Discusses high school underclass pictures in yearbooks--bids, specifications, and commissions. (HOD)

Presents a profile of the life and work of George Ancona, a Mexican-American writer-photographer of children's books. Notes three themes that figure prominently in his life and work: human diversity, family ties, and learning and growth. (SR)

Presents 23 photographs and discusses techniques used in taking each photo. Considers the aperture, depth of field, shutter speed, film type, exposures, equivalent exposure, and lenses. Presents an exercise worksheet for students to fill out incorporating these techniques. (SG)

Profiles one of the first of the still small number of camerawomen in the feature-film business. Recounts how she became interested in camera work; the difficulty of breaking into a closed nepotistic union system; the first job; the responsibilities and pleasures of her work; and her present vocation of directing, writing, and producing. (PA)

Defines a digital photograph as a numerical record of light electronically measured and recorded by a computer's scanner. States that most personal computers cannot do digital photography successfully and that digital pictures can be hard to manage and present a storage problem. Finds that, once the school has the hardware/software, picture…

Some San Diego teachers created the Montgomery Media Institute to tap the varied talents of young people attending area high schools and junior high schools. Featuring courses in video programming and production, photography, and journalism, this program engages students' interest while introducing them to fields with current employment…

Examines the impact of Arnold L. Gesell on developmental psychology. Gesell is best remembered for his developmental norms, acquired from observations of infants and children. Gesell's ideas about maturation have lost favor, but his belief in infants' native abilities is still a dominant theme in theories. (BC)

Describes an easy, inexpensive way for students to create photographic prints without a camera or film. The prints, or photograms, are made by placing objects on photographic paper, exposing the paper to light, then processing it. For a class of 25, the project costs about $1.50 per student. (SM)

Discusses the biodiversity crisis. Presents a simple invention to examine and photograph fish. (ASK)

Describes how black and white photography has been taught at the college level to explore social and cultural issues related to technology. Explains how the approach can be adapted for use at the high school level. (JOW)

Presents five arguments that support the view that photography is a helpful tool in understanding the ways people experience the world and illustrates these arguments in the context of a study that used photography and interviews about photographs to probe the ecological understanding of 12 prospective teachers. (SLD)

Multicultural immigrant workers (n=23) studying English as a second language took photographs about their lives, wrote about them, and displayed them on the Internet. The materials depicted their cross-cultural journeys and transformative experiences. The process increased their communication skills and empowered them to make workplace changes.…

In this article, the author states that she has always loved self portraits but most teenagers do not enjoy looking too closely at their own faces in an effort to replicate them. Thanks to a new digital camera, she was able to use this new technology to inspire students to take a closer look at their inner image. Prior to the self-portrait…

The AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive is an electronic library containing the AP's current photos and a selection of pictures from their enormous print and negative library, as well as text and graphic material. It is composed of two photo databases as well as graphics, text, and audio databases. The features of this database are briefly described in…

For a head start on getting great reading and writing materials this summer--just look in your mailbox. As the school year winds down and the end-of-year testing and report card frenzy nears, summer looms large. If you have the good fortune to be in a school that isn't year-round, and you aren't working on college credit or at a second job, just…