Discusses CD-ROM and its implications for student research, student interactivity, and student production in the school library media center. Highlights include CD-ROM reference sources; the top 10 CD-ROM titles; CD-ROM storybooks and student productions; and other CD-ROM production possibilities and future plans. (Contains 21 references.) (LRW)

Describes two interdisciplinary programs developed for middle school students that focus on mummies and vampires and include social studies, art, language arts, creative dramatics, and media production skills. Content, multimedia, new and interesting information, and student participation are emphasized. (11 references) (LRW)

Eight articles suggest innovative and creative ways to arrange information on bulletin board displays, provide examples of both classroom and library bulletin boards in elementary and secondary schools, and list sources for display materials and library supplies. A ninth article provides guidelines for the production of instructional films and…

Describes the spread of "Sesame Street" to other countries and includes several case studies of foreign adaptations. Use of the production process model developed by the Children's Television Workshop is discussed; licensing policies are explained; international coproduction projects are described; and differing curriculum goals are…

Describes benefits of integrating video production into high school curricula. Hardware requirements are suggested, including a camcorder, video cassette recorder, computer, software, converter, character generator, and editing machine; and typical video production projects are described, including a yearbook, documentaries, tutorials, music…

An analysis of an introductory multimedia production course for preservice instructional design professionals was conducted at a large Midwestern university to determine if and how students' attitudes toward instructional media production was affected as a result of taking the course. Data was collected from the students and instructors in the…

Designed to help create effective presentations, this guide describes the basic techniques and provides hints for producing professional, attention-getting overhead transparencies in a step-by-step procedure format. Eight topics are addressed in the guide: (1) eight steps to a successful meeting presentation; (2) advantages of overhead projection;…

The success and rewards of working with educational audiotape cassettes are discussed, based in part on student responses to questionnaires from an earlier study of four Open University courses. Attention is drawn to characteristics of tapes which make them valuable for education. Both the product and the processes of making them are discussed,…

This report provides a summary of the 2-year IVSET (Interactive Videodisc for Special Education Technology ) project which refined microcomputer and videodisc system hardware, produced instructional packages, and investigated the system effectiveness. These activities built on the achievements of a pilot project which had developed a preliminary…

This curriculum guide is the second in a three-volume series of instructional materials for competency-based graphic arts instruction. Each publication is designed to include the technical content and tasks necessary for a student to be employed in an entry-level graphic arts occupation. Introductory materials include an instructional/task…

The recommendations in this paper are based on the findings of a survey of 32 institutions that had subscribed--for a fee--to receive live via satellite one or more of five staff development teleconferences for school teachers and administrators. The teleconferences, which were one-way video/two-way audio productions, were broadcast during 1985-86…

When Governors State University looked to television as a strategy for improving the efficiency of its instructional programs in 1982, a proposal was made to turn certain courses taught by professors semester after semester to large numbers of students into television courses that could be taken by students throughout the academic year. The…

One of a series of 20 literary magazine profiles written to help faculty advisors wishing to start or improve their publication, this profile provides information on staffing and production of "Imprints," the magazine published by Shorewood High School, Seattle, Washington. The introduction describes the literary magazine contest (and…

One of a series of 20 literary magazine profiles written to help faculty advisors wishing to start or improve their publication, this profile provides information on staffing and production of "Phoenix," the magazine published by Harrison Central High School, Gulfport, Mississippi. The introduction describes the literary magazine contest…

One of a series of 20 literary magazine profiles written to help faculty advisors wishing to start or improve their publication, this profile provides information on staffing and production of "Each Has Spoken," the magazine published by Thomas Jefferson High School, San Antonio, Texas. The introduction describes the literary magazine…