Practical tips on traps to avoid when buying television equipment." (Editor)

Reported on are a new high speed videotape contact duplicator and an inexpensive videotape recorder. (LS)

A group of students is gathered around a square table, on each side of which sit four small maps. In the center is a much larger map. The students are engaged in an animated discussion of key topographical features they are observing and the geological processes that may have produced them. Much pointing and tapping on the table punctuates the…

While research has focused on the effect of technology on student performance, it is not yet known how advanced technology, such as Promethean boards influence student achievement. The purpose of this mixed-method study was to examine how Promethean boards impact academic performance of elementary school students in third and fifth grade…

This case study investigated the process of adopting and integrating interactive whiteboards into the daily practice of teachers and compared the findings to relevant theoretical models. Participants were drawn from a small international school in Damascus, Syria, where interactive whiteboards were introduced for the first time. The findings…

This list gives names and addresses for manufacturers of films, filmstrips, 2x2 slides, 8mm films, prepared transparencies, records and prerecorded tape, maps, globes, charts, and production equipment and materials. (TI)

Lack of sufficient money is frequently a deterrent to the effective application of technology to education. Buying second hand equipment can help to alleviate this problem. (STS)

A report on the variety of new educational equipment on display at Navex-69, the annual conference and exhibition of England's National Committee for Audio-Visual Aids in Education. (LS)

In an interview George D. Fischer, chairman of the Educational Facilities Corporation, discusses the ideas behind the 34 story building whose plans have just been unveiled. (LS)

An audiovisual specialist encourages making decorations out of obsolete pieces of audiovisual equipment such as victrolas and old cameras. Included are six illustrations of "attractive show-pieces which add to the pleasing environment of my office." (Author/LS)