In 2020, New America embarked on a year-long initiative with librarians in children's and youth services across three library systems in Illinois. The aim was to build staff members' skills and confidence in media mentorship--the act of mentoring and providing tailored guidance to students and families in selecting, analyzing, and using media to…

John Seely Brown suggested that learning environments should be spaces in which all work is public, is subject to iterative critique by instructors and peers, and in which social interaction is primary. In such spaces, students and teachers engage in a situated cognition approach to teaching and learning where "cognitive accomplishments rely…

Discusses the use of television to bring about social change. Details projects on Fogo Island and in Rockford, IL. (JOW)

How Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove, Illinois, has been providing increased vocational opportunities for its students through mediated instruction. (HB)

A description of a project in which students from 15 high schools around Waukegan, Illinois, made up a model "house of representatives" in a series of programs organized by station WKRS. (Author/HB)

A look at how the Danville, Illinois, Public School District uses a local CATV system to distribute instructional television programs. (HB)

REGULAR MAIL ORDER CATALOGS MAY BE USED AS A SOURCE OF MATERIAL FOR TEACHING MANY PRACTICAL LESSONS TO GROUPS OF STUDENTS WHO MAY BE POTENTIAL DROPOUTS. A UNIT CENTERING ABOUT THE USE OF SUCH CATALOGS WAS DEVELOPED IN A CLASS OF STUDENTS 14 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER BUT STILL IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. LOOKING UP AND ORDERING ITEMS FROM A CATALOG CAN…

A brief discussion of how New Trier Township Television, in Winnetka, Illinois, dubbed thirty-five future oriented films for classroom use. (HB)

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO IDENTIFY (1) WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT REGARDING COOPERATIVES, (2) COOPERATIVE ACTIVITIES IN WHICH ILLINOIS FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA (FFA) CHAPTERS PARTICIPATE, (3) THE TEACHING AIDS BEING USED TO TEACH ABOUT COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATIONS, AND (4) THE TEACHING AIDS AND INFORMATION WHICH TEACHERS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE.…

A discussion of the benefits of using instructional television at Thornton High School, Harvey, Illinois. (HB)

Reports the results of a survey that examined educational media usage and preference by teachers. Reasons for the increasing use of computers and videotape cassette recorders over traditional media are identified, and the need for media courses in teacher education curricula is discussed. (CLB)

In Part I of this report, case studies of the universities of California, Michigan, Illinois and Miami afford a comparison of patterns of administrative planning and organization as they have developed in response to changing social expectations and the problems of growth. These institutions are representative of those that have made a responsible…

Presented are 18 articles on media/library systems and services for handicapped and gifted students. Entries include the following titles and authors: "Implications of Public Law 94-142" (Education for All Handicapped Children Act) by G. Calovini; "Mainstreaming--Present Shock" by L. Stowell and C. Terry; "Media Services…

TWENTY ILLINOIS AGRICULTURE TEACHERS WHO HAD RECEIVED 3 DAYS OF INTENSIVE INSTRUCTION IN FARM MANAGEMENT INCLUDING THE USE OF CREDIT AND 64 RANDOMLY SELECTED AGRICULTURE TEACHERS WITH MORE THAN 1 YEAR OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE IDENTIFIED STUDY AREAS BEING TAUGHT WHICH RELATED TO THE USE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION CREDIT AND EDUCATIONAL REFERENCES AND…

The report examines the major activities, input, and results of the Illinois Office of Education's Area Learning Resource Center Project, a program through which state and national resources and services are transmitted to special education programs and personnel at the local level. It is reported that the project accomplished its goals by…