The thirty-third annual International Student Media Festival was held last October in Anaheim. The authors went to see some of the activities, feel the electricity generated by the students, teachers, and parents in attendance, and visit with some of the participants. This wonderful showcase of the best student-produced media in the nation has…

Reviews the extent to which educational media are employed in library instruction, the types of methods used to evaluate mediated instruction, and possible future developments in the field. Ten references are cited. (FM)

A media package for group instruction in computer operations for deaf students is described. The package includes slides, captions stored on a filmstrip, and an illustrated workbook. The approach is explained to provide high flexibility at relatively low cost.

Describes the celebrations surrounding the presentation to the Greenwich, Connecticut Public Schools of the 1979 School Library Media Program of the Year Award. Details of the Greenwich school media program are included. (CMV)

There was a time when being a teacher at Lenawee Intermediate School District (MI) meant getting in line--a long line--if a teacher wished to get hold of audiovisual equipment for the class. Teachers had to reserve the equipment weeks in advance. Next, once the time came to use it, representatives from the district's A/V department had to quite…

The final report describes the activities of the Specialized Office for Materials Distribution (SOMD) in providing physical access to media materials for the nation's handicapped. Project background, philosophy, and organization are described in an initial chapter. Succeeding chapters are devoted to a review of SOMD activities in six areas (sample…

This report provides background materials for a survey which is to be conducted for the Unit of Dissemination of the Kentucky Department of Education to determine what type of packaging is preferred by users for materials distributed by the Dissemination Unit, with emphasis on teacher attitudes toward non-print media in relation to print formats.…

Technical capabilities of film as a medium of instruction are compared with slidetape and television, and conceptualization of media is presented with particular concern for film. Various potentials of film in education are enumerated; ways to improve retention of information are discussed, and the impact of a developing film technology upon…

Discusses positive and negative influences of color on learning/comprehension and attention, influence of color on coding, cues, and context, and effects of color in instructional media. Indicates that although research has not shown color to benefit learning, positive affective results justify continued and even increasing use of color in…

Presented are: (1) guidelines for the selection of appropriate and feasible media; (2) criteria for production in each media format; and (3) guidelines for evaluation of each medium. This is designed for grantees or contractors who will be producing audiovisual materials for the EPA, or as part of a related activity. The level of sophistication…

Encourages using media production to help students gain greater maturity in both their spoken and written skills. (AEA)

Outlines the principles of instructional development as they are related to particular situations faced by librarians who teach library skills. Fifty-six references are cited. (FM)

A 35mm random access slide projector operated in conjunction with a computer terminal was adapted to meet the need for a more rapid and complex graphic display mechanism than is currently available with teletypewriter terminals. The model projector can be operated manually to provide for a maintenance checkout of the electromechanical system.…

Discusses reasons why colleges and universities have not supported the production of media materials for their instructional programs and proposes a cost effective approach for offering quality independent study courses (telecourses, radio/audio courses, text/study guides with audio support). (DC)

Primarily concerned with input to secondary school curriculum development as promulgated in the four national centers of the Scottish Curriculum Development Service (SCDS), this study investigated the ways in which national working parties integrate media resources into their projects, how schools tackle the media elements, and problems of…