The Power of Film, Video and
TV in the
Classroom
Power of Film and TV
Limitations of Film, Video and
TV
Basic Procedures
Summing Up
The Power of Film, Video and TV
in the Classroom
Power of Film, Video and TV
Transmit a wide range of audio.
Bring models of excellence to the viewer.
Bring the world of reality to the home and to the classroom through a “live” broadcast or as mediated through film or videotape.
Makes us see and hear for ourselves world events as they happen.
Power of Film, Video and TV
Be the most believable news source
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 a real event.
Power of Film, Video and TV
Can give opportunity to teachers to view themselves while they teach for purpose of self-improvement.
Can be both instructive and enjoyable.
Limitations of Film, Video and TV
Television and film are one-way communication device
Small screen size puts TV at a disadvantage when compared with the possible size of projected motion pictures
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
Basic Procedures in the Use of TV as a Enrichment
• Prepare the classroom-Darken the room-Students should not be seated too near nor too far from the TV
• Pre-viewing activities -set goals and expectations -link TV lesson with past lesson and/or with your
students’ experiences for integration and relevance. -Set the rules while viewing -Put the film in context
Basic Procedures in the Use of TV as a Enrichment
• Viewing -Don’t interrupt viewing by inserting cautions and announcements you forgot to give during the previewing stage. -Make sure sights and sounds are clear.
Basic Procedures in the Use of TV as a Enrichment
• Post-viewingTo make them feel at ease begin by asking:1. What do you like best in the film?2. What part of the film makes you wonder?
Doubt?3. Does the film remind you of something or
someone?4. What questions are you asking about the film?
Basic Procedures in the Use of TV as a Enrichment
• Go to the questions you raised at the pre-viewing stage.
• Tackle questions raced by the students at the initial stage of the post-viewing discussion.
• Ask what the students learned.• Summarize what was learned.
Basic Procedures in the Use of TV as a Enrichment
SUMMING UPThe film, video and TV are powerful instructional tools. When used appropriately and moderately, they can make the teaching-learning process more concrete, lively, colorful and interactive.However, misuse and abuse of it in the classroom and even at home has far reaching damaging effects in the development of children’s imaginative and thinking powers and sensitivity to human life.
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