Selectively listed by state are the names and addresses of museums in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico which feature film programs as part of their regular activities. The list, acknowledged to be less than complete, includes some natural history and science museums, some anthropology museums, and state and county historical societies. The…

The purpose of creative activities in the classroom and the part creativity should have in the reading program are discussed. Both the gifted and not-so-gifted child can be motivated, challenged, and provided with enriching experiences through creative activities planned and encouraged by a resourceful teacher. Suggestions given include the…

Determined were the effects of educational motion pictures on the learning of biological concepts in a tenth grade biology course. Randomly assigned to sections were 173 students. One section was randomly drawn as the control group; the remaining sections were assigned as experimental groups. The experimental groups were shown films correlated on…

This publication lists various types of visual aids including films, filmstrips, and programs. They are listed by the following areas: (1) education, (2) guidance-professional, (3) occupational, (4) personal-social, (5) special education, and (6) speech and hearing. A brief description of content is provided. Age level is sometimes mentioned. (KJ)

Composed of two parts, this document reports the problems and successes encountered in compiling an annotated bibliography which may be used in teaching contemporary poetry and contains the resultant 42-item annotated bibliography. The major portion of the bibliography consists of books, with the other entries listed under the headings of…

This issue of Access, the journal issued periodically by Challenge for Change/Societe Nouvelle, contains two groups of articles. The first focuses upon the Skyriver Project, relating how a project was developed which used film and video tape as a means of helping Alaskan communities to assess their own needs and to advocate for themselves the…

The purpose of this article is to assist librarians who are preparing a video-tape orientation program suitable for large audiences, composed mainly of college freshmen. It results from the authors' experiences of planning and taping a television library orientation program and is directed toward the librarian who is required to prepare such a…

Intended to provide the user with alphabetical access to over 9,000 non-book educational media producer-distributor names and addresses, this volume was compiled from the computerized data base of the National Information Center for Educational Media. First, an alphabetical guide to producers and distributors by name is presented containing the…

The units in the Persuasion Program are meant to help students develop a critical awareness of methods and techniques used by those who want to persuade or influence them, and to help the students develop a proficiency in the art of persuading others. In this program, TV, films, radio, newspapers, magazines, and all types of advertising are…

Forty-eight motion picture films and filmstrips in the field of marine science are catalogued in this booklet. Following the alphabetical index, one page is devoted to each film indicating its type, producer, recommended grade level, running time, and presence of color and/or sound. A summary of film content, possible uses, and outstanding…

To stimulate students to learn through creative participation and to make literature a live experience, an experimental film making project was conducted with freshmen at Bimidji State College during the 1969-70 term. The first step was to introduce film-making to the students. This was accomplished through viewing and analyzing brief…

Many disciplines, including semantics, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, and the practical arts, have contributed to our knowledge of visual literacy. Insights these disciplines have made about the nature of meaning, art, or perception apply to visual literacy. If, as some studies indicate, some children are visually rather than verbally…

This list of 25 short films represents what is believed to be a basic list of films for the high school English department. For each of the films. information is given as to the distributor, the running time, whether it is in black and white or color, the rental price, a summary, possible audience, a few strengths and weaknesses, some possible…

The catalog lists and describes approximately 293 films concerning handicapped children which are available from the Instructional Materials Centers and Regional Media Centers Network. Films are organized under the following categories (number of films for each category is indicated in parentheses): art for exceptional children (five), autism…

The popular belief that providing learners with a list of the behavioral objectives for a set of instructional materials will increase their learning from the material was unsuccessfully challenged by this brief experiment. Sixty-four university students enrolled in an audiovisual education course were divided into 4 groups. Each group was…