The information presented in this book should help both amateur and professional to use the most up-to-date materials and equipment available to create and produce modern instructional media. The techniques of illustration which are most valuable in producing instructional materials are covered. Some modern and practical techniques for mounting…

A product of a library science seminar on Appalachian library materials at West Virginia University, this selective bibliography includes school library materials in print about, relating to, or rooted in Appalachia. There are lists of fiction; poetry; drama; folklore and folk music; biography; history, geography and travel; social and…

Statistics are presented relating to the domestic dollar sales of audiovisual and other non-textual materials to educational institutions. The scope of the data compiled this year has been broadened to include sales by type of customer and number of units and to cover new categories of media such as games, manipulatives and realia.…

A total of 16 items which deal with educational technology and which would be of interest to both school media specialists and to teachers are listed. The bibliography includes 11 books treating substantive issues in educational technology which have been published since 1968, one bibliography of resources in the field, and four periodicals.…

Teachers need more help from school counselors, school psychologists, and testing programs. Summary profiles are an excellent way to quickly and pithily communicate information. The profile included is applicable to Wechsler Scales: WISC, WBI, WBII, and WAIS. In part, the profile is also applicable to the WPPSI. (Author)

A workbook for use by teachers in adult basic education classes concerned with personal growth, this text covers five areas. These areas are: Money Management, World of Work, Citizenship and Government, Health Education, and Family Life. Each area is presented as to the course objectives, and units of instruction are given. It is suggested that…

As a learning aid, videotape recording and playback have been used successfully by Saskatchewan NewStart for almost two years with 200 students. The following seven functions which videotape replay can provide are discussed: (1) Information Giving, (2) Personality Development, (3) Learning Social Skills, (4) Learning Job Skills, (5) Community…

Reported is the development of a mathematics course for college freshmen of lower mathematics capabilities. Materials were geared toward multi-media presentation--classroom teacher in conjunction with video-lessons. A pilot study involved a group using new materials plus teacher with video-lessons, and a second group using new materials plus…

Free teaching materials which will be available at least until 1973, which have been evaluated by accredited teachers, and which have direct bearing on curriculum are listed in this catalog. Individual items are grouped under appropriate subject headings by title or source, and a description of the item is included. In addition, the approximate…

Audiovisual aids and instructional media have advantages: they are of use in training, they permit self instruction, they allow widespread exposure to expert teachers. They also present difficulties: they are expensive, they require reorganization and careful selection of staff and equipment, they require decisions as to what programs to use or…

PROGRAMA DE EDUCACION INTERAMERICANA is a project of Texas A&M University in liaison with the Bryan Independent School District. The objectives of the program are to improve the knowledge and understanding of Texas teachers and students about other American cultures. Study teams of educators research and, in midsummer, travel to selected…

The Educational Media Council, a consortium of 15 national non-profit professional organizations, undertook a three-year self-study to evaluate and revise the Council as a forum, a dissemination agency, and as a consultant service to the Office of Education and to education in general. The Council's membership criteria were reviewed and revised,…

There is an urgent need to fully realize (in the sense of comprehend) the extent to which technology and education are related in the modern world. This relatedness exists at a very deep conceptual level and its practical everyday social and educational implications have hardly begun to be realized (in the sense of being made real). Technology is…

THE MATERIALS IN THIS REPORT WERE COMPILED FOR USE AS INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS IN A TWO-SEMESTER COURSE IN ELEMENTARY HINDI, THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE OF INDIA. THE COMPILATION IS PRESENTED IN PRELIMINARY FORM AS ITS PRACTICAL USEFULNESS IN A CLASSROOM SITUATION WAS UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF REPORTING. MATERIALS INCLUDE (1) CONVERSATIONAL UNITS ADAPTED FROM…

THE EFFECTIVE USE OF FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING, INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS, AND MODERN TECHNOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES IN SMALL SCHOOL SYSTEMS IS IMPERATIVE IF THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT NEEDS ARE TO BE MET. FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING AND THE USE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSES MAXIMIZE OPPORTUNITIES IN A LIMITED CURRICULUM. THE USE OF AN AMPLIFIED TELEPHONE IN A CLASSROOM IS…