Discusses Compact Disc-Interactive (CD-I) using a question-and-answer format. Highlights include development of the CD-I technology; where to purchase discs and players; compatibility with other CD-ROM drives; how to make discs; authoring systems versus custom programs; entertainment and educational applications; licensing issues; specifications;…

Describes how to illuminate and optically stain slides for microscope use and how to interface a 35mm camera with a microscope using an adaptor. Provides equipment descriptions and sources, details about illumination, image formation, darkfield adaptors, centerable filter adaptors, darkfield stops, rheinburg filters, and choosing specimens to…

Evaluates the effectiveness of interactive multimedia instruction in a video production class as compared to the typical classroom lecture. Finds that students using the interactive multimedia system did not score higher on a posttest than students who attended lecture. (SR)

Describes a two-day class plan in which students learn about performance and production aspects of a Shakespearean play and become sensitive to the multiple readings that can exist in a text. (SR)

Discussion of reasons for the coproduction of television programing focuses on financial needs and arrangements. The coproduction process is examined, including editorial aspects and the rights of broadcasters and distributors; and the future of coproduction is discussed. (LRW)

Examines the future of the book publishing industry in an electronic environment and presents new production and distribution strategies publishers and bookstores could use to decrease risk and increase profit. The author argues for electronic books and publications, showing how they will benefit readers, libraries, and publishers. (KRN)

Documents use of informant-made video (IMV) recordings as a data collecting method for research into adults' art viewing experiences. Compares 10 informants' videotaped accounts of their responses to works of art with audiotaped responses. Reveals that IMVs provided additional information, such as visual documentation of artwork. Concludes with a…

Defines a stage director's rehearsal note as a written reminder to tell an actor (or technical person) something seen during a rehearsal when there was no time to stop the action. Finds a note can contain a suggestion, a correction, or a compliment. Presents examples from play rehearsals of when a note was needed. (PA)

Explains how to set up a morning news show for elementary schools that uses sixth grade students. Highlights include recruiting and selecting team members; training; scheduling guest anchors; setting up; and organization and student roles. (LRW)

Explains how a management education video on the Challenger disaster was created and insights gained from the experience. Reflects on its use in promoting organizational transformation. (SK)

Agricultural communication units at land-grant universities (46 of 50) responding to a survey indicated that 2 institutions produced two-thirds of 937 videoconferences in 1993; 31 produced the other one-third. Most evaluate productions, but treat the results informally. Nonevaluators said assessment was not needed, not useful, or too difficult.…

Describes how Canada's Open College developed a doculecture to attract learners to educational radio. Outlines planning issues for marketing, producing, and funding educational radio programs. (SK)

In the last 20 years, the Internet has evolved from simply conveying text and then still photographs and music to the present-day medium in which individuals are contributors and consumers of a nearly infinite number of professional and do-it-yourself videos. In this dynamic environment, new generations of Internet users are streaming video and…

Jason Ranker argues that struggling students need "opportunities to use print and produce meanings in diverse and multifaceted ways." His case study of two fifth-grade girls who used digital video production to better understand aspects of the civil rights movement reveals ways in which multimodal literacy practices "can create new possibilities…

Public radio is about to achieve a new technological level as the new Public Radio Satellite System (PRSS) is deployed. The network will dramatically improve the capacity and quality of its interconnection system, but proper interfacing at member stations will be required to realize the full benefits of the new system. The new system uses digital…