computer, the whole class could turn in the direction of the computer and watch the screen. I saw this as a huge distraction and would change the position of the computer if I was the instructor of the class.

On a brighter note, I really liked the lesson on the computer that day I went. It was a PowerPoint that would first display a word, have the student listen to the proper pronunciation (there is a button to say it in Spanish too because it is a dual language school) and the next slide would be a picture of the word. I liked this lesson because it is independently done and the student can hear the word said in two languages as many times as they like by just clicking a button. While they hear it, they also see the word in text. The students enjoyed looking at the pictures too because the pictures where very large and also very good quality.