Educational screen & audio-visual guide (c1956-1971])

The rostor of featured speakers at the DAVI convention in Miami included the following (from left) — with the title of their address in parentheses: Forrest E. Conner, superintendent of St. Paul (Minn.) Public Schools (The Administrator And The Audiovisual Program) ; J. Lloyd Trump, associate secretary. National Association of Secondary School Principals, NEA (How Long, Good People, How Long) ; Dr. Harry A. Becker, superintendent of schools, Norwalk, Conn. (Team Teaching — A Pattern Of Organization For Tomorrow's Schools) ; Robert Lewis Shayon, author, broadcaster (Communications Gap In The Classroom). Successful DAVI Meeting Points To Group's Growth A number of factors contributed to record-breaking attendance at the DAV'I-NEA convention at Miami Beach, April 24-28. ( 1 ) The program purposefully reached out into peripheral professional organizations with joint concurrent sessions on topics of interest to a whole range of professional groups -AASL, PSSC, NAEB, NCSC, APTI, APA, NAVA. (2) Inluded also were special meetings of DAV'I's own religious education and irmed forces sections and a 3-day joint ■onference on educational television. Major attention was devoted, unlerstandably, to the newer technology, but a trend toward objective eximination of theory and practice was Iscernible, for instance, in the disussion of "various concepts" of selfeaching devices, including that of non-verbal approach." Many practical demonstrations of W clas.sr()om techniques drew Florida eachers in droves and to the credit )f the Miami Beach hotels and schools here was no evidence of racial dis•rimination at the meeting. The firstime resort attraction helped draw nany from distant points, without naterially cutting into convention atendancc oven of the evening sessions, basically it is the growth of the organzation itself that accounts for these irger conventions and these in turn nspire still fiu-ther growth. DAVI's internal machinery and byiws are being overhauled to cope with ertain by-products of this growth. Working committees are to be grouped under five headings, each under the direction of a designated member of the DAVI executive board. A change is being recommended in the DAVI Constitution to provide for proportional representation of affiliated organizations on a proposed "Delegate Assembly" made up of one delegate for the qualifying first 25 DAVI members, and one for every 50 additional. DAVI officers and directors will also be members of this Assembly. Its purposes are outlined as "the in troduction and discussion of new ideas, trends, developments and proposed programs for the organization," and provision of "a sounding board for questions and proposals referred to them by the Board of Directors (and) a channel for information dissemination to affiliated organizations and their memberships." This change, presumably, would do away with need for transaction of official departmental business except when on the volition of the Assembly itself "for purposes of considering a constitutional amendment or for other reasons deemed appropriate" it could "constitute itself a committee of the whole and hold an open meeting of the entire membership at a Convention." Wm. F. Kruse KEYSTONE now offers you . . . PROTECT-A-PRINT LEADER • Avoid Misthreading Damage! • Avoid Film Scratch! PROTECT-A-PRINT LEADER is designed specifically to prevent print damage from dirty projectors and careless misthreading. Its special coating automatically cleans dirty projectors and its extra toughness automatically avoids misthreading damage. Intensive tests, and the experience of hundreds of users, have proved that PROTECT-A-PRINT LEADER is highly effective and thoroughly safe! Your satisfaction is unconditionally assured. Write for further information or a demonstration by our Local Representative. KEYSTONE VIEW CO., Meadville, Pa. Exclusive Since 1892, Producers of Superior Visual Aids Distributor of Protect-a-Print Leader to the Educational Field. 'Educational Screen and Audiovisual Guide — July, 1961 323