Engineers and technicians completed a knowledge inventory and performed an electronics troubleshooting activity in three context groups (repair, design, production). Results showed general lack of troubleshooting preparation in all groups; common troubleshooting processes among experts; and deemphasis of theoretical knowledge among production and…

Of 21 farmers who watched a video of a master dairy farmer, 69% adopted one or more new practices. A key to successful video production was an articulate subject interacting with knowledgeable extension faculty asking questions. The quality of audio and video equipment was also important. (SK)

Describes one school's experience taking a production on tour. Tells what happened during their preparation period, the choices that they made, and the answers to the statement "If I had to do over again...." Presents 11 lessons learned from their experience. Notes that touring a show teaches students invaluable lessons. (SG)

Describes processes required to develop a yearbook on compact disc. Discusses the concept, staff organization, production, sales and costs, deadlines, and final tasks. (RS)

ALI is a project to develop an archive for talking books produced by the Swedish universities. The universities produce talking books from the mandatory literature for students with reading disabilities, including mostly journal articles, book chapters and texts written by teachers. The project group consists of librarians and co-ordinators for…

Look no further than to the popularity of C-SPAN's annual video documentary competition for middle and high schoolers, and it's obvious that video editing, and the technology that comes with it, is important to today's students. In the past it was a complex, involved, and expensive process. Video editing is now within the reach of anybody with a…

Librarians and archivists find themselves facing the prospect of digitization. Everyone is doing it, everyone needs it. Discussions rage nationally and internationally concerning what to digitize and the best means to present and retain digital objects. Digitization is the act of making something digital, expressing a physical object "in numerical…

The calendar was creeping into June. It was late spring, a time when many students' thoughts were sliding toward summer vacation. But it wasn't a problem in Lori Lowe's classroom. Her students had bigger things on their minds--like whether or not the Civil War would turn out the way they hoped. For many weeks, these fourth graders had been…

Organized along broadly historical lines, this comprehensive collection of outstanding plays includes 41 works from the classical Greek period to the contemporary. As an introduction to the theater, the collection is unmatched for its theatrical variety and cultural diversity. It provides: (1) a general introduction on reading and witnessing a…

Digital electronic technology systems are composed of hardware, software, thoughtware, and their context. The four elements of the model are in a context sensitive relationship where to alter one element is to change them all. Digital Cinema is a theoretical construct for understanding moving images produced and viewed in a digital context.…

The ideas and techniques of post-modernist art and the imagist theatre represent an important preparatory stage in the revival of poetic drama. During the 1960s and early 1970s, a number of experimental companies rebelled against the realism of the American theatre and began to produce works that stressed emotional authenticity in acting, active…

Argues that quality yearbooks are products of planning, organization, and discipline. (RB)

A discussion of the design methods used, and a week-by-week breakdown of a year's course for high school television production. (Author/HB)

A look at the use of visuals in the teaching of social studies in Great Britain. (HB)

A description of the media program at Richland Center (Wisconsin) High School. (HB)