RESOURCES

Websites

Websites for Alternative Learners

ADHD at National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
About Learning Disabilities
All Kinds of Minds
LD Online
Learning Disabilities Association of America
Schwab Learning

Digital Technologies and Learning

Digital Media and Learning at the MacArthur Foundation
Discover Magazine: "Your Brain on Video Games"
FutureLab
OllieBray.com
Science News for Kids: "What Video Games Can Teach Us"
Yahoo Games: "Games Are Good for You"

Training the Brain

Cogmed Working Memory Training
Happy Neuron: Executive Function Games
New York Times: "Exercise on the Brain"
Wired: "Sound Could Rewire Dyslexic Children's Brains"

Parent's Guide to Suggested Video Games

AskAboutGames.com
Common Sense Media
PBS: "The Video Game Revolution"
USA Today Weekend: " A New Era in Play"
Yahoo Games: "Many Parents Avoid Video Games with Kids"

Research Support for LearningWorks for Kids

American Psychological Association: "The School Psychologist, Fall 2006"
American Psychological Association: "Undoing Dylexia Via Video Games"
Federation of American Scientists: "Summit on Educational Games"
FutureLab: "E-inclusion: Learning Difficulties and Digital Techologies"
FutureLab:"Games & Learning"
FutureLab: "Thinking Skills, Technology and Learning"
Nature: "Action Video Game Modifies Visual Selective Attention"
ScienCentral News: "Good Video Games"
Yahoo Games: Xbox 360