Presents a concise historical review of the use of satellites in education, including legislation, proposals, research, and descriptions of several working systems. Thirty-nine references are cited. (JEG)

Price, address of distributor, and brief descriptions are given for "Learning"'s most highly rated audiovisual teaching materials of 1979. (LH)

A longtime practitioner of instructional technology recounts his personal odyssey toward professional identity. (Author/CMV)

Discusses the importance of fostering young adults' awareness of the techniques used to manipulate them, particularly in the marketplace. Briefly reviews 15 short films that can be shown in the classroom and that illustrate various facets of media manipulation. (GC)

The effectiveness of color cuing strategies is analyzed in terms of learner aptitudes, the type of learning required, the category of color cuing employed, and the relationship between color cues and other feature cues. (Author/JEG)

Explains the complex production and distribution networks that make up instructional television; encourages teachers to make their needs and reactions known to producers through the proper channels of authority. (MAI)

A challenge is presented to school media specialists to become informed about networks and data bases in order to expand access to resources to meet user needs. (Author)

Presents a step-by-step approach to school media program involvement in shared resources and services. (Author)

Star-Bowling is a game for developing skills. The student is awarded a star for each frame in which he successfully knocks down a specified number of pins. (JMF)

This article outlines the steps followed by the author in creating a teaching package consisting of a taped commentary accompanying a set of slides about settlements in Jamaica. It is suggested that the same procedures could be adapted for use in any subject area at any grade level. (Author/RLV)

This essay examines the relationship between learning and communication and clarifies the conditions under which media could be used in schools to enhance learning. Learning situations relevant to the school's use of media, the role of communications in learning, and consequences of the classroom use of media are discussed. (RAO)

Discusses the advantages of video games in an educational setting, criteria to be used in selecting them, and their potential impact on teaching. (DD)

A pointed argument for the practical use of video in education and a detailed explanation of how one elementary school accomplished this goal. (KS)

This article presents two broad aspects of audio technology: as a developmental tool for gathering information and an instructional tool. Three applications of audio instruction and two innovations (variable speech and audio indexing) are described. (Author/BD)