The overhead projector, used as a controllable blackboard or bulletin board in the teaching of writing, extends the range of teaching techniques so that an instructor may (1) prepare, in advance, handwritten sheets of film--test questions, pupils' sentences, quotations, short poems--to be shown in any order or form; (2) use pictures, graphics, or…

By providing the instructor with a nearly limitless surface to write on and the opportunity to simultaneously face students and project a graphic display on an overhead screen, the overhead projector has provided the teacher with an opportunity to improve the clarity of his instruction and to make class presentations more stylish and interesting.…

How to use student manipulative materials and the overhead to get student involvement with first graders. (RB)

Discusses the overhead projector and its use in the language class. (Text is in French.) (AM)

The first section of this pamphlet illustrates and describes the overhead projector, and discusses several of its advantages over other projection devises, including its simplicity of operation, conservation of class time, dynamic effects, image size, etc. The second section describes in some detail materials and methods used to make visuals, then…

This booklet is designed to assist teachers in their use of overhead projectors when teaching geography. With the overhead technique, relationships among patterns can be suggested bit by bit on inexpensive, easily prepared overlays that are projected to sizes appropriate for a particular instructional situation. A general discussion of the…

This manual discusses the latest (and some not so recent) educational technologies used in classrooms, provides instructions for using them, and offers suggestions as to how they might be used more effectively. The following technologies are included: printed word, black and white chalkboards, overhead projectors, telephone instruction, facsimile…

Provides two demonstrations: (1) electrolyte migration of ions using colored ions which cross a strip of gelatin allowing for noticeable migration; and (2) photochemical reduction of Fe+3 by the citrate ion. Points out both reactions can be done in a Petri dish using common lab materials. (MVL)

Although computers and high-powered mass media will eventually open new vistas in education, their immediate value is overrated, and the less glamouous visual learning media are the ones that teachers and students use most often. Today the most important visual media are filmstrips, slides, overhead projectuals, 16mm films, and 8mm silent or sound…

The high cost of providing on-line computing to all students individually makes it necessary to use some means of group viewing of one user's interaction with the computer. While the author suggests that group viewing of computer output is not a replacement for individual direct experience with the computer, it can be a useful and economical…

This report focuses on a description of the overhead projector and suggests ways in which its application in the foreign language classroom can be most effective. Following a brief review of the function of the projector, the author discusses: (1) advantages and limitations of the teaching device, (2) factors to consider in selecting a machine,…

Discusses a device that enables computer images to be projected using an overhead projector. Describes possible uses for the liquid crystal displays (LCD) along with its advantages and disadvantages. Provides several suggestions for purchasing an LCD. (MVL)

Technological developments, which have improved and increased the audiovisual materials and mechanical aids available, can be especially useful to teachers of science, math, and foreign languages. This technology revolution is not a threat to teachers, but a source of educational tools to be used as a part of an overall teaching design. Most…

This twenty-third in a series of twenty-nine learning modules on instructional execution is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers help in operating overhead and opaque project equipment and in using overhead and opaque materials to present information in the classroom or laboratory. The terminal objective for the module…