Describes the Hinz model for integrating the library, educational media, and instructional development functions of the learning resources program, highlighting the three stages of program development. Explains how Pensacola Junior College's instructional program could be reorganized and become more fully integrated by using the model. (CBC)

After completing personal identification forms consisting only of numbers (phone number, Social Security number, etc.), students discuss the need for more personal means of identification within society in order for people to feel a useful sense of identity. (AV)

The intent of this document, designed and developed by North Carolina educators, system-level and school-based media coordinators to support the "K-12 Information Skills Standard Course of Study," is to provide successful strategies, activities, and ideas for media coordinators and classroom teachers as they teach the essential knowledge and…

Discusses the use of toys to teach physics. Potential advantages and disadvantages of using toys in the physics classroom or laboratory in addition to some demonstrations and experiments that use balls, cars, and musical toys are also presented. (HM)

Presents a dice-playing game which mathematically unsophisticated students and school children can play to learn empirically the principles of radioactive dating and population growth. (HM)

Two posters that can be used to provide experience in recognizing patterns in sequences of numbers are provided. Suggested number sequences for different grade levels are given. (MK)

Misconceptions and abuses of manipulative aids for teaching mathematics are discussed, as well as suggestions for their more effective use. (JMF)

Reviews and compares two CD-ROMs designed to teach sign language skills: "The American Sign Language Dictionary on CD-ROM" and "Sign Language for Everyone." The first is seen to be the better reference tool whereas the second is judged the better choice for computer users wanting to learn sign language in a structured way. (DB)

Students with difficulty in maintaining grade-level performance at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (Washington, DC) are learning mathematics and science skills using "The Voyage of the Mimi," a 13-segment video series and associated educational materials that detail a scientific expedition which is studying humpback whales. Team…

Reviewed are 15 methods for fast slide production. Methods are classified as in-hand methods and farmed-out methods of slide production. Slides are compared to transparencies as another fast presentation aid. (CW)

Development of two interactive videodisks in space science for middle-school-age children is described, and suggestions for development of affordable and successful interactive products are offered. The first interactive program is a touchscreen exhibit designed for museum use, and the second is a classroom tool for teaching a planetary sciences…

Selected for their influence on the field, their continued reference over the years, and the reputation of the authors, this collection includes 17 seminal works in educational technology. These previously published articles are sometimes difficult to locate and this book acts as a single source for the works. The articles are arranged in four…

This annotated list of 43 videotapes recommended for classroom use addresses various themes for teaching about the Holocaust, including: (1) overviews of the Holocaust; (2) life before the Holocaust; (3) propaganda; (4) racism, anti-Semitism; (5) "enemies of the state"; (6) ghettos; (7) camps; (8) genocide; (9) rescue; (10) resistance;…

This handbook is intended to assist adult educators in obtaining access to programs and documents devoted to adult education. Resources were selected for inclusion in the handbook on the basis of their availability, scope (resources must be at least national in breadth), and focus on or have some significance to adult educators. The handbook is…