This is Volume 44 of the Educational Media and Technology Yearbook. For the past 40 years, our Yearbook has contributed to the field of Educational Technology in presenting contemporary topics, ideas, and developments regarding diverse technology tools for educational purposes. The Yearbook has inspired researchers, practitioners, and teachers to…

CIRCLE Working Paper #72 addresses whether efforts to systematically incorporate media into school curricula increases several elements of civic engagement, including students' media use, political knowledge or their sense of being able to understand and influence politics (internal political efficacy). In "The Classroom-Kitchen Table…

This guide provides teaching suggestions, discussion questions, and a sypnosis of Captains Courageous, as well as a listing of related books and films for the ABC-TV broadcast of Kipling's Story. (Author/STS)

A 24-page supplement helps vocational educators find the products that best fit their needs by listing 100 suppliers and by listing teaching equipment and aids under nine different categories. (BP)

Illustrates the variety of materials available in the ERIC system, from lesson plans and teaching guides to classroom games and descriptions of individualized activities, for planning language arts lessons. (DD)

Techniques for providing interaction of the student with media. Includes development process and specific suggestions. (LS)

Suggestion on how to teach filmmaking are given. (HB)

The author explains why his experiences with children in media-related learning activities lead to one conclusion: media are tools for children. (HB)

Gives suggestions to media professionals for effectively providing for bilingual students, including a bilingual listening station, interest center, bulletin board display, and human resource file. Sources for the acquisition of foreign language materials are listed. (CMV)

Gives criteria to be considered prior to the purchase of instructional media, and lists software taxonomies, defined by mode, degree of abstraction, and by ease and cost of production. Appropriate uses of media and media selection aids are discussed. (RAO)

The author discusses aspects to be considered by resource room teachers of deaf students to implement media in the classroom. Among topics discussed are student needs, degree of mainstreaming, media equipment and personnel, and preparation and use of materials. (CL)

The authors describe the development and use of the lesson guides prepared to accompany captioned films for the deaf. Six suggestions, including presentation of workshops by media specialists, are made for promoting use of the lesson guides. (CL)

How to give students a creative experience with video images. (HB)

Nine activities are described which illustrate how media techniques enhance the power of simulations and gaming approaches. (Author/STS)