So the verdict on filmstrips is to toss them--not surprisingly. I used to love teaching w/ filmstrips, though. They allow the teacher to narrate what s/he wants, at any pace, to linger over one slide, pass over another. Can't do this w/ DVD's. I don't think the content is outdated at all, for example, we have many that show scenes from the lives of historical figures; right now I'm looking at one I came across: Passover Art of the Middle Ages. I taught a class about this last year and spent many hours putting together a power point on it -- and here is all the material on a lovely color filmstrip! And no worries about the equipment shutting down, getting an error message, having to re-boot, how do I get rid of that side bar, etc. So I think it's too bad, not to mention wasteful and non-compliant with "sustainablilty"-- that all this great material is going in the trash bin. That's my $.02! Andrea PS: Thanks to Robbin Katzin, who informs me that Harvad's Judaica collection at the Widener library does collect these filmstrips.
Andrea Rapp Wise Temple, Cincinnati Ohio
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