More than 450 filmstrips for teaching a wide range of educational topics which are available to schools in the U.S. without charge are listed in this catalog. The filmstrips are classified into 17 topics, including agriculture, arts and crafts, business education, driver education, environmental education, geography, history, home economics,…

The still picture can provide a visual stimulus and focus to a broad range of cognitive and affective activities keyed to major substantive concepts. (Author/STS)

Visual production activities in school libraries are being neglected. Suggestions for encouraging students to produce photograms are given. (Author/AP)

This three-piece movable-parts aid saves time in teaching the scaling of photos and illustrations in graphic arts. (Editor)

Describes the history of projectors, images, and variations of projection, and uses in still projection. (CMV)

Briefly sketches the last 20 years of research on instructional pictures emphasizing the effects of increasingly analytical approaches, changing conceptions, and changing research questions. Recent trends in picture research are discussed in three areas: pictures v pictures, pictures v words, and pictures plus words. (Author)

Introduces a rotation and scale invariant log-polar wavelet texture feature for image retrieval. The underlying feature extraction process involves a log-polar transform followed by an adaptive row shift invariant wavelet packet transform. Experimental results show that this rotation and scale invariant wavelet feature is quite effective for image…

Describes the four basic information graphics: fever, bar, pie, and map. Provides five tips for creating visuals for graphs: (1) plot the numbers first; (2) set the numbers horizontally; (3) make it accurate; (4) use artwork that fits; and (5) use appropriate type. (MS)

Responds to comments on a previous article on metaphysics and educational technology that also included a visual parable. The nature of meaning is discussed; the relationship between author, text, and reader is examined; and the binary opposition inherent in technology are considered. (LRW)

Discussion of the development of technologies to assist people with developmental disabilities to engage in constructive activity focuses on the development, evaluation, and use of VICAID, a system based on a simplified palmtop computer which enables a person to access pictorial instructions designed to help in the accurate completion of tasks.…

A visual diagram is presented in this article to illustrate 6 key concepts of Adlerian theory discussed in corresponding narrative format. It is proposed that in an age of multimedia learning, a pictorial reference can enhance the teaching and learning of Adlerian theory, representing a commitment to humanistic education. (Contains 18 references.)…

Students pay attention to videos that will help them in life and enable them to get better grades. When watching documentaries, they want relevance versus canned presentations with actors. So do you, for that matter. Because many students go home to a steady diet of television, rock videos, video games and box office movies--all of them well--made…