Project IMPACT (Individualized Media Program and Classroom Teaching) was designed to provide the classroom teacher with the services of a media specialist for consultation on methods of improving instruction through the coordinated use of various instructional media. The Project assumed all responsibilities, excluding purchasing, for media-related…

Topics in this annotated bibliography on audiovisual instruction include the history of instructional technology, teacher-training, equipment operation, administration of media programs, production of instructional materials, language laboratories, instructional television, programed instruction, communication theory, learning theory, and…

Audiovisual materials for use with the Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) Mathematics Program are listed. The guide gives the type of aid, title, content, and source. The aids are listed by the IPI objective which they are to illustrate. (JY)

A workshop was held for persons having systemwide responsibility for media programs in Maryland. Workshop planners presented a series of programs about staffing and censorship. The programs offered numerous ideas which led participants to examine their own "change" mechanisms. Topics included: differentiated staffing, criteria for book…

To enable a potential user to select the proper medium for his message, buy the appropriate equipment, and take proper care of it, this guide provides an accumulation of questions, answers, and tips on getting the most out of audiovisual buying decisions. Common questions about audiovisual equipment are discussed, along with more detailed…

The Dark Horse (DH) board is described and discussed as one medium which may be utilized in the classroom. The DH Board holds fairly heavy three-dimensional display objects and consists of two components: a special material which serves as the display surface and an adhesive material which is fixed to objects displayed. (SC)

Research findings on attitudes of teachers toward media following participation in an audiovisual education course. (HB)

The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development believes firmly that school media programs are essential to the development of a personalized approach to learning and to the creation of more humane schools. (1 reference) (Author/SJ)

Article describes an experimental project in Milford, Ohio, in which students were taught visually. (HB)

A seven hour course is described in which students conceive, write, and produce a historically accurate, interpretive, technically excellent audio-visual program on a historical topic. (SM)

The traditional theoretical rationale underlying audio-visual instruction has been that the more concrete a presentation is, the more effective it will be in the instructional situation. Some researchers have questioned the validity of the above rationale. The author presents evidence that it may be advantageous to compress and simplify…

The head of the audiovisual center at Exhall Grange School in Coventry, England, describes the audiovisual service within the school and how it functions." (Author/LS)