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A film on OhioLINK. How could a child be a top math student yet not be able to read? Why can another child read well but not be able to write a paragraph that makes sense? While watching children being taught new ways to learn, this program offers expert insight into the nature of learning disabilities, why learning disabilities may also be accompanied by ADHD or social disorders, and what can be done to help children learn to compensate and succeed. A Meridian Production. (16 minutes, color)\n

A fantastic article! "The most creative act a human can engage in is not repeating an answer, it is forming a good question." Truer words have never been spoken. Think about this as you write your research papers!\n

Mullen, Rebecca, and Linda Wedwick. "Avoiding the Digital Abyss: Getting Started in the Classroom with YouTube, Digital Stories, and Blogs." Clearing House 82.2 (2008): 66-69. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. This article is about a Midwestern middle school teacher who incorporates social networking and newer technological media into her teaching routine. The kids regularly use or view YouTube (short clips relevant to what is being taught each day), digital storytelling (using technology to write and create stories), as well as blogs (they regularly write book reviews, homework, or view podcasts all on a moderated blogging website).

Maranto, G. and M. Barton. "Paradox and Promise: MySpace, Facebook, and the Sociopolitics of Social Networking in the Writing Classroom." Computers and Composition 27.1 (2010): 36-47. Electronic Journal Center. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. This article gives a different and more negative look on the aspects of social networking. It goes into detail about the risks involved for teachers, as well as students who are currently using MySpace or Facebook. Although it clearly states the dangers of these sites, this articles delves into the positive ways college students and teachers are using them such as organizing charity functions, organizing new clubs, or even forming political protests. This article reflects on both the good and bad sides of social networking and students.

Bartlett, Carol. "Seeing: Gender and Literacy." Text Quarterly 7.1 (1994): 1,4. ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. This too is an article that relates gender roles to literacy. It talks about the different learning behaviors relating to male and females. It states that men enroll in school in order to achieve something, while women enrol for the sake of desire for learning. Men are said to pick up at task and master it until picking up a new one while women work with more than one task at the same time. Men and women have different learning, writing, and reading techniques from one another.\n\n

Hayes, Elisabeth, and Jennifer Hopkins. "Gender and Literacy Learning: Implications for Research in Adult Literacy Education." (1996): ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. This article is also a research article about adult literacy. It touches base on gender roles as it applies to literacy. It establishes that the lack of focus on gender roles and literacy effects the success in that area of knowledge. It states that the development between women and men is different pertaining to literacy, menaing it is an unequal development. Lack of attention on this issue and resistence to accept this social role causes problems when learning about writing.

Paquette, Kelli, and Sue Rieg. "Using Music to Support the Literacy Development of Young English Language Learners." Early Childhood Education Journal 36.3 (2008): 227-232. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. Music is a way to let children experience learning in a different way. The article talked about how by learning and singing songs they are learning literacy and exploring ideas that are not brought up in the common classroom, such as creativity in the art.\n"Whether children listen to the ''music'' of the rain, popular chil- dren's songs, or make their own musical compositions, important skills, such as reading, writing, listening, and speaking are developed. In an early childhood classroom, a musically, literacy-rich environment will generate interest, encourage creativity, and set the stage for a positive learning environment.

Gallo, Donald R. "How Classics Create an Aliterate Society." English Journal 90.3 (2001): 33. JSTOR. ITHAKA. Web. 28 Oct. 2010. This article discusses how the literature taught to students in high school increases their resistence to reading, creating an increasingly aliterate society. The author writes in an appealing conversational tone, which suits the subject matter. He includes thorough, detailed examples and a list of recommended reading.

Bruce, Barbro, Gunilla Thernlund, and Ulrika Nettelbladt. "ADHD and language impairment." European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 15.1 (2006): 52-60. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 8 Nov. 2010. The article gives the reader the results from a questionaire sent to the parents of children with ADHD. The results from the parents showed that children struggled communicating with others due to their symptoms. Also, the kids had problems comprehending what they read. The children then had major problems in school with reading and writing aspects. The results showed that language comprehension is related to the learning and social problems of children with ADHD.

Johnson, L. "The braille literacy crisis for children." Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 90.3 (1996): 276. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 17 Nov. 2010. Johnson makes clear that in the United States there needs to me more emphasis on teaching Braille to young students. It shows the concerns that parents, teachers, and students have about visually impaired children are no longer learning to read and write Braille. Due to the advances in technology Braille has become obsolete. This article gives the different perspectives of both teachers and parents when it comes to their children learning Braille. Finally Johnson says that he believes that there should be more of an integration of visually impaired children into regular classrooms. He also knows that this will not be easy. Although the students will benefit from being in an integrated class room, they need daily contact with a teacher who specializes in working with visually impaired student.

Hartz, Deborah. "Literacy Leaps as Blind Students Embrace Technology." The English Journal 90.2 (2000): 52-59. JSTOR. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Deborah Hartz is a teacher, who has taught high school English at The Arizona School for the Blind in Tuscan. Hartz uses a variety of technologies to help teach her students how to read. She gives detailed descriptions on the various types of machines and tells the usefulness of each machine. Some of the technology used in the class room include Braille n' Speak, Zoom Text Extra enlargement and speaking dictionaries. Hartz gives suggestions as to classroom design, and having a library in the classroom that also aid in teaching students who are visually impaired. Hartz explains how important technology is when teaching blind students because it motivates them to want to learn to read, edit and write. She says that the invention of more technology has made it easier for people with visual impairments to access Braille books and has made Braille even more popular among students.

Corbett, Patrick. "What about the "Google Effect"? Improving the Library Research Habits of First-Year Composition Students." Teaching English in the Two-Year College 37.3 (2010): 265-277. ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 20 Nov. 2010. The article talks about how the students' research behavior affect the tradtional method of library research in first-year writing courses and then gives an alternate method using libbraries and internet search tools. They details the obligation that educators place on students to use the tools to find relevant information. They present a human-computer interaction study that offers a possible explanation as to the interaction of the students and their non-academic information searches.

DaCosta, Boaventura, Carolyn Kinsell, Angelique Nasah, and Soohwa, Seok. "The Digital Literacy Debate: An Investigation of Digital Propensity and Information and Communication Technology." Educational Technology and Research Development 58.5 (2010): 531-555. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. The differences in social, economic, and ethnic backgrounds of people and their use of technology was thoroughly described in this article. It also described the use of a digital world. The world is becoming more digitally based and the integration of technology is just getting started. The use of technology can greatly change the way we read and write and those effects are positive and negative.

Emerson, Robert Wall, M. Cay Holbrook, and Frances Mary D'Andrea. "Acquisition of Literacy Skills by Young Children Who Are Blind: Results from the ABC Braille Study." Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 103.10 (2009): 610-624. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. The Alphabetic Braille and Contracted Braille Study looked at the reading a writing skills of children studying Braille. Their main objective was to learn about the reading experiences of blind children who learned how to read using alphabetic Braille, or in other words had learned the alphabet first, instead of learning the different symbols for words. It was proven, however, in the study that the earlier a student starting studying Braille the better they were at knowing vocabulary, reading the Braille, and comprehending it. They found no link to whether a student was better in reading due to the fact that they learned the Braille alphabet first or if they learned Braille symbols.

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.