Lara, Well I had already formed my thoughts when I read the other posting about the problems of using CD-ROM images. Myself, I was going to say that its a great way to go. Of course I am a tad bit on the biased side of technology. Let me give a few ideas to you. First thing of course is to scan your images into digital form. Over at staples they have a great little device by Iomega called the FotoShow. Basically its a slick little product that allows you to store all your images on a Zip (or several zips) and then play them on a TV. Its great. Now I wont vouch for the ease of use, but if its anything like other Iomega products, it probably is. The website for it is: http://www.iomega.com/fotoshow/fotoshow.html I would check that out first. Then if you are using CD's, you have a few options. If you have, what we at MTSU call, a Master classroom with AV and computer hookups, you are all set. Your best bet would be to organize your images with something like PowerPoint (easy to use-set up a file, import images (w or w/o captions, and export as a slide show) and burn it onto a CD. Another option is to set up a web page of images and burn that. I dont know for certain but if your college (or local CC) has a digital lab or computer lab they will generally let you do this or do it for you. Plus just about every third person has a CD burner now. It wouldn't take much more than ten minutes to burn. Pop into a CD drive and you are ready to go. Even better is are programs called autorun's. (Type in Auto run on download.com) These allow you to specify a HTML file that will open automatically. You could create a CD of images that would open automatically for the students. Burn 30 copies and you will have a take home CD. Well those are just a few ideas. I know I was worried about slides myself, but since looking into it, I am going to keep on taking digitals. Aaron --- Lara Taylor <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, everyone! I am teaching an art history class at a local college, and I > am using the old system of two slide projectors and slides. The slides are > old and icky, and I would like to start using CD-ROM images in the class. > Has anyone used CD-ROMs with images to teach classes or do presentations? > Do you like it/hate it? Can you still do image comparisons? > > Also, I am in the Chicago area. If anyone knows of any workshops or intro. > classes on how to use CD-ROMs of images in the classroom, I would love to > hear about them, > > Thanks in advance for your help! > > Lara > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain > detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without > the quotes). ===== www.aaronmarcavitch.com Webmaster, VAF (www.vernaculararchitecture.org) Webmaster, ADM (www.americandinermuseum.org) Webmaster, Boston Harborfest (www.bostonharborfest.com) Grad. Student Caucus Chair, Am. Assoc of History & Computing M.A. (Public) History, Middle TN St. Univ (2002) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).