Technology Media Offered by Penn State Media Sales
Technology Media Offered by Penn State Media Sales
| Accounting for Managers: 5 -- Capital Budgeting More on DVD Version | Looks at the decision-making process behind the purchase of long-term assets and explores financial considerations of depreciation, return on the investment, effect of cash flow, and long-term investing. Describes nonfinancial forces that may affect managers' decisions, and Ciulla offers ethical issues that companies should take into account when investing in new technology that might displace workers. |
| Eduardo the Healer More on DVD Version | Documentary portrait of Eduardo Calderon, "Eduardo the Healer," a fisherman, sculptor, and shaman who, like Casteneda's Don Juan, uses incantations, psychology, and hallucinogenic drugs to practice his healing art among the villagers of Peru. Shown as a wise, warm, fascinating man of exceptional character, Eduardo the Healer, through his views of the human psyche, suggests there is more to the practice of medicine than modern technology admits. English subtitles are used when Spanish is spoken. Directed by Richard Cowan. (anthropology) |
| Fire on the Rim: 3 -- The Prediction Problem More on DVD Version | Explains that societies for centuries have sought continually to improve the means of predicting earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and that although modern technology enables scientists to make intelligent guesses about these events, forecasting remains an imperfect art. |
| Mini-Dragons: South Korea More on DVD Version | Captures the profound challenges faced by South Korea's people as they grapple with a relatively new form of government as well as the impending transition to a new technology-based economy. Reflects the turmoil of explosive growth, change, and disparity between rich and poor. CLOSED CAPTIONED |
| Peasant Ecology in the Rural Philippines More on DVD Version | Examines the ecology of the rural Philippines, describing the physical environment, housing, and the complexity of relationships among cultural patterns. Looks at the limited technology of village industries and at food production, including wet rice,vegetable, and fruit cultivation. Notes the effect of poor diets on the health and growth of children. Produced by George M. Guthrie of Penn State University. |
| Quest for Peace: Edward Teller More on DVD Version | Edward Teller of Stanford University, principal creator of the hydrogen bomb and presidential adviser on the Strategic Defense Initiative, discusses technology as a force for peace and security, presents the parallels in the controversy over the hydrogen bomb and the controversy over the SDI, then indicates why proceeding with SDI is in the national interest and why the Soviet Union is so opposed to it. |
| Quest for Peace: George Keyworth More on DVD Version | George Keyworth, science adviser to President Ronald Reagan, describes the former president's vision for a more peaceful world through the Strategic Defense Initiative, explains why strategic defense and the use of technology can be a significant force for peace, and discusses how emerging technologies can affect long-term planning. |
| Quest for Peace: Hans Bethe More on DVD Version | Hans Bethe of Cornell University, a Nobel laureate in physics, discusses the impotence of political mechanisms in the face of new technological developments, applies the laws of physics to the new technology associated with strategic defense, and questions whether new technology can re-create a world environment that existed prior to the first atomic bomb. |
| Quest for Peace: Jerome B. Wiesner More on DVD Version | Jerome B. Wiesner, president emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and special assistant to President John F. Kennedy, discusses the importance of an informed citizenry in the construction of an enduring peace. |
| Quest for Peace: Roald Sagdeev More on DVD Version | Roald Sagdeev, director of the Space Research Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, offers his nation's perspective on technology and security, and suggests what is possible with respect to verification of compliance with U.S.-Soviet agreements. |
| Slash-and-Burn Agriculture More on DVD Version | Uses Eastern Nicaragua as an example for the entire cycle of slash-and-burn agriculture, from site selection to harvest. The program diagrams the less-visible aspects, such as nutrient cycling and the structural similarity between a cultivated plot and the tropical forest it replaces, and studies the system's ecological efficiency and consequences of changes in population, land base, or technology. Directed by Brian Weiss and James Ward. |
| Strategies for Interfacial Engineering: Seeing in a New Way More on DVD Version | Describes advances in the understanding of colloidal and interfacial systems by demonstrating and discussing recent technology for use in the direct viewing of microstructures. Covers surfactant numbers, fluorescence life-time apparatus, video-enhanced microscopy, cryo-transmission electron microscopy, flow cells, and surface forces apparatus. Produced by the University of Minnesota. |
| Ternary Diagrams Derived from Binaries More on DVD Version | Examines the relationship of phase diagrams to many real cases of materials technology. The construction of a ternary system from three binary systems is animated by computer graphics, and the projection of the upper curved surfaces onto the base of the solid model is explained. Demonstrates that this projection contains information about composition, primary phase fields, and temperature in a given ternary system. Ternary Diagrams Derived from Binaries is from the Phase Equilibria series. |
| Time's Harvest: Exploring the Future -- Inheriting the Earth More on DVD Version | The Integral Urban House in Berkeley and the Rural Center in Occidental, California, demonstrate self-reliance for food and energy. Illustrates how these homes blend new and old technology in an ecologically sound manner. |
| Time's Harvest: Exploring the Future -- Technology's Heartbeat More on DVD Version | Using the artificial heart as a case study, this program explains how "technological assessment" is used to explore the economic, ethical, and social implications of emerging technologies. |
| Touching the Future: Robert Hughes More on DVD Version | Shows how a project developed by Bob Hughes, director for educational relations at Boeing Company, to increase teacher productivity through technology resulted in a four-year inquiry unexpectedly revealing a number of areas in which business can improve its relationship with education. |
| Touching the Future: Chris Held More on DVD Version | Chris Held, project leader of the Integrated Technology Classroom in the Bellevue, Washington, public school system, describes the program's goal: to revive students' learning motivation by using computers while being guided and supported as they work to fulfill their own natural desire for knowledge. Held believes the two-year classroom concept allows time to establish mastery. |
| Touching the Future: cut one: Christopher Dede More on DVD Version | Christopher Dede, director for the Center for Interactive Educational Technology and professor of education at George Mason University, believes technology can aid students by reducing time-consuming rote and lower-level skills necessary to complete tasks. He discusses economic and social implications of technology in the classroom and offers solutions for typical dilemmas. |
| Tule Technology: Northern Paiute Uses of Marsh Resources in Western Nevada More on DVD Version | Northern Paiute Indians have lived near the Stillwater marshes of western Nevada for generations. Called "cattail-eaters," they subsisted on fish, waterfowl, eggs, tule reeds, and cattails. This program focuses on Wuzzie George and members of her family constructing a duck egg bag, cattail house, duck decoy, and tule boat. The narration by Wuzzie's granddaughter and son includes reminiscences of many aspects of traditional Paiute life that have disappeared. From the Smithsonian Folklife Studies Monograph / Film series. Produced by the Smithsonian Institution Office of Folklife Programs. |
| The Kids are Wired! More on DVD Version | Features technology in Pennsylvania schools. |
| Classrooms in the Digital Age More on DVD Version | Classrooms in the Digital Age" is a series of case-study vignettes. The emphasis within each profile is the immediate impact that technology is >having on a learning process or episode. Using numerous interviews and a documentary style approach the personal challenges and successes of each location comes to life. There is a diversity of strategies and techniques that point to the resourcefulness of these innovative teachers and their student's enthusiastic participation is testimony to their effectiveness. 1999 |
| African-American Inventors More on DVD Version | Ossie Davis narrates a tribute to minority inventors who pursued their dreams from inception to reality, as they contributed to the fields of science, technology, and medicine. ©1986 |
| Naming the Nightmare: The Journey Back from 9/11 Part 3 - Waging War More on DVD Version | ©2002 Produced by Betsy Hutton The American government is waging a two-front war on terrorism at home and abroad. On the battlefield, new technology, and tactics and an elusive target are changing the way we fight wars. At home, security precautions are raising concerns about civil liberties. |
| Naming the Nightmare: The Journey Back from 9/11 Parts 1- 4 More on DVD Version | ©2002 Produced by Betsy Hutton Part 1: Terrorism What conditions give rise to terrorism? This program explores the historical background of terrorism, the Reign of Terror, the assassin phenomenon and how terrorim is a global issue. Part 2: Understanding Islam Islam is the fastest growing world religion. An estimated 1.2 billion people in the world are Muslim. Learn about the history of Muhammad and the spread of Islam, the five pillars of Islam and the development of Islam as a political force. Part 3: Waging War The American government is waging a two-front war on terrorism at home and abroad. On the battlefield, new technology, and tactics and an elusive target are changing the way we fight wars. At home, security precautions are raising concerns about civil liberties. Part 4: People Who Keep Us Safe Firefighters, police and rescue workers risk their lives every day. The CDC scrambles to keep up with the latest in bio-warfare. The FBI and CIA analyze clues and conduct surveillance to prevent terroristic threats. Find out how they develop new strategies and why they are committed to their work. |
| Our Town Williamsport More on DVD Version | Our Town: Williamsport in a nutshell….. Nestled geographically between two ranges of the Bald Eagle Mountains along the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, outdoor recreation activities abound in Williamsport, including hunting, fishing, boating and camping. It is also the Capitol City of Lycoming County, and is the birthplace of Little League baseball. The original Little League field and complex, named after Carl Stotz, the founder, has been restored and is a popular tourist attraction. Williamsport is also home to Lycoming College, a private Liberal Arts college and the Pennsylvania College of Technology, an affiliate of Penn State University. The city of Williamsport is a wonderful mixture of town culture and country peacefulness. |
| Graduation - Information Sciences and Technology - Spring 2003 More on DVD Version | May 2003 |
| History's Ancient Legacies 3 - 3 DVDs More on DVD Version | 2001, 3 DVDs. Created to give students in the intermediate grades an authentic, atmospheric step back in time to visit the ancient world, these six historical recreations expand on the first two series. The new programs will give students a contemporary understanding of the fascinating lands of India, Japan, and China as well as introduce them to the Aztec and Celtic cultures and guide them through the England of Medieval times. DVD No. 1 Volume 1: JAPAN The story of Japan is like that of no other nation on Earth. For two thousand years, the Japanese people have lived an often-isolated life of striking contrasts. The military aspects of Japanese history are familiar to many, and this fascinating program reveals the achievement of the famous Samurai warriors with their noble Code of Bushido. But Japan is also a land of beauty and peace. Its pagodas, temples and other great monuments are the physical constructions of a people steeped in the ways of Buddhism. Rituals such as the tea ceremony also reveal a civilization deeply concerned with balance, order and calm. By examining all sides of the Japanese story, the identity of a unique society is revealed. Volume 2: INDIA For over four thousand years, the lands of India have been home to a remarkable human civilization. This fascinating program journeys through the centuries to reveal the continuing story of the Indian people. Beginning with a graphic reconstruction of an Indus Valley city of the Second Millennium BC, the Indian experience includes fabulous Dynasties of Kings, timeless belief systems and Golden Ages of culture. India’s greatest buildings especially reflect the character of a unique people, culminating in the glory of the Taj Mahal, the greatest monument to human love ever constructed, and one of the most spectacular constructions anywhere on Earth. DVD No. 2 Volume 3: DARK AGE ENGLAND The nation of England can trace its beginnings to the second half of the First Millennium AD. This was the Dark Age, a period of tribal invasions and conflicts when civilization itself seemed to retreat. For many, the terrifying pagan Vikings symbolizes a bleak period of history. But there are shafts of light that illuminate the English Dark Age, as this fascinating program reveals. It was a time of legendary Kings like Arthur, Alfred, and Offa, the builder of the famous dyke. The amazing discovery of the Burial Ship at Sutton Hoo proved that skilled craftsmanship did not die out. The survival of Christianity led to the production of the dazzling Lindisfarne Gospels, and the events of the age are also recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the first great work of English prose. Volume 4: CHINA Human beings have constructed many remarkable monuments, but only one man-made structure can be seen from the surface of the moon. The Great Wall of China remains the greatest creation of a remarkable Asian people, but it is not the only one, as this fascinating program reveals. Beginning with a graphic reconstruction of a Chinese village from seven thousand years ago, the story of the Chinese people is described right up to modern times. The terracotta army of the First Chinese Emperor and Beijing’s Forbidden City are just two fabulous treasures created by an ancient nation that continues to flourish today. DVD No. 3 Volume 5: THE CELTS In the First Millennium BC, the tribes known as the Celts were the dominant force on the continent of Europe. In fringe regions like Ireland, the Celtic people continued to flourish long into the Christian Age. These were warriors with a unique way of life, as this fascinating program reveals. Dark religious rituals and a love of bloody fighting were a vital part of their life, and Classical writers condemned what they saw as a barbarian lifestyle. But we now know that Celtic culture was rich and sophisticated. Buried Celtic treasures have revealed their achievement in crafts such as jewelry, while the great legends of Irish literature confirm that epic story-telling was also part of the life of a still-mysterious ancient people. Volume 6: EMPIRES OF AMERICA The American civilizations of the Aztecs and Incas had many features in common. Both flourished before the arrival of the Europeans. Both worshipped the sun. Both built great cities. Both possessed huge amounts of gold and other treasures. And both were wiped out by Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century. This fascinating program reveals the full story of two long-lost nations with expert analysis of their culture, technology and beliefs. The amazing Inca communication system and advanced Aztec farming techniques are just two revelations of a highly sophisticated way of life. Great lost cities like Tenochtitlan and Macchu Piccu also provide dramatic evidence of two nations ultimately doomed to a violent destruction. 2001 Created to give students in the intermediate grades an authentic, atmospheric step back in time to visit the ancient world, these six historical recreations expand on the first two series. |
| Graduation - Information Sciences and Technology - Spring 2004 More on DVD Version | May 2004 |
| Graduation - Information Sciences and Technology - Spring 2004 More on DVD Version | May 2004 |
| Graduation - Information Sciences and Technology - Spring 2005 More on DVD Version | |
| Graduation - Information Sciences and Technology - 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. |
| World War 1- American Legacy More on DVD Version | WW I-American Legacy vividly tells the many forgotten stories of the men and women who survived the Great War, reminding Americans of their impact on our country that can still be felt today. From the summer of 1914 to November 1918, the Great War cost over 14 million lives, devastated entire countries and destroyed countless architectural landmarks. The war also led to important developments in literature, technology, music, and social equality that have shaped the culture of 21st century America. Filmed in high definition and full of period music, photographs, and monuments, this documentary includeds rare images that have never been seen before on screen bringing extreme detail of the Great War to life. Narrated by David Carradine |
| Graduation - Information Sciences and Technology - 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. |
| Graduation - Information Sciences and Technology - Spring 2008 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. |
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