Video Series Promotes "High-Tech Teaching"

The public television station Thirteen/WNET in New York has launched a line of educational videos including a comprehensive professional development series highlighting the hands-on, high-tech methods of the National Teacher Training Institute (NTTI) for Math, Science and Technology. The NTTI Professional Development Product Line focuses on the power of television and new technologies in the classroom and illustrates their potential to increase students' motivation, comprehension and achievement. The videos are the first widely-available training products from NTTI. Other products released by Thirteen/WNET include What's Up in Factories? and the Ethical Choices series; all available from Great Plains National, (800) 228-4630. Thirteen/WNET, New York, NY, (212) 560-6612.

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