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Research results are supported in this article discussing the impact of watching video which exemplifies uplifting or positive behavior.

This summary of articles from various resources reports the positive outcomes when video modeling was used for teaching social behavior and language, literacy skills, and motor skills.

This article outlines the debate on wether video games are good or bad for the brain. It includes research on positive effects and negative effects on people's brains. It also includes five aspects of video games that affect the players long term influences.   

The positive outcomes of video based learning for typically developing children, and children with autism, are described in this article. The distinction is made between peer modeling and self modeling.

The Promethean website promotes its interactive whiteboards and their positive effects on classroom performance.

NCTE's take on online writing programs. Their stance is that they oppose them.

Article that interviews teachers and advocates for and against in-class tablet use. Looks at the pros and cons of tablet technology particularly in elementary schools. Looks into the ways technology in classrooms can negatively and positively affect student performance and student-teacher relationships.

This is a study done to see the effects of using iPads with preschoolers. It talks about the effect that technology has on children's development and how to positively use technology to help children learn.

This is a persuasive essay detailing the positive effects of a controlled setting with laptop use in classes. Having a small number of laptops and placing the students in groups would allow the laptops to be used in a controlled setting with laptop time being much more valuable having to share with other students. Having one laptop per group would allow the laptop to be a tool of necessity rather than entertainment.