A series of inspections for cassette recorders that can be performed to assure that the devices are acceptable is described. The inspections can be completed in 20 minutes and can be performed by instructional personnel. The series of inspection procedures includes tests of the intelligibility of audio, physical condition, tape speed, impulse…

Part one of this document consists of the findings and recommendations of the President's Science Advisory Committee. The report considers the use of computers in undergraduate, secondary, and higher education. It also discusses the needs of the computer science student, interaction between research and educational uses of computers, computer…

Among the wide variety of materials available in mocroform edition from the National Cash Register (NCR)/Microcard Editions are papal documents, transcription of the Nuremberg trials, the complete works of Swinburne, and the complete files of many magazines, including many nineteenth century magazines. This catalog indexes offerings alphabetically…

MANY CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY HAVE VARIOUS PERCEPTUAL HANDICAPS WHICH RESULT FROM THE NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENT. TEACHING AIDS ARE DESCRIBED BY (1) NAME, (2) MATERIALS NEEDED IN CONSTRUCTION, (3) PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION, (4) EXPLANATION OF USE, AND (5) THE CONTRIBUTOR'S NAME. CATEGORIES OF AIDS INCLUDE (1) SENSORY DEVELOPMENT, (2) VERBAL…

The National School I. D. Number (postal zip code plus an assigned two digit code), used to identify school property, denotes specificity of ownership, and in a court of law is considered a conclusive evidence of ownership. (Author/MLF)

This school district declared its outdated equipment surplus and held a public auction that produced more money than the usual sealed-bid method. (IRT)

The author describes the different features of the mulit-vendor lab teaching environment for word processing and the single-vendor lab. He then presents a number of concerns that educators should consider when contemplating the establishment of a word processing curriculum. (CT)

Digital technology is changing the environment of media production education. This exploratory study assesses the changes that computers bring to this learning atmosphere. The findings allow video production educators to focus on the salient issues they face as they make the transition to the digital era. Qualitative research methods were used,…

In the 3 years since their introduction, Internet-capable cellular telephones are used by over 47 million Japanese (37% of the population) which nearly equals the number of people using personal computers to access the Internet. If this trend continues, the cellular telephone will overtake the personal computer as the most widely used Internet…

A trade show of educational hardware and software was the highlight of a week-long convention, which also offered a full program of education and training sessions. (RK)

Discusses the results of a faculty survey on a teaching aids package in obstetrics and gynecology. (PB)

The article describes the products and services of the Telephone Pioneer of America, a voluntary group of telephone company employees who devise equipment for handicapped children. (RD)