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" Root Causes: Why No Elderly Computers Yet?" Elderly Computer. 2009. Web. 22 November 2010. http://elderlycomputer.com/index.html I found this website rather interesting because of the software involved. This website talks about making a software specifically for the elderly to make it easier for them to use. It also has some articles written talking about why the elderly may have some trouble using and learning about computers. I found it so interesting because it proves a point that people are thinking about this topic. It is a big deal if there is software that is being developed specifically for the purpose to help the elderly.

"Elderly Computer Use: Issues Faced." Business and Finance. 17 May 2007. Web. 22 November 2010. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/236318/elderly_computer_use_issues_faced.html. This article talks about the issues that go along with the elderly trying to use computers. This article talks about how we should help the elderly learn how to use computers, and instruct them on the wonders of technology. This is more of a pro-help article, where some of the other articles are just condeming the fact that the senior citizens have trouble with computers, and they offer no way to help this issue. Overall this is a positive article which offers insight to the issue of senior citizens and their troubles with computers.

Simmons, Gary and Christine Evely. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." Screen Education 38 (2005): 76-83. Ebscohost. Web. 17 Nov. 2010.\n\nThis is a lesson plan for a primary school teacher for teaching Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in the classroom. The lesson suggests that you and the class watch the movie and read the book then compare the two. It also has worksheets for naming and describing characters. It also provides questions such as how did Harry change in this movie, lessons learned, etc.

Ridgeway, Jennifer, and Ellen Singleton. "Speak Up for Literacy! Integrating Presentation and Public Speaking Skills into Senior Physical Education Classes." Physical & Health Education Journal 74.3 (2008): 20-23. SPORTDiscus with Full Text. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. Almost nothing can be accomplished without proper communication. The main focus of this article is how important communication is when it comes to literacy and physical education. It explains that students should learn physical literacy and fully understand it. Another topic touched on is how speaking and presentation skills are important when it comes to literacy and physical activity. Without proper communication and presentation skills, the learning process can often be effected negatively.

Mitby A., Pauline ,Leslie L. Robison, John A. Whitton, Michael A. Zevon, Iris C. Gibbs, Jean M. Tersak, Anna T. Meadows, Marilyn Stovall, Lonnie K. Zeltzer, and Ann C. Mertens. "Utilization of special education services and educational attainment among long-term survivors of childhood cancer." Cancer 97 (2003): n. page. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. Thois article is about the connection between special educators and cancer suvivors. Studying how many of the survivors and their siblings were diagnosed with learning disibilites.Also if their disibilities have anything to do with genetics. All of the children studied were at least five years progdiagnosis.

Lorenzi, Maria , Amy J. McMillan, Linda S. Siegel, Bruno D. Zumbo, Victor Glickman, John J. Spinelli, Karen J. Goddard, Sheila L. Pritchard,Paul C. Rogers, and Mary L. McBride. "Educational outcomes among survivors of childhood cancer in British Columbia, Canada." Cancer 115 (2003): n. pag. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. The article discusses the icreased rate of cancer surviors. Which is leading to an increased rate in educational difficulities. Many of those survivors had trouble in reading specifically. This study also shows that women have a higher increased risk for learning disiblites.

Anderson, Janna, Lee Rainie. "Does Google Make Us Stupid?" Pew Research Center. 19 Feb. 2010. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. This article questions whether if the ease of internet searching and the distractions that accompany it is decreasing people's ability to concentrate. Rather than deep reading, we now simply skim and find answers quickly causing us to not really learn about the subject fully and instead we learn only about bits and pieces of it.

This article focuses on how ICT's (information and communication technologies) have transformed reading, writing, and education. Written communication has become less formal and the syntax and layout has changed. However, technology has enabled students to engage in "creative and collaborative communication." It has also enabled the practice of writing through everyday activities such as texting. The Internet, especially, and cell phones can be used to facilitate learning when incorporated creatively into the classroom.

Article talks about a 12 week study with students rangeing from 16-17 yrs old. It goes on to talk about the effects that music had on them and the comments made from the psychologist and educational researchers. Talks about how music therapy works, informs the therapeutic benifits, and talks about therapy within a school setting.

Rekrut, Martha D. "Teaching to Learn: Strategy Utilization through Peer Tutoring." JSTOR. The High School Journal 44.7 Apr.-May 1994: 304-314. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. . This article is about how not only peer tutoring is effective but so is group tutoring. It enhances the tutor and tutee both in the subject. Not only does it improve grades in the subject, but this article states that it can help with the social and pyschological aspects of the tutee. It lets the student know that they are getting one on one attention.

Spencer, Amy. "Facilitating the Academic Success of International Students." Teaching Theology & Religion 6.3 (2003): 164-168. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. This essay is about the learning challenges that International Students need to overcome in order to have successful Academic education. It also how some teachers need to adjust their teaching methods to facilitate learning by international students.helping students develop social skills that would help them in and outside the class room. it also give the reader the process that most International Students go through when they first came to the U.S. first there are the International Students adjustment with the new environment. The second is the academic issues such as language difficulties and communicating in class.

Steinman, Bernard A., B. J. LeJeune, and B. T. Kimbrough. "Developmental Stages of Reading Processes in Children Who Are Blind and Sighted." Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 100.1 (2006): 36-46. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. This article puts in contrast the development of blind or sighted children learning print and Braille in relation to Chall's stage model of reading development. Chall's stage model is a model of how one should go about learning Braille. His model is broken up into three stages. The stages are: the pre-reading stage, the middle stage, and the later stage. Then these stages are broken down into six different stages. In stages one and two children can focus on the sounds of the words themselves and stages three- five Braille readers state reading texts that have different difficulty level. This article provides detailed descriptions of all six stages and how these stages relate to a child's development when it comes to print and Braille reading.

Harber, Vicki, and Shona Schleppe. "Promoting Early Physical Literacy in Alberta." WellSpring 21.4 (2010): 1-4. SPORTDiscus with Full Text. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. A case study is focused on in this writing that revolves around the promotion and different benefits of physical literacy. This article brings up the fact that physical literacy is important for all children to learn. When it comes to physical education, learning proper skills is very important at a young age. It also talks about important benefits of physical literacy and how it is helpful.

Craig, C.J. "Family support of the emergent literacy of children with visual impairments." Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 90.3 (1996): 194. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Family involvement is important when discussing children who are visually impaired. A certain home environment is needed when it comes to teaching visually impaired children. This article tells of how reading out loud, having family outings, and encouraging independent readings can help develop blind children's literacy skills. These help the children to build and better understand stories; as well as learning to "paint pictures in their heads". Finally this article provides some suggestions to parents of children who are visually impaired. Some suggestions include: Encouraging "pretend reading and writing", designating a certain spot in the home just for reading, and learn Braille alongside their children.

Barnes, Elizabeth, et al. "Phonological Accuracy and Intelligibility in Connected Speech of Boys With Fragile X Syndrome or Down Syndrome." Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research 52.4 (2009): 1048-1061. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. This article is looking at phonological accuracy and speech intelligibility. It compares reasearch on these two areas in boys with Down Syndrome and boys with autism spectrum disorder, and then boys with both. They test each of these things at differnt age levels. This article shares the results of the study with different tables and text.

Ingraham L. Cynthia, Jean F. Andrews. "The hands and reading: What deafblind adult readers tell us." The British Journal of the Visually Impairment 28.2 (2010) : 103-138. Electronic Journal Center. Web. 3 November 2010. This article tells the story of three adults who are deaf blind and their approach to reading different types of texts. It provides analysis and interviews with each individual as they reflect on how they learned language and how to read as young children. Many deaf blind people tend to isolate themselves and remain illiterate in their home for most of their lives. However the story of these three individual is different. For them they are readers who enjoy reading for pleasure and have achieved higher levels of education because of their reading skills. These three people all used computer technology, scanners, print enlargers, and JAWS software. These people stress the importance that technology played along their journey to literacy.

Sutcliffe, Paul A., et al. "Effect of Attentional State on Frequency Discrimination: A Comparison of Children With ADHD On and Off Medication." Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research 49.5 (2006): 1072-1084. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 8 Nov. 2010. This is journal article examines the difference between children with ADHD on and off medication. The researchers ran a test that judged the children's auditory awareness. The researchers tested both kids with ADHD and kids without ADHD. The results showed that children with ADHD performed much worse without the stimulant medication than the children without ADHD. This shows that auditory awareness can directly be influenced by the attention status of children who have ADHD.

Alloway, Tracy Packiam, Susan E. Gathercole, and Julian Elliott. "Examining the link between working memory behaviour and academic attainment in children with ADHD." Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 52.7 (2010): 632-636. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. This article is a study on the difference between kids with ADHD, kids with working memory difficulties and "normal" kids without ADHD or memory difficulties and their academic attainment ability. The children tested were between about eight and ten years old. They were given standardized tests to grade their literacy and numeracy. As expected, the children with ADHD and working memory difficulties had worse scores than the "normal" children. However, the results from the test allow teachers to recognize the students at risk and get them help.

Zeigler, Donald W., Claire C. Wang. "The Neurocognitive Effects of Alcohol on Adolescents and College Students." Journal of Preventive Medicine 40 (2005): 23-32. OhioLink. Web. 8 Nov. 2010. This article is about the cognitive effects high-risk drinking has on college students. It explains how underage alcohol use is connected to brain damage and neurocognitive deficits, with implications for learning and intellectual development.

Banks, James A. "Educating Global Citizens in a Diverse World." New Horizons for Learning. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This text discusses all the necessary reasons to become involved with global and multicultural education and obtain knowledge from the different cultures, languages, religions and racial and ethnic groups. Because of the growth of cultures throughout the world, citizenship education needs to be changed in order to educate students how to function in today's interdependent society and global culture. Student's need the knowledge, attitudes and skills required to function in their cultural communities.