Examines a study to explore the effectiveness of using graphics to teach young children about the nutrient and energy value of foods. Results show that study subjects were able to understand and use graphic information to make judgments about food, both immediately after an orientation session and a week later. (Author/MA)

An experienced educator describes how a video studio was turned into an effective college writing classroom. Necessary equipment, the nine-step process students utilized to produce a short television documentary, and course outcome are discussed in detail. (MBR)

Steps for organizing and implementing a program that involves elementary students in beautifying their school with large-scale wall graphics are outlined. Sources of design, drawing hints, painting methods, application techniques, and follow-up activities are discussed. (RM)

Discusses the rationale and presentation of an assignment on form design for a business, professional, and technical writing course. (HTH)

Offers suggestions, based on own experience with a workshop focusing on graphics, in creating a technical communication workshop involving both the business and the academic community. (MM)

Four drafting teachers give their opinions on how to teach metric measurement and conversion and other matters. They are Jeffry T. Lufting, James E. Kelso, L. Dayle Yeager, and Michael B. Atkins. Computer graphics, modular structures, communicative drafting, and microfilm reproduction are also discussed. (MS)

Modern curriculum, well-designed building and the best in equipment make this vocational facility outstanding. (Editor)

The art of collage has developed from affixing scraps of paper to a flat surface into combinations and assemblages of found objects, three-demensional as well as two-demensional. The historical background of callage as well as its possibilities for printmaking and its appropriateness for teaching design are discussed. (BF)

The author discusses practical considerations of teaching linoleum block printing in the elementary grades (tool use, materials, motivation) and outlines a sequence of design concepts in this area for the primary, intermediate and junior high grades. A short list of books and audiovisual aids is appended. (SJL)

Roberto Clemente High School in Chicago has an interdisciplinary communications program involving seven subject areas: Graphic Design, Graphic Arts, Photography, Photocomposition, TV Radio/Film, Communications in Spanish, and Latin American Literature. The instructors in these classes form a team. This article is part of a theme issue on career…

Describes apparatus and procedures to design and construct a "printing box" as a graphic arts project to make color prints on T-shirts using photography, indirect and direct photo screen methods, and other types of stencils. Step-by-step photographs illustrate the process. (MF)

The development of modern alumni publications is highlighted. The use of graphics, freedom of speech, publications' use as a channel of continuing education, innovations in planning and editing, establishment of objectives, production costs, and budgetary concerns are discussed. (JMF)

Approximately 50 references are cited that should aid administrators and editors in updating their skills in communicating with alumni. Included are references to the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, education press, professional magazines, freedom of the alumni press, magazine writing and editing, copyediting, design, electronic…