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As Personal as Possible Notes from the Desk of tlie Executive Secretary of DAVI All communications regarding the Department of Audio-Visual Instruction should be addressed to DAVI national headquarters, 1201 16th St., N. W., V^ashington 6, D.C. Summer Conference • The most important event for DAVI this summer will be the oneday Departmental meeting on July 2 during the NEA Conference in San Francisco (July 1-7). Here's an outline of the program: MONDAY, JULY 2 8:30-9:45 A.M.— DAVI Round-Up & Registration. Polk Hall of Exposition Auditorium. 9:45-12 Noon — "Report on the National Program" by DAVI Executive Secretary. "The National Program and Local Needs", a discussion by members of the Audio-Visual Education Association of California. 2:00-4:30 P.M.— Visitation of Bay Area Audio-Visual Departments. 6:00 P.M. — DAVI Dinner Meeting. "President's Message" by Francis W. Noel, Chief, Bureau of Audio-Visual Education, California State Dept. of Education. "Public Relations: Our Joint Concern" by Frederick L. Hipp, Executive Secretary, New Jersey State Education Association, and President, National School Public Relations Association. "The Visual Approach to Public Relations in Education," a visuali2ed presentation by Raymond Denno, President, Audio-Visual Education Association of California. Many members of DAVI are also assisting with important aspects of the general NEA program in the following instances: TUESDAY, JULY 3 2:00-4:00 P.M.— Elizabeth G. Noel, Curriculum Director, Yolo County Schools, California, will lead a two-hour presentation on "Using Films to Develop Social Attitudes." The audience will serve as a class and a panel of students as the "experts." During the same period, Amo DeBernardis, Director, Instructional Materials, Portland, Oregon Public Schools, will lead a section on "New Trends In Instructional Materials Services." WEDNESDAY, JULY 4 2:00-4:00 P.M. — Vaughn Seidel, Superintendent of Schools, Alameda County, California, will be chairman of a general session on "Television and the Teacher." An actual classroom program will be televised by a local station and viewed at the meeting. THURSDAY, JULY 5 2:00-4:00 P.M. — Henry Hansen of Sacramento State Teachers College will lead a two-hour meeting on "The Creative Teacher and Audio-Visual Resources." At the same time, the group on "New Trends in Instructional Materials Services," led by Amo DeBernardis, will have its concluding session. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (July 3-5), a series of continuous previews are being arranged with the help of the members of the Audio Visual Education Association of California. Films will be selected to cover areas to be considered by special study groups. Robert Burgert, Director of AudioVisual Education for San Diego City Schools, and Raymond Denno, Director of AudioVisual Education for San Diego County Schools, will cooperate in setting up an exhibit on the production of audio-visual materials by school systems. Ward Phillips, Director of Audio-Visual Education for Alameda County Schools, will serve as chairman of a Committee on Audio-Visual Equipment and Materials for the entire NEA Conference. He will be assisted by other members of the Audio-Visual Education Association of California. Members of the Audio-Visual Education Association of California will serve as hosts to out-of-state audio-visual educators. TV & Education • Last year the now famous Joint Committee on Educational Television suddenly appeared on the doorstep of the Federal Communications Commission and loudly demanded that channels be reserved for educational TV stations. They were aided strongly by Miss Frieda Hennock, a member of the Commission. Members of the Commission, educators in general, representatives of the television industry, and even the members of the Joint Committee — all were surprised at the power of the presentation. On the same day in March that the Federal Communications Commission issued a report announcing that approximately ten per cent of all available channels will be made available for use by educational organizations, the members of the Joint Committee had a "where do we go from here" meeting and decided to establish a more permanent organization. It's good news to hear that Richard Hull, director of the nation's first educational TV station, WOT, at Iowa State College, has now been appointed Executive Secretary of the Joint Committee and that Ford Foundation funds have been granted for the continued work of the Committee. Until such time as the Committee sees fit to form its own corporate organization, these funds will be administered through the corporate structure of the American Council on Education. Very good news, indeed. A possible danger, however, is that there may be an inclination for us to sit back and "leave it to Dick" from now on. The whole matter of educational television is still in a very critical stage and needs the best effoi'ts that all of us can give. We trust that DAVI, through its own National Committee on Educational Television, will be able to do its part. • Keith Tyler, Director of the Institute for Education by Radio-Television, Ohio State University, told us in a recent letter that Ohio State University has developed its first alluniversity TV series in cooperation with Edgar Dale in Audio-Visual and Bob Wagner in Photography. Can anyone else report progress in this vital new area of education? 2002 Libraries Now! ^ • Seerley Reid, Assistant Chief, Visual Aids to Education, U. S. Office of Education, reports that the new list of film libraries in the U. S. that he has been compiling will be available from the Government Printing Office by the time you read this. "We are making real progress," says Seerley. "The new Directory lists 2002 libraries while only 897 were included in the 1949 Directory." Journal Articles • Editors of the NEA Journal have agreed to publish at least four major feature articles by DAVI members next year. Preliminary thinking is that they will be in these general areas: 1. Implications of Research for the Use of Audio-Visual Materials of Instruction (it is hoped that the National Committee on Research in Audio-Visual Education may be able to assume responsibility for this article). 2. Services of a Comprehensive Division of Instructional Materials. 3. The Role of the Building Coordinator in a Program of Audio-Visual Education. 4. Basic Principles of Effective Use of AudioVisual Materials. Do you have any other ideas on what might be included? Research Committee • William H. Allen, Assistant Professor of Education at San Diego State College, has been appointed chairman of the DAVI National Committee on Research in Audio-Visual Education by President Francis Noel. Bill dropped by the Washington office a few days ago and convinced us in short order that he has an intense and well-informed interest in this area. Any man who will travel from the west coast to the east coast and back at his own expense to take steps to get a committee organized is certainly determined to do a job. Although the membership of the complete committee cannot be an {Covfinued on page 216) 214 Educational Screen