By providing community and university nonprofit organizations with a professional communication product, the production of slide shows by journalism students has given the students an opportunity to experiment with ways to use their basic journalistic skills. (HOD)

The creative use of audiovisual media can aid in developing student positive self-image and adds an exciting dimension to traditional physical education classes. (LH)

Describes a project preparing students to make political advertisements for television, including details for necessary hardware, script preparation, formatting, time management, and coordination with the television studio. Includes description of each role and broadcasting jargon. (Author/CK)

This module is one of a set of seven prepared in conjunction with the Title I "Project to Train Volunteer Leaders to Conduct Consumer Education Courses." It is designed to be a basic text for use in making a one-hour presentation on legal aspects of the marketplace. Through use of the attached bibliography, a more in-depth knowledge can…

A resource kit for the teaching of French at the intermediate level is represented by a teacher's guide. The aim of this module is to make the elementary or secondary school student of French familiar with terminology used in French radio broadcasts, and especially in weather reports. The guide offers suggested classroom activities. Instructions…

This tipsheet offers guidelines for instructors who have a student with a hearing impairment who is using an assistive listening device (ALD). The ALD is a microphone/transmitter positioned close to the instructor's mouth to send the instructor's voice to the receiver worn by the student. ALDs can eliminate echoes and reduce surrounding noise…

A resource kit for the teaching of French at the intermediate level is represented by a teacher's guide and the duplicating master for a tape transcript. The aim of this module is to make the elementary or secondary school student of French familiar with basic hockey terms in French, and to enable the student to understand hockey games broadcast…

Described is the course content for a class on AIDS. The class focused on outreach, education, information and learning compassion toward people afflicted with the disease. A list of videos and films used in the course is included. (KR)

This guide is intended for use in teaching a graphic communications systems. The course has been designed to provide students with an opportunity to assess audiences; design, produce, and deliver printed and photographic messages; and analyze the impacts of these messages. The first two sections discuss the guide's development within the framework…

This document describes a university course designed to provide an historical understanding of Latin America through feature films. The booklet contains an introductory essay on the teaching of a film course on Latin America, a general discussion of strengths and weaknesses of student analyses of films, and nine analyses written by students during…

This paper describes a university course designed to examine the use of film as a revolutionary medium in Latin American countries. Objectives of the course were to illustrate the complexity of studying a film genre, develop an analytical framework for comparing revolutionary films, and encourage students to reach their own conclusions about the…

Students who are deaf and hard of hearing have special needs that must be accommodated before they can fully benefit from various types of classroom presentation technology. An optimal classroom situation for learners who must depend primarily on visual input includes careful consideration of factors such as room set up, legibility of the media,…