Due to their applications on varied and complex issues, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) (collectively, AIoT) have become popular new-generation courses, but the learning of such courses needs to consider actual situations and to analyze complicated problems, making it difficult for students to improve their academic…

This document presents the proceedings of the 24th Annual Research Forum held June 27, 2019, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Included are the following eleven action research papers: (1) How Does Student Goal Setting Affect Motivation to Learn? (Wendell Dunn); (2) Combatting Confirmation Bias: How Writing from Opposing…

This article evaluates the learning outcomes of a month-long cities in film course offered during an intensive, four-week semester at a liberal arts college in the United States. The course was divided into four shorter units that explored specific cities and subregions in detail through multiple, and often conflicting, perspectives. It begins…

This article reflects on the significance of a series of encounters with a baby doll in an early years' classroom during an artist residency. The article takes an event when a small group of children encounter a baby doll as its starting point. By connecting this shared lived moment with Deleuze and Guattari's idea of machinic production and…

This article traces the trajectory of one particular scene in the work of three media students writing and filmmaking. The analysis scrutinizes the role of semiotic tools, such as synopsis and storyboard, in students' filmmaking practice. Moreover, the use of interactional data combined with textual data allows for a rich recording of the…

Golden West College (GWC) has been producing video tapes for classroom use since 1970, and has gained through experience useful insights about faculty and television production crews. Faculty members are content experts, accustomed to controlling everything that goes on in the classroom, and oriented toward the printed or spoken word rather than…

The director of the Audio Visual Center at Concordia Teachers College describes a project which enabled 60 eighth grade students in three classes to plan and produce a Super 8 color film as the final unit of the year's study in English and social studies." (Author/AA)

Basic steps in making a 16mm sound film are listed and explained. Preshooting considerations are discussed, and fundamental procedures are described. "Rushes," rough cut, final-cut work print, the recording session, sound track, and answer print are defined. Film production agreements, including payment arrangements, are also covered. (SK)

The use of audiovisual materials in social studies courses in today's schools is examined and evaluated. (CK)

Steps and processes that go into the making of a film are summarized in layman's terms. The stages of film preparation, shooting, editing and final processing are explicitly detailed. Included is a breakdown of the approximate amount of time and cost required for making each film. Sample pages of film script, a sample shooting schedule, and…

A BROCHURE HAS BEEN PREPARED WHICH COMPLEMENTS THE MOTION PICTURE "8MM FILM IN EDUCATION--ITS EMERGING ROLE," PRODUCED BY THE PROJECT ON EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATION OF THE HORACE MANN-LINCOLN INSTITUTE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BROCHURE IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ALL WHO AIDED IN MAKING THE FILM, AND TO PROVIDE MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE…

Provisions of the new law cover many issues important to educators, including rights for videotaping TV programs off the air, showing films, copying material for interlibrary loan, performing dramatic or musical works, and especially duplicating printed material for classroom use. The new guidelines are explained briefly. (LBH)

Discusses reasons for keeping film study in the English curriculum. Offers resources for film study and lists some short films that can be used in class. (RL)