LESSON 12The Power of Film, Videc and TV in the Classroom

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“ Next to the home and school, I believe television to have a more

profound influence on the human race than any other medium

of communication.”

- Edgar Dale

The film, the video and the tv are indeed very powerful. Dale

(1969) says, they can :

• Transmit a wide range of audio – visual materials, including still

pictures, film, objects, specimens and drama

• 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

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

• 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 because programs can be presented over national and regional networks

• Provide us with sounds and sights not easily available even to the viewer of a real event through long shots, close ups, zoom shots, magnification and split screen made possible by the tv camera

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

• Can be both instructive and enjoyable

While the film , video and Tv can do so much , they have their

own limitations, ,too.

• Television and film are-way communication device consequently,

they encourage passivity

• The small screen size puts television 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 ,

skills that are needed in problem solving

* There is much violence in tv.

Basic Procedure in the Use of TV as a Supplementary Enrichment

• Prepare the classroom

- Darken the room

- The students should not be seated too near nor too far from

the tv.

• Pre-viewing Activities

- Set goals and expectation.

- Link the 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

- point out the key points they need to focus on.

• Viewing

- Don’t interrupt viewing by inserting cautions and announcement

you forgot to give during pre-viewing stage.

* Post- viewing

- To make them feel at ease begin by asking the ff. questions:

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?

* Go to the questions you raised at the pre-viewing stage.

• Tackle questions raised by students at the initial stage of the

post-viewing discussion.

• Ask what the students learned

• Summarize what was learned.

THANK YOU

ANALOU R. SANTIAGO

MARY HEART MESA