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Everything your school needs to become active in the emerging field of TV production can be found in this exciting package. It is loaded with practical information on subjects that range from equipment, copyright considerations, news show production, and videotaping school functions to using video to teach media skills and how to deal with vendors. It also contains 20 ready-to-use elementary school lessons on concepts and careers in television production. Reproducible student handouts and questions, notes to the teacher, and enrichment activities accompany the lessons. Media specialists can use this book as a manual for school television production activities, and classroom teachers will love the student activities and lessons. An entire unit on television can be presented, or the lessons can be used on a weekly basis throughout the school year. Whatever approach is taken, this is a useful addition to any elementary media center's professional collection. Grades K-8.

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9781563081866

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An excellent tool for media professionals or teachers...This book takes a straightforward approach to instruction, and offers a great starting point for anyone who wants to bring video into the classroom. -Videomaker A useable tool. -School Library Media Quarterly The book offers teachers complete guidelines for operating a television production system. -Curriculum Review This clearly written, informative guide to television will be useful to both novice and experienced producers of on-site television programming. -Library Lane A highly readable, very well organized and informative text for schools embarking on this exciting and potentially powerful field of communications. -Emergency Librarian ?A useable tool.??School Library Media Quarterly ?A useable tool.?-School Library Media Quarterly ?A useable tool.?- School Library Media Quarterly ?The book offers teachers complete guidelines for operating a television production system.?-Curriculum Review ?This clearly written, informative guide to television will be useful to both novice and experienced producers of on-site television programming.?-Library Lane ?A highly readable, very well organized and informative text for schools embarking on this exciting and potentially powerful field of communications.?-Emergency Librarian ?An excellent tool for media professionals or teachers...This book takes a straightforward approach to instruction, and offers a great starting point for anyone who wants to bring video into the classroom.?-Videomaker

?An excellent tool for media professionals or teachers...This book takes a straightforward approach to instruction, and offers a great starting point for anyone who wants to bring video into the classroom.?-Videomaker

"?A highly readable, very well organized and informative text for schools embarking on this exciting and potentially powerful field of communications.?-Emergency Librarian ?An excellent tool for media professionals or teachers...This book takes a straightforward approach to instruction, and offers a great starting point for anyone who wants to bring video into the classroom.?-Videomaker ?The book offers teachers complete guidelines for operating a television production system.?-Curriculum Review ?This clearly written, informative guide to television will be useful to both novice and experienced producers of on-site television programming.?-Library Lane ?A useable tool.?- School Library Media Quarterly ?A useable tool.?-School Library Media Quarterly ?A useable tool.??School Library Media Quarterly ""A highly readable, very well organized and informative text for schools embarking on this exciting and potentially powerful field of communications.""-Emergency Librarian ""A useable tool.""-School Library Media Quarterly ""The book offers teachers complete guidelines for operating a television production system.""-Curriculum Review ""This clearly written, informative guide to television will be useful to both novice and experienced producers of on-site television programming.""-Library Lane ""An excellent tool for media professionals or teachers...This book takes a straightforward approach to instruction, and offers a great starting point for anyone who wants to bring video into the classroom.""-Videomaker"

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KEITH KYKER (M.Ed.) has 23 years teaching experience, and has been working with school television production for 18 of those years. He has earned degrees in educational media/instructional technology and speech education from the University of Central Florida. Keith currently serves as the educational media specialist at Northwood Elementary School in Crestview, Florida. Keith was previously the media specialist at Lewis Middle School in Valparaiso, Florida where he earned District Teacher of the Year honors in 1999. Before becoming a media specialist, Keith taught television production, media production, public speaking, and English at the high school and college levels. Keith recently served on the committee that developed the assessment for National Board Certification for library media, and was instrumental in providing benchmarks for accomplished media practices. CHRISTOPHER CURCHY is Educational Media Specialist, at Jensen Beach High School, Jensen Beach, Florida. Christopher has 29 years experience teaching in Florida grades K-12. With Keith Kyker, Curchy is the co-author of 9 educational technology books for Libraries Unlimited. They have presented at more than 50 conferences nationwide, write the Video Viewfinder column for Florida Media Quarterly, and host the popular Web site www.schooltv.com.

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