This directory of 16mm film libraries has been compiled for the use of teachers, school administrators, librarians, community leaders, and others who use or wish to use motion pictures in their educational and informational programs. It is a revision and an expansion of the Office of Education publication, "A Directory of 897 16mm Film Libraries,"…

This directory of 16mm film libraries has been compiled in order to help teachers, school administrators, and community leaders locate and obtain motion pictures for use in education. It is a revision and expansion of the 1948 Office of Education publication, "A Partial List of 16mm Film Libraries," which contained 576 libraries. The directory is…

Describes activities pupils have taped for better learning and suggests additional uses for video tape recordings. (RB)

Suggests possible uses historians can make of film materials drawing on the Cooper Library (University of South Carolina) collection. Stresses the need for using outtakes to show an accurate sense of unedited history. Illustrates the value of film in understanding European fascism, and urges coordinating textbooks and film for an effective…

Results of a survey requested by the International Council for Educational Media (ICEM) measuring the extent that video technology is used in Hungarian elementary and secondary schools show that it is a positive and complex element. (AEF)

Analyzes Educable, a French program that includes a national educational film bank, a telematic server, and educational marketing. The analysis is divided into four sections: (1) teacher-users; (2) a classification of films by usage; (3) teacher use of audiovisual material; (4) the video on demand approach to a specific need. (KRN)

The boundaries of knowledge and performance capabilities of instructional films are extending outward, but largely in directions that are somewhat neglected in the professional literature. The use of instructional films is expanding rapidly in volume. Miniaturization of film and projection equipment has been developed, functions of films in…

Teachers from the United States and several other countries have access to the film library system of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This catalog contains the titles and abstracts for over 150 films that are available from NASA on topics regarding space flight, meteorology, astronomy, NASA programs, satellites, research,…

Palomar College produced an alternative resource for staff development in the form of a video tape library of demonstration ESL/ABE classroom strategies. The series of 15 tapes offers an inexpensive and easily duplicated means of viewing a variety of methods, an opportunity to select certain methods for repeated viewing, and the opportunity to…

This issue contains five articles dealing with teaching English as a second language. "Distinctive Features of Written English" by L. E. Henrichson discusses the special instruction that is needed if a student is to learn to write well. "In-Class Dynamics in TESL" by J. B. Alter presents a technique for spontaneous oral duscussion on newly…