The intent of the learning module described here is to increase users' skills in selecting effective instructional products for their classrooms. The module familiarizes users with product selection criteria and involves the user in practical demonstration of product selection. This descriptive report provides information on the purposes and…

Recent information drawn from the Educational Products Information Exchange (EPIE) Institute's six-year survey and assessment of instructional materials used in United States schools is reported in this paper. Among the conclusions, observations, and recommendations reported are the following: as currently practiced in most schools, the selection…

The objectives of this workshop module are to increase teachers' awareness of the sex role stereotyping that exists in language and instructional materials and to provide instructors with strategies for increasing student awareness of sex bias and for countering the effects of stereotyping in their classroom materials. Workshop handouts for use in…

The Consumer Information Center is a federal program which encourages federal agencies to develop and release consumer information to the public. It also promotes consumer awareness and access to information through the "Consumer Information Catalog" and a mail order distribution operation. Through research, the Center can learn the…

The objective of this report is to present recommendations and criteria for planning, developing, and evaluating school and system-level media programs. These recommendations are based on a broad concept of services, intended to provide students and teachers with the media services and resources necessary for quality education. A broad plan is…

Included in this document are two competency-based tests created to evaluate candidates for Basic Media Endorsement and Professional Media Endorsement. There are two forms for each test, and each test emphasizes the skills required to evaluate and select media materials. Questions can be answered in writing, orally, or on audio cassette tapes, and…

Twelve different conversion plans were delineated and evaluated in the performance of this study effort. An indepth technical, financial, and cost/benefit analysis was included. One plan was determined to be distinctively more cost-effective than any of the other plans because it provided a technically feasible system that assured the maximum…

To increase media utilization in Wisconsin's vocational-technical education districts, a study was made to determine factors that impede or enhance the use of media and a program was set up to implement the study findings. Following a literature review and surveys of educators, an inservice workshop was developed to teach applications of…

The idea that the multimedia concept is a fad is described as nonsense, and its broadening and far-reaching realm in society is detailed. The type of media found in a school library media center and their applications are listed for the benefits of teachers. Ways in which media can be used to encourage student interest are discussed. Teachers are…

Multimedia materials which will enrich a junior high school student's appreciation of Arizona are compiled in this bibliography. The materials included were selected using criteria of availability, moderate cost, appeal, readability level of the materials is the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades, but, to allow for reading achievement variations,…

Capitalizing on the resources available in an urban city block, this resource guide for the emotionally handicapped (K-6) presents a resource list and objectives and activities relative to teaching language arts (reading, English, listening, speaking, and writing). The resource list is comprised of approximately 150 physical facilities (e.g.,…

A review of educational research reveals that free and inexpensive materials are used today to a much greater extent than they had been in the past. Two studies, sponsored by the American Iron and Steel Institute, are evidence of the producer's interest in determining the strengths and weaknesses of the materials being sent into classrooms and…

A survey was made to determine the need for new media specialists to work in developing educational and training programs. In particular, an estimation of the present and future needs for trained personnel was analyzed. The greatest need identified was in primary and secondary education. Other employment areas likely to expand included Teachers'…

A plan for the integration of the audiovisual and library services of the community college under a single administrative unit, the learning resources center (LRC), is presented. The authors maintain that such a merger would be in the best interests of faculty and students, helping them to provide and obtain quality individualized education. In…

This bibliography covers the field from the point of view of the software maker, keeper and user, and covers both the Anglo-American and European scenes. Sections include: other bibliographies, the challenge of the new media, accessions and reviews, treatment of different media (pictures, maps, slides, tapes), and guides to ready made software in…