Cable in the Classroom: From the Inside Out, From the Outside In
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Cable TV can provide communities and schools with service to fit their unique needs. In Inside Out, a school district in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, has instructional television providing thirty-five hours per week of school and community programs. The high school provides a course in cable programming, in which the kids develop programs such as 'Kids for Kids,' which is for and about elementary school children. Shows for the community cover varied topics of interest, while the teachers are excited about the innovative instructional programs. In Outside In, Valley High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has a media center with access to twenty-two channels, and participates in interactive TV. Students can converse with students at other schools, and are involved with a government studies program called Close-Up. Close-Up provides televising of the House of Representatives' sessions, seminars, and two-way discussions between students and Congress. C-Span, the group producing Close-Up, provides four other public affairs series.
Publication Name: Media & Methods
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0025-6897
Year: 1983
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Video Series for Arts Instruction
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The Agency for Instructional Television has developed a video series, Arts Alive, for noncommercial television use. Thirteen fifteen-minute programs on visual arts, dance, music and drama combine dramatic and documentary formats to provide students with understanding and appreciation of the arts. The price of each program is $125 for use on any videocassette format. The programs can also be leased, and appropriate agencies will be able to duplicate them. Arts Alive is directed toward middle and junior high school students.
Publication Name: Media & Methods
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0025-6897
Year: 1984
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Telemail and Special Needs
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GTE Telenet Communication Corporation's Telemail and the SpecialNet network can help educators who work with disabled children. Teachers who use SpecialNet can receive current information about specific disabilities, participate in nationwide meetings and have access to bulletin boards that provide information about their special fields. SpecialNet subscriptions cost $200 a year, plus an average yearly cost of $300 for connect time.
Publication Name: Media & Methods
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0025-6897
Year: 1984
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