Author proposes a national task force to investigate and set forth a series of national goals in terms of the appropriate educational uses of cable television. (Author/MB)

Discusses how an Atari microcomputer provides highly legible, colorful characters and other design elements for a cable community bulletin board program. The proram is available from author (or Atari dealers) on cassette (32K) or diskette (40K). (JN)

A general discussion of the status of cable television's use in schools and trends for future usein the United States. (HB)

Personnel at 48 colleges and universities completed a survey about the nature of the television system they use as an aid to instruction. The survey described various kinds of systems, including varieties of community antenna television (CATV), master antenna television (MATV), and closed-circuit television, and asked the respondent to indicate…

There is a need for radio and television programming which will present information, role models, and positive images of aging. (RC)

Cable television (the CATV system) can link homes and schools into a communications network, giving its users access to local, as well as national, educational information. This article outlines a five-step plan to set up CATV, telling how to originate broadcasts and implement two-way transmission. (DS)

Brief essays on cable television, satellites, and other television opportunities are presented in this primer directed at higher education administrators and planners. Implications of the new technologies for education are suggested and key issues are highlighted. (LBH)

The experience of producing and presenting two continuing education courses on cable television proved that this technique can be a valuable additional means of presenting courses, complementing classroom discussions, and efficiently extending the university into the community. (Author)

While some teachers think cable television broadcasts of congressional proceedings reveal how public policy is made, others feel it is not a representative view, has limited access, and contains little useful material for the time required to obtain it. (MSE)

Describes a telephone survey conducted to find out who, if any, of the cable subscribers in Trempealeau County (Wisconsin) were watching Trempealeau County Community Television, a local access cable channel, and which of those viewers were tuning in to programs produced by local Extension agents. (CT)

Outlines some of the sophisticated advances in technology that are taking place and ways schools can integrate these advances into the schools. Reviews four areas: critical viewing skills, cable television, video cassettes, and videodiscs. (MD)

Valley High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, uses cable television in many ways. The educational access channels aid in classroom instruction, students take part in national and local teleconferences, the public access channel is used to tell the community about the school, and students learn to use video equipment. (DCS)

A look at a student run project of local origination programing for education at Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, High School. (HB)

A description of a program at Queensborough Community College which insures that the student, the consumer of educational programing, is also an active participant in the development of the material to be consumed. (Author)