The paper reviews the production activities of the Educational Media Production Project for the Hearing Impaired, a project designed to adapt existing or develop new instructional materials for the hearing impaired. (Author/CL)

Computers can be an asset to education when the focus is upon students' learning needs and teachers' capabilities. This article discusses the ineffective uses of computers in home and school. (DF)

Guidelines for evaluating and selecting software for computer assisted instruction of learning disabled students touch on technical adequacy, instructional effectiveness, and matters of presentation format (rate, modality, feedback, and reinforcement aspects.) (CL)

A checklist of procedural guidelines for selecting new and replacement textbooks, films, tapes, kits, anthologies, and other instructional materials. (DD)

In recent years many teachers, English departments, and school districts have taken steps towards averting censorship and strengthening the professional basis for their English language arts programs. This paper states that development of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) guidelines for selection of materials in English programs…

Communicating, the perennial favorite for how-to articles, is investigated here in connection with conference behavior. Prerequisite skills for various kinds of conferences are discussed. (Editor)

Discusses the hard work involved in being a publisher's consultant. (GB)

Article describes a comprehensive model for the selection of instructional media in the context of technical/vocational education. (Author)

Cooperation between school and producer is necessary for ensuring learner verified materials. A related article is EA 503 987. (Author/MF)

The kind of openness most essential to education, schools, media centers, classrooms, and learning is not an architectural openness, nor a structural openness, but rather an intellectual and emotional openness. The resourcefulness of the media specialist is the most essential ingredient in media service programs for open schools. (Related articles…

Presents a set of guidelines for selecting hardware to promote students' sensory, cognitive, emotional, and social development. (MP)

Suggests basic guidelines for resource selection in multicultural classrooms focusing on defining goals and objectives and fostering cultural literary skills. Provides annotated list of sources and resources. (DMM)

Once a school has decided to invest in computers, many other decisions must be made. Considerations should include cost, technical requirements, and standard, upgraded, and "dream" features. Recommendations that can be used as helpful guidelines are presented. (CJ)

Focusing on the characteristics noted across models, this paper identifies and evaluates the relevance to learning effectiveness of the major features found in 10 media selection models. Features discussed include the physical forms the models take, the ways in which they classify media, and the media selection factors they consider. (Author/PN)

Discusses the role of the media librarian in promoting media utilization and describes the major assignment of a hypothetical library school course designed to explore the nature and purpose of media. (EJS)