An evaluation of educational television in the Houston area

Because of the newness of television, educators who desire to work with it have found that they are dealing with a great many intangibles. So far, there has been no direct application of television to education. The allocation of VFF channel for educational use, however, assures Houston an educational TV station. Television is particularly important to education because it has nearly all the advantages of motion pictures, although, to be sure, it has disadvantages which motion pictures do not have. Some of those disadvantages are its inability - at the present time - to transmit color, its lack of clear picture definition that every good film has, its small screen, and its very great cost. [...]