The author describes her experiences in producing a videotape program for deaf students. The program uses students' talents and is comprised of four parts: information on some aspect of contemporary living, career interviews with deaf adults, information on leisure activities, and an historical topic. (CL)

Describes a relay game to practice football skills including running, hiking, passing, and catching. (JMF)

A crossword puzzle for social dance using terminology of seven dances is presented. (JMF)

Illustrates the variety of materials available in the ERIC system, from lesson plans and teaching guides to classroom games and descriptions of individualized activities, for planning language arts lessons. (DD)

An historical overview of the International Council for Educational Media from World War II to the present. (BD)

School textbooks are assumed to be important socializers. However, because of the complexity and methodological stumbling blocks involved in the subject matter, the impact of specific textbooks and the interaction between pupils and textbooks have seldom been studied. I discuss the methodological problems in explorations of the role of school…

The single technology that continues to make the largest impact on education is wireless networking. There may come a time in the very near future when there will be no worry about wiring a school for data or even purchasing wireless equipment.

This exploratory study centered its investigation in the participants' responses provided in 2 different instructional teaching delivery methods (traditional and online) that utilized active-like teaching learning techniques (case studies, group projects, threaded discussions, class discussions, office hours, lectures, computerized assignments,…

We evaluated the effectiveness of the use of an electronic personal response system (or "clickers") during an introductory psychology lecture on perceptual constancy. We graphed and projected student responses to questions during the lecture onto a large-screen display in Microsoft PowerPoint. The distributions of answers corresponded…

The aim of this study was to examine reading media (braille, cassettes, screen-reader, screen-magnifier, large print, low vision aids, CCTV) used by visually impaired adults. This article reports the results of a research project involving 100 people with visual impairment. The participants were interviewed and asked to fill in a questionnaire to…

The purpose of this article was to review published research literature about the publishing process and the roles of participants in this process on the textbook publishing industry in the USA. The contents of books, collected works, reports and journal articles were analysed, and summaries of the contents were then organised chronologically to…

The present installment continues the updating service begun in the October 1971 issue of Audiovisual Instruction, and supplements coverage contained in MRD 1974/75. (Author)

Author looks at the classroom uses of various media and examines the potential value for them in the future of education. (HB)

A discussion of the various media formats that make extensive use of educational media software and hardware difficult. (HB)

A pictorial, step-by-step description of a method of transferring pictures from magazines to translucent film or acetate. (HB)