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Winter, Clint – Library Media Connection, 2011
Web 2.0 has revolutionized one's ability to teach students in new and exciting ways. Students with disabilities can now overcome many barriers that once kept them from being successful in the regular education classroom. Media specialists can effectively advocate for students with disabilities. School library media specialists have the ability to…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Media Specialists, Special Education Teachers, Special Education
Hricko, Mary; Howell, Scott – Information Science Publishing, 2006
Online learning is one of the most important topics in distance learning, but practitioners and researchers have experienced difficulty in defining the process. "Online Assessment and Measurement: Foundations and Challenges" approaches the topic by finding a common ground to properly analyze online assessment and measurement. "Online Assessment…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Student Evaluation, Measurement
Adams, Helen R. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2006
Today, federal laws often seem like an alphabet soup with acronyms like CIPA (Children's Internet Protection Act), CTEA (Copyright Term Extension Act), ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), YMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act), and NC LB (No Child Left Behind). These letters stand for federal…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Copyrights, Disabilities, School Libraries
Parker, Katie – Educators' Spotlight Digest, 2007
Over 5 million students aged 6 to 21 received services under the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)" during the 2000-2001 school year. In partial response to this growing population of diverse learners, the relatively recent and highly controversial "No Child Left Behind (NCLB)" legislation has served as a…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
Lessee, Judyth – 1984
Intended primarily for library staff in a public library, the guide presents information about major types of disabilities. Information includes definitions and a discussion of characteristics, suggestions for interaction, lists of professional readings and books for children and adults, names and addresses of related agencies (including local…
Descriptors: Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Definitions, Disabilities
Buckingham, Betty Jo – 1984
Prepared for the Instruction and Curriculum Division of the Iowa Department of Public Instruction, these 13 brief annotated bibliographies are part of a series designed to remind library media specialists and administrators of a handful of desirable selection tools. The titles in these "mini-bibs" are broad in scope and evaluative in…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups
Petrie, Joyce; And Others – 1980
This manual is a product of the Media and Mainstreaming Project and a fuller version of the manual included in the interim report "Educational Media for Handicapped Students in Regular K-12 Schools"). It focuses on the media-related needs of handicapped students being mainstreamed into regular K-12 school programs. The emphasis is on how…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Media, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Walling, Linda Lucas; Karrenbrock, Marilyn H. – 1993
Written for librarians and school library media specialists, this book is designed to foster awareness and encourage confidence in serving the needs of children with disabilities. It provides practical guidelines for recognizing and understanding many disabilities, including vision, hearing, and speech impairments; emotional, behavioral, and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Children, Disabilities
Buckingham, Betty Jo – 1994
This annotated bibliography covers materials about children at risk because of disabilities and/or abilities. The bibliography includes approximately 560 entries. The following categories are addressed: autism; gifted; handicapped--general and multiple; hearing impaired/deaf; learning disabilities; mental illness; mentally handicapped/brain…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, At Risk Persons, Autism, Blindness