Means of achieving acceptable television pictures in using closed circuit television for management training are presented. Various production techniques for both video and audio and their operation are described. (MF)

To make a Media Center or other school area more attractive, use super graphics painted on walls. Brief directions are included. (STS)

Describes a project in which students research and describe a career using a book report format and then produce a videotape based on the "What's My Line?" television series. (CLB)

Offers guidelines for working with deaf actors and sign language interpreters. Contains useful information for directors wanting to cast deaf actors in roles of deaf characters and to include sign language-interpreted performances of some of their regular productions. (JD)

Discusses development and use of Open Learning Institute's computerized course development and production systems which solved some of the inherent problems in course writing. A network of microcomputers which facilitates preparation of production-ready manuscripts and course authoring templates constructed from word processing software is…

Surveyed broadcasting departments to determine the kinds of on-air training they provide students. Found that 68 (or 48 percent) of the responding institutions broadcast or cablecast a student-run television news program. (PD)

Discusses disciplines required in writing branching programs for interactive video, underscoring the need to work from a flowchart, function on a team, and develop skills to write nonlinearly. Problems encountered are compared with Faulkner's novel, "The Sound and the Fury," and the development of two programs is briefly described. (MBR)

Describes the advantages and problems of using new color printing technology in student newspapers. (CRH)

Discusses the feasibility and advantages of using microcomputers for teaching newspaper page design and layout. (HTH)

Provides guidelines for building self-instructional training packages to teach beginning microcomputer skills at any age level. Five steps are explained: outline curriculum and objectives, structure one lesson, produce the instruction, package the materials, and manage the lesson. (MBR)

This experimental examination of the effects of close-up, medium, and long camera shots on jurors' perceptions of "strong" and "weak" witnesses found few effects, none of them direct. (PD)

Discuss the increasing problems, facing the private innovator, which may seriously affect the progress of American technology. Statistics show a decrease in patents issued to independent inventors. Information concerning patents, suggested cautions, and useful publications are cited. (Author/EB)

How new techniques of changing employee behavior pay off in terms of improved performance on the bottom line. (HD)

Following the proceedings of the training course on children's periodicals held in 1997 in Tokyo, this report contains the following articles: (1) "Children's Life and Magazines" (Jiro Saito); (2) "Periodical Picture Books to Develop Reading Skills of Children" (Tadashi Matsui); (3) "How to Produce Attractive Educational…

This guidebook is designed to introduce students in drama or theater arts programs to as many aspects of theater as possible, to allow them to experience for themselves the diversity and excitement of theater, and to encourage them to develop the love of theater which is necessary for the successful production of a play at any level: high school,…