Lesson 12

The power of Film, Video and TV in the Classroom

Suarez, Kay Cee T.

Objectives

At the end of the session, at least 75 % of the students should be able to;

•Know the Educational benefits of the use of film, video and TV in the classroom

•Limitation of the use of TV

•Basic procedures in using TV as a supplementary Enrichment

Benefits Transmit a wide range of audio

BenefitsBring models of excellence to

the viewer

Here’s a quick look at the journey of the New Horizons space probe that just passed at Pluto! Launched in early 2006, it got a gravity assist (speed boost) from a close encounter with Jupiter in 2007, and then sped across the solar system. An incredible 3 billion mile trip - and it’s not done!

Benefits

Bring the world of reality to the home and to the classroom through a “live” broadcast as mediated through film or

videotape

Benefits

Make us see and hear for ourselves world events as they happen.

Be the most believable news source

Benefits

Make some programs understandable and appealing to a wide variety of age and educational levels

Become a great equalizer of educational opportunity.

Provide us with sounds and sights not easily available even to the viewer of real event through long shots.

Benefits

Benefits

Can give opportunity to teachers to view themselves while they teach for purposes of self-improvement

Can be both constructive and enjoyable

Limitation

Television and film are one-way communication device

The small screen size puts television at a disadvantage

Limitation

Excessive TV viewing works against the development of the child’s ability to visualize and to be creative and

imaginative

There is much violence in TV

Limitation

Basic Procedures in the Use of TV as Supplementary Enrichment

Prepare the classroom

Pre-viewing Activities

Viewing

Post-viewing

Go to the question you raised at the pre-viewing stage

Tackle question raised by student at the initial stage of the post-viewing

discussion

Ask what the students learned

Summarize what was learned

Thank you