Seven articles provide ideas for the promotion of school libraries through the use of bulletin boards and displays. Topics covered include display ideas; design basics and hints; and a directory of sources for ideas and materials. Two materials describe activities and displays used in schools to celebrate National Library Week. (CLB)

Discusses captioning of instructional video programs for people with hearing disabilities. Topics addressed include closed captioning versus open captioning; captioning of prerecorded programs; external captioning sources; local captioning methods; captioning systems; lower cost alternatives for open captioning; and multimedia personal computers…

Examines the many uses of video technology for at-risk students. Describes the products that are available and profiles innovative teachers and facilitators and their programs. (JOW)

This article provides information on resources for teaching Deaf students in the English-as-a-Second-Language classroom. Specific focus is on captioning, textbooks, CDs, and resources for preparing teachers. (Author/VWL)

This position statement of the National Association of the Deaf urges producers of material in various media including the World Wide Web to caption their offerings, outlines the organization's views on a variety of captioning technologies, and advises consumers on the filing of complaints about non-captioning and poor captioning. The statement…

This market research report analyzed the published literature, the size of the deaf/severely hard-of-hearing population, factors that affect demand for closed-captioned television decoders, and the supply of decoders. The analysis found that the number of hearing-impaired people in the United States is between 16 and 21 million; hearing impairment…

Closed captioning is the process by which audio portions of television programs are transcribed into words that appear on the television screen at the same time as the program. This digest focuses on using closed captioned television for teaching limited-English-speaking literacy learners, and looks at: (1) the educational uses of closed captioned…

Designed as a working and teaching tool for development workers, this manual includes the step-by-step process for preparing a photonovel. Chapter 1 introduces the photonovel, a blend of comic book and motion picture that substitutes photographs for the stylized drawings. It lists its advantages and disadvantages as an educational medium and tool…

The papers included in this collection represent as closely as possible the content and organization of the oral presentations delivered at a March 1980 conference on the use of readability formulas. The papers discuss the following topics: (1) an introduction to the conference, with general remarks on the uses and criticism of readability…

The paper reports results and discusses implications of three studies on captioning films and television programs for deaf audiences. Study I dealt with the short-term visual memory required in recognition of fingerspelled letters, while study II focused on serial position effects and forward making (interference produced by first stimulus on the…

Yearbook copy should serve a dual purpose: it should insure that a school's history survives the years, and it should impel readers to recall the situations of their school years. This book provides guidelines for the writing of effective yearbook copy. Chapters deal with the need for good copy, gathering information, considerations to keep in…

Presented is a discussion of the captioned news presented by WGBH-TV, Boston. (BD)

The study compared time spent viewing television and television program preferences (by title) between normal hearing and hearing-impaired teenage television viewers (880 Ss). (Author/PHR)

Discusses the use of films captioned for the deaf in teaching both students of English-as-a-second-language and deaf students. Recommends over 40 specific films which the author prescreened to verify accuracy of content, language level, reading speed, and synchronization. Lists five points to consider in planning lessons. (SED)

Noting that more people write for The Associated Press (AP) than for any single newspaper in the world and that its style defines clear writing, this book presents more than 5000 entries that present AP's rules on grammar, spelling, punctuation and usage, with extra sections about reporting business and sports. The book, considered essential for…