Questions discussed are--(1) why should a consultant be hired, (2) what can the consultant do that our own staff and architect cannot do, and (3) what is an educational planning program for a college science facility? Fifteen basic steps involved in the development of the educational planning program are described which help college science…

This report of an Institute in Evaluation Techniques in School Library/Media Programs is presented in outline form to serve as a format for other training and inservice sessions in evaluation techniques. Basic information is given in the narrative with indication of related discussion questions and activities for participants. A discussion of the…

Guidelines for designing and planning learning stations for pupils at the elementary grade level include suggestions on how to develop a station that will be successful in meeting the learners' needs. Instructions for the use of tapes at a station and matching pupils with stations are given, as are guidelines on classroom arrangement and record…

Data is presented on the use and availability of media in library education programs. Information was collected from a questionnaire sent to institutional and associate institutional members of the Association of American Library Schools in 1975. The questionnaire was designed to determine the scope, size, and organization of the media collection…

This paper addresses the need for having a specialist in vocational guidance who knows what needs to be done to implement and improve vocational guidance services. The person who fills the role of vocational guidance specialist must be aware of the potential roles that each group within the educational system can play in fostering needed guidance…

This study is based on a nationwide survey conducted to determine the status of organized sixth-year programs leading to a degree or certificate. The survey was designed to update information received from two previous studies done in 1957 and 1967. Responses came from 371 of 480 institutions that received questionnaires. Results of the study…

Several needs were identified at Iowa State University for a second level media course for undergraduate education majors. For students, these needs included more in-depth media training and earlier contact with public schools. For teachers, these needs included on-target teaching materials and instructional development assistance. To meet these…

A study of instructional materials, especially media, available for ophthalmology teaching was initiated at the University of Washington School of Medicine in March 1973. Some 115 catalog and distribution sources were contracted, from which more than 200 potential titles were identified. Fifty three materials were reviewed and evaluated. Six…

A unique system for writing and producing multimedia technical presentations is said to make it relatively easy for any communications professional to get involved with multimedia. Projection equipment and screen numbers are to be chosen strictly on the basis of content; dissolve effects with 35mm slides are described as the key. Central themes…

Weaknesses in the reading course background and the high turnover rate of many college reading specialists along with an increased demand for these people to help disadvantaged college youth led the author to develop a course and practicum for graduate students who wished to enter this field. The course included these topics: (1) philosophy and…

Keynote addresses, minutes of the meetings, committee reports, and a list of the 72 participants are given in this report of an annual meeting of educational media specialists at Lake Okoboji (Iowa). The keynote addresses were concerned with the application of educational technology and interdependence in the industrial-instructional revolution.…

The purpose of the evaluation is to inform the Leadership Training Institute (LTI) staff how well they performed their responsibilities during 1972-73. The procedures for gathering information on which the evaluation is based include: (1) a personal interview with each LTI staff member; (2) personal interview with appropriate Bureau of Libraries…

In this paper the author presents ideas of some science educators who, in their writing, have emphasized problems of re-orienting specialists for teaching unified science. The paper makes a few preliminary suggestions on how specialist teachers may be given the necessary assistance in scientific content, philosophy and teaching strategy to prepare…

This book is a critical biography of filmmaker Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin's life is traced in interpretative fashion from his birth, with special interest centering on the people and events in his life that molded and influenced his creative activities. Discursive criticism of Chaplin's films, identifying their child-like world view, for example, is…

A study was made to secure surveyed data on the current and projected employment of specialists in educational media and technology. In addition, the surveyed local school superintendents and deans of instruction in community colleges were asked to suggest areas in which media training would be desirable in the public schools and community…