Transparencies

Advantages:

• Teacher can display a copy of the actual sheet, picture, assignment, etc,
• Inexpensive
• Easy to produce
• Allows for many students to see
• Can be written on with a marker and easily erased
• Pre-made can be in color

Disadvantages:

• Must have an overhead projector
• To make an transparency of a hard copy you must have a copier and the correct transparency film to run through the copier
• Copyright issues
• Takes time to make the copies
• When copies are made they are usually not in color due to the lack of a color copier

Implications for Collection Development

To use the transparencies, whether pre-made or teacher made, the appropriate equipment must be available.

Copyright Considerations

Pre-made transparencies will most likely be copyrighted.  Before making a copy for something from a book or workbook make sure that it is not copyrighted.