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

Religious A-V Workshop DAVBE Plans for Green Lake Workshop Within the interdenominational frame work of the National Council of Churches, 30 Protestant and Orthodox groups coordinate their efforts in those areas of work wherein joint approaches are the most economical and effective. The beginnings of what is now the Department of Audio-Visual and Broadcast Education, were seen in the late 1940s as leaders in the member fellowships sensed the potential of these media for the church's total program. Steadily expanding in its services through the years, DAVBE now offers a variety to national, area, and local leaders as well as producers, distributors, and manufacturers. The International Conference on A-V Christian Education (commonly called the "Green Lake Workshop") provides the continual cutting-edge for the church-related field around the world. The department continues to supply interdenominational, pre-production counseling for all interested independent producers. DAVBE operates the only comprehensive evaluation program for A-V materials of use in religious education and offers its information on a nonprofit basis to the entire field. Projects in developing and training leadership in more effective A-V use are stimulated. Creative programming in Christian education radio and TV is planned and coordinated on a national basis with broadcast outlets on network and local levels. These are but a suggestion of the department's outreach. The most recent and newsworthy developments in DAVBE's operations concern the 1957 International Conference, and the evaluation program for 1958. This year's Conference has undergone a rather complete review of its purposes and program. "The "re-thinking of basic A-V issues" will set the theme for morning and evening general assemblies, with presentations by Dr. John Bachman, professor of A-V education. Union Theological Seminary (NYC); Dr. Lester Greenhill, associate director of the Instructional Research Program, Pennsylvania State University; and Mr. William Hockman, church editor of Educational Screen ir A-V Guide, and director of Christian education at Glens Falls (NY) Presbyterian Church. Seventeen and one-half hours will be used for seminars (advanced leaders and professionals in the field) and work groups (other leaders with less A-V specialization and/or experience). Delegates will also be able to preview materials from the world's largest collection of current, churchrelated A-Vs. The event returns to Green Lake, Wisconsin, this year September 4-10. Detailed booklets describing the 1957 Conference will be available during the NAVA Convention at the Broadcasting and Film Commission trade show booth. The Audio-Visual Resource Guide, long the standard in its field of religious education, becomes a biennial publication with the completely revised 4th Edition (1958-59). Providing a single source of the evaluation program's information, the volume will be released in August 1958 and contain classified and detailed accounts of over 2500 motion pictures, filmstrips, slides, and recordings. Edited from reports of 800 Christian educators in 50 committees across the country, these evaluations are available only through the AVRG and its monthly channel for interim information, the International Journal of Religious Education. This periodical is the official organ for the Council's Division of Christian Education. Further information on DAVBE services may be obtained from: Rev. Don Kliphardt, DAVBE, NCC, 257 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y. Agricultural Audio-Visual Workshop Audio-Visual Workshop For Agricultural Leaders SUNDAY, JULY 21 Morning —10:00— Registration 11:00— Audio-Visual Church Service Afternoon How to Make Your Own Flannel-Aids by Elmer S. "Flip" Phillips, Visual Aids Specialist, Cornell University. —The ABC's of Colored Slide Production by Stig Stabe, Visual Aids Specialist, Rutgers University —Attend Trade Show MONDAY, JULY 22 Morning— How to Make Slides "On the Spot" (Polaroid Transparency System) by Kemon Taschioglou, Polaroid Corporation —How to Take Better Pictures by John Creed, Graflex, Inc. Afternoon— Second Session on: —How to Make Your Own Flannel-Aids by Elmer S. "Fhp" Phillips —ABC's of Colored Slide Production by Stig Stabe -.Attend Trade Show Elmer S. "Flip" Phillips, Visual Aids Specialist, Cornell University, will conduct at session on "How to Make Your Own Flannel Aids" at the 3rd Annual Audio-Visual Workshop for Agricultural Leaders. He is shown here preparing artwork for a magnet board. The first Audio-Visual Workshop for Agricultural Leaders was held during the National Audio-Visual Association Convention in Chicago, July 25-26, 1955. Sponsorship for this program was given to COUNTY AGENT & VO-AG TEACHER magazine under the guidance of its editor, Gordon L. Berg. The primary objectives of these annual Workshops are: 1) To help agricultural leaders gain a better understanding of what audio-visuals can do for them and their profession. 2) To help agricultural leaders see their opportunities and responsibilities in the audio-visual field. 3) To help agricultural leaders make the most of the audio-visual tools they have. 4) To help expand the use of audio-visuals in agricultural teaching and advisory work. 5) To make every agricultural leader a proficient mechanic of agricultural communications. Those attending these sessions are county agents, agricultural extension specialists, vocational agricultural teachers, state agricultural education personnel, soil conservation specialists, and commercial people primarily interested in the agricultural field. EdScreen & AV Guide — July, 1 957 335