As a school bus comes to a halt on a busy street, the driver swings out the vehicle's stop arm and turns on flashing red lights. Most drivers know what those signals mean--they are required by law to stop their vehicles so that children can safely cross the thoroughfare. However, many drivers simply choose to ignore the law. Thousands of…

This paper explores the use of technological tools often utilized for traditional distance learning course delivery to provide a means of allowing virtual participation in a month-long geography field-course. Students participated in documenting the daily activities through digital photography and construction of a regularly updated course web…

This article discusses the possibility for expanding our understanding of the visual to include the "spoken visual" within oral history analysis. It suggests that adding a further reading, that of the visualized body, to the voice-centred relational method we can consider the meaning of the uniformed body for the individual. It uses as a…

The present study explored the ways in which the production of digital media, specifically podcasts (i.e., downloadable digital audio files), rooted in the key tenets of critical literacy, can support education for democracy, in addition to the overall benefits and barriers of podcasting in an elementary classroom. The project can be considered a…

The images of photography have been manipulated almost from the moment of their discovery. The blending together in the studio and darkroom of images not found in actual scenes from life has been a regular feature of modern photography in both art and advertising. Techniques of photograph manipulation include retouching; blocking out figures or…

Describes construction of a variety of relatively inexpensive cameras for astronomical purposes. (CP)

This article presents in concrete detail a complete description of the ideal full journalism curriculum. It starts with a competent instructor, says this writer, who was named Journalism Teacher of the Year in 1972 by the Newspaper Fund, Inc. (Editor)

Suggests that the kinds of graphics needed by the print media depend on the cues crucial to the intended meaning of the message. (RB)

Results of two studies indicate that word messages carry more impact than pictures and an analysis of variance reveals that iconicity and sensationalism each related positively to both evaluative-ethical and interest-vitality ratings. (RB)

Tells journalism advisors and staffs how to prepare mimeographed school newspapers, emphasizing graphics, printing, and layout. (RB)

Designed to help instructors choose appropriate audio-visual materials for the basic course in photojournalism, this bibliography contains 11 annotated entries. Annotations include the name of the materials, running time, whether black-and-white or color, and names of institutions from which the materials can be secured, as well as brief…

This handbook is intended to help educational evaluators use still photography in designing, conducting, and reporting evaluations of educational programs. It describes techniques for using a visual documentary approach to program evaluation that features data collected with a camera. The emphasis is on the aspects of educational evaluation…

Technicians need to be prepared for photo instrumentation who can maintain the critical tolerances required of both electronic and photographic instruments. The practitioner must also possess a solid background in quality control and densitometry, and a knowledge of optics, photographic chemistry, and the physics of the photographic process.…

Suggests high school journalism staffs use commercial magazines as models for layout and graphic ideas. (RB)