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Judson, Eugene. "Improving Technology Literacy: Does It Open Doors to traditional Content?" Educational Technology Research and Development 58.3 (2010)" 271-284. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. The effects technology has on younger kids is described in this article. Research was conducted to determine if younger kids were impacted and exactly how they were impacted. The outcome was to find out how technology effected academic achievement in the designated age groups. I will use this information in putting together a side of how kids are impacted (positively or negatively) by technology.

Hobbs, Renee and Amy Jensen. "The Past, Present, and Future of Media Literacy Education." Journal of Media Literacy Education 1.1 (2009): 1-11. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. There is information relating to the past, present, and future uses of technology in this article. The coming of age and declaration of this integrated use had changed and effected many lives. A selection of students were chosen to be a test group. The study was researched to determine if technology has an effect on kids and their learning abilities.

Frenzel, Anne C., Reinhard Pekrun, and Thomas Goetz. "Girls and mathematics -- A "hopeless" issue? A control-value approach to gender differences in emotions towards mathematics." European Journal of Psychology of Education - EJPE (Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada) 22.4 (2007): 497-514. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. This article is about how girls in 5th grade understand math the same way as boys but girls have more emotions about it. Girls have less enjoyment and pride compared to boys. They have more anxiety, hopelessness and shame when it comes to math. To find this information they had the students self report and take test of math they already learned. The article goes into why this is true and also there are charts to show their evidence.

Kovalchick, Ann, Kara Dawson. "Education and Technology: An Encyclopedia." Academic Search Complete. Ohio Link. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. This article is about how technology is changing the way classrooms operate and it is affecting the students and teachers. It goes into what educational technology is and what it is doing.

Zeigler, E.F. "Guiding professional students to literacy in physical activity education." Quest 55.4 (2003): 285-305. SPORTDiscus with Full Text. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. How students learn and are taught is very important for the development of our existence. Finding an effective way to teach a subject in a matter that is understandable to all students is the ultimate goal of a teacher. This article revolves around physical education and the importance of its development. It connects literacy and physical education and explains their importance together. It also gives a large amount of information about cultural literacy in relation to physical education.

Mohammed, Methal R. "Don't Give Me a Fish; Teach Me How to Fish: A Case Study of an International Adult Learner." Adult Learning 21.1/2 (2010): 15-18. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. The article is about the experiences of graduate students who have some language difficulty and how that can be a huge barrier to overcome especially in graduate studies. talking about his own experiences in learning in a different language, and what of kind of methods he used to adapt with the new learning environment. He also give the reader a lot on information on how to adapt even faster with the the environment and the Academic life.

Rash, CL, et al. "Nutrition-related knowledge, attitude, and dietary intake of college track athletes." Sport Journal 11.1 (2008): 1-8. CINAHL Plus with Full Text. EBSCO. Web. 17 Nov. 2010. This article is about research that was conducted on 113 track athletes from two NCAA Division I schools. Each athlete took a questioner on nutritional knowledge. Thy found that the athletes scored high on carbohydrate, vitamins and minerals, and protein questions, while scoring low on vitamins E and C. Overall the mean diet score was 84 ± 10 (M ± SD) of 110 possible. In addition to this the research also looked at the college athletes died. They found high dietary intake scores in vitamins C and A, cholesterol, saturated fat, calcium, and magnesium. They found low mean dietary intake scores were found for vitamin E, fiber, sodium, and potassium

Hoogenboom, Barbara, Jennifer Morris, and Chad Morris. "Nutritional Knowledge and Eating Behaviors of Female, Collegiate Swimmers." North American Journal of Physical Therapy 4.3 (2009): 139-48. Pub Med Central. The Sports Physical Therapy Section of the American Physical Therapy Association, 2009. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. . bababababbababab

Ward, Lucy. "Texting 'is no bar to literacy.'" The Gaurdian, 23 Dec. 2004. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. The causes and effects of texting for young kids is debated in this article. At a young age kids are more prone to text and be more technologically savvy. However, their literacy is effected by the amount of texting they do. Children that text less write more. Therefore, children that text more, write less and are less involved in their writing abilities. I will use this information in describing the effects of texting at young ages.