One of the challenges that social studies educators face daily is how to make student learning relevant. Digital technologies can play an important role by connecting what happens in the classroom to the world beyond. One way to do this is by turning students into producers of information and having them create content rather than simply consume.…

How to plan on-location videotaping so as to minimize missing shots and repetition of camera and lighting setups. (BD)

This guide provides young students with seven simple steps for producing videos by combining pictures, sound, and motion to become modern storytellers. Eight types of videos are described. Three sections organize the steps to video production. The section "Pre-Production," gives: (1) "Step One: Choose the Crew. Brainstorm and Decide…

This handbook provides novice video production teachers with a basic course outline containing information, activities, and lessons for use with high school students in an introductory television course. The contents are divided into five major sections: (1) before class begins, (2) preproduction, (3) production, (4) postproduction, and (5) the…

Reviews the history of the Television Service of the University of Glasgow, describes the influence of television as an educational medium, compares the use of educational television with the use of film, and considers the advantages of radio as an educational medium, particularly in light of production costs and accessibility. (JL)

This step-by-step description of the process of making videotapes is divided into two parts. "The Medium" looks at the physical equipment needed for making tapes. The kinds, makes, and operational differences between videotape recorders, cameras, and microphones are distinguished to help the novice choose equipment suitable for his purpose.…

Describes the use of camcorders for in-house student and teacher video productions in middle schools and high schools. Topics addressed include advantages of producing in-house videotapes; student involvement, including at-risk students; scheduling enough time for the project; scriptwriting; and production techniques, including transitional…

The author traces the history of instructional television (ITV), concluding that classroom television is little more advanced or accepted than it was in 1950. He suggests that there will be an increasing use of videotaped, pre-recorded, inexpensively produced local television lessons in place of broadcast ITV. The basics of television production…

This student manual is one in a series of individualized instructional materials for use under the supervision of an instructor. The self-contained manual was developed for persons training to become television camera operators. Each assignment has all the information needed, including a list of objectives that should be met and exercise questions…

This document is a course of study to provide high school students with an introduction to television production skills and techniques and to provide a framework for developing critical television viewing skills. The nine units of the course introduce students to storyboards, camera operations, lighting, audio, video recording, graphics,…