Communications Media Offered by Penn State Media Sales
| Helping Adults Learn: Parts 1, 2, and 3 More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | Designed to assist the teacher working with adults who cannot read or perform the tasks of daily living. Part 1 deals with the strengths and weaknesses of adult students, Part 2 discusses student-teacher communications, and Part 3 acquaints the teacher with the kinds of personal problems adult students bring to the classroom. Helping Adults Learn instruction guide included. Produced by Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. |
| Helping Adults Learn: 1 -- Who Are Your Students? More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | Designed to assist the teacher working with adults who cannot read or perform the tasks of daily living. Part 1 deals with the strengths and weaknesses of adult students, Part 2 discusses student-teacher communications, and Part 3 acquaints the teacher with the kinds of personal problems adult students bring to the classroom. Instruction guide included. Produced by Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. |
| Helping Adults Learn: 2 -- Communicating with Your Students More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | Designed to assist the teacher working with adults who cannot read or perform the tasks of daily living. Part 1 deals with the strengths and weaknesses of adult students, Part 2 discusses student-teacher communications, and Part 3 acquaints the teacher with the kinds of personal problems adult students bring to the classroom. Instruction guide included. Produced by Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. |
| Helping Adults Learn: 3 -- Counseling for Adult Learners More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | Designed to assist the teacher working with adults who cannot read or perform the tasks of daily living. Part 1 deals with the strengths and weaknesses of adult students, Part 2 discusses student-teacher communications, and Part 3 acquaints the teacher with the kinds of personal problems adult students bring to the classroom. Instruction guide included. Produced by Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. |
| Social Psychology: 2 -- Communication: Negotiation and Persuasion More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | Demonstrates techniques used to influence the attitudes and behaviors of others, and highlights such nonverbal persuasive communications as body language, facial expression, and touch. Presents a supervisor / subordinate situation that illustrates the use of overt (verbal) and hidden (nonverbal) persuasive techniques. |
| Telecommunications: 1 -- Using an Oscilloscope to Introduce Data and Signals More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | In the first of two programs designed to augment undergraduate studies in telecommunications, the use of the oscilloscope and the basic concepts involved in transmitting data are introduced. Describes the components of an oscilloscope -- signal input, display screen, and controls -- and what an oscilloscope measures in an electromagnetic signal: amplitude, frequency, and phase. Analog and digital signals are outlined in an overview of data encoding, as are frequency and amplitude modulations. Produced by the University of Pittsburgh. |
| Telecommunications: 2 -- Dial-Up Access to a Remote Computer More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | Demonstrates basic data interaction: putting two computers into communication with each other. Highlights computer components, illustrating how computers produce signals and how the telephone is used through a modem as a transmission medium. Hardware and software applications are reviewed, explaining simply how commands with software tell a modem to send a message from the "calling" personal computer to the "answering" one. In addition, the program describes computer connectors, pins, ports, cables, and the seven signals carried between terminals. |
| What Do You Say Now? More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | Brief vignettes present a child making a statement that would elicit an adult response. Pauses between these "trigger scenes" permit parents or students who are improving communications and child management skills to practice making responses. Eight of the scenes are especially appropriate for foster parents. Produced by Louise F. Guerney, associate professor of human development at The Pennsylvania State University. |
| Graduation Video - Communications - Spring 1999 More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | |
| Sexually Transmitted Diseases: The Risk is Real More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | Teens are among the highest risk category for contracting some form of a sexually transmitted disease. STDs The Risk is Real is an enlightened look at how sexually transmitted infections affect young people's lives. Teen actors portray individuals dealing with the reality of STDs. Follow the story of Kate diagnosed with Chlymidia and the counseling and treatment she experiences. A Brainchild Production. Copyright The Pennsylvania State University, College of Communications 1999. Executive Producers Barbara Bird, Anne Hoag, Eve Munson. PSU College of Communications. copyright 1999, the Pennsylvania State University |
| Graduation video - Communications - Spring 2000 More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | |
| Graduation video - Communications - Spring 2001 More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | |
| Graduation - Communications - Spring 2002 More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | May 2002 |
| Graduation - Communications - Spring 2003 More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | May 2003 |
| Graduation - Communications - Spring 2004 More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | May 2004 |
| Graduation - Communications - Spring 2004 More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | May 2004 |
| Graduation - Communications - Spring 2005 More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | |
| Graduation - Communications - Spring 2006 More on DVD Version | The entire ceremony from procession to recession including commencement addresses. A great keepsake for the graduate and the graduate's family. Buy Now from Penn State University Media Sales! |
| Graduation - Communications - Spring 2007 More on DVD Version | The entire ceremony from procession to recession including commencement addresses. A great keepsake for the graduate and the graduate's family. Buy Now from Penn State University Media Sales! |
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