“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, films, objects, specimen 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 as see and hear ourselves world events
as they happen.
Be the most believable news source.
Make some programs understandable and
appealing to a wide variety f age and educational levels.
Become a great equalizer of educational
opportunity because programs can be presented over national and regional
network.
Provide us with sound and sights not easily
available even the viewer of a real event though long shots, close up, zoom
shots, magnification and split screen made possible by the 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 limitation.
Television and film are one-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 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
1. Prepare the classroom.
2.
Pre-viewing Activities.
a. Set goals and expectation.
b. Link the TV lesson with past lesson and / or with your student’s
experience for integration relevance.
c. Put the film in context.
d. Point out the key points they need to focus on.
3. Viewing
a.
Don’t interrupt viewing by inserting cautious and announcements you
forget to give during the previewing stage.
b.
Just make sure sights and sounds are clear.
4.
Post – Viewing
To make the feel ease begin by asking the
following questions:
- What do you like best in the film?
- What of the part film makes you wonder?
Doubt?
- Does the film remind you of something or
someone?
- What question are you asking about the
film?
The film, video, and TV are powerful
instructional tools.
When they are used appropriately and
moderately, they can make the teaching-learning process more concrete, lively,
colorful and interactive.
Misuse and abuse of their use 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.
The Effect of TV
- We agree that the TV can give a more
accurate, more lively and more colorful presentation of a difficult topic in
physics for instance when the one who teaches the topic is inexperienced and
can only make use of still pictures in black and white as visual aid.
- We are aware of the numerous educational
benefits of the use of the TV.
- The effect of TV depends on how it is used.
- When used in excess, it can also impair the
development of children’s ability to visualize, to be creative and imaginative.
Worse, is when children gets exposed to violence in TV.
- Social psychologist Craig A. Anderson gave
this testimony to the US senate on March 21, 2000:
- “The Media violence effect on aggression is
bigger than the effect of exposure to lead on IQ scores in the children, the
effect of calcium intake on bone mass, the effect of homework on academic
achievement, or the effect of asbestos exposure on cancer… high exposure to
media violence is a major contributing cause of the high rate of violence in
modern US Society.”
- Let us use the TV appropriately and
moderately so that we can take advantage of its advantage and mitigate its
disadvantages.
Using Video in the Classroom
Does video have a place in the classroom?
According to a 1992 study conducted by Synergy Broadcast Systems, “Video
in the classroom is an important tool used to support the four key components
of learning.”
Four Key Components
- Active Engagement
- Participation in Groups
- Frequent Interaction and Feedback
- Connection to Real-World Experts
Why Use Video in the Classroom?
- We remember 70% to 90% of what we see, hear
and do.
- Using video, creating content and producing
an end result that will allow students to do all three.
Technology has changed
- Due to changes in technology, video tools
are more accessible than ever before.
- Students will be using technology
throughout the course of their scholastic career. The sooner they have access,
the better.
Ways video helps assist classroom
assignments:
- Supports differentiation.
- Stimulates classroom discussion.
- Reinforces readings.
- Provides creative output.
- Allows students to interact with classrooms
throughout the world.
Recommended Video Tools and Resources
- Movie
- Sony Vegas
- Animoto
- Gizmoz
- YouTube
- Jing
Advantages
- Video can be utilized to illustrate how
something works.
- Video provides information in detail that
text and graphic cannot.
- Video can grab student’s attention.
- Video can show real life examples.
- Video stimulates discussions.
- Video can appeal to the learning styles of
visual learners.
- Video could enhance problem-based learning.
Using Film in the Classroom
- At Film Education, we believe that films is
a power tool that can help learners understand and access that world and other
worlds.
- Real and imagined
- Parts of our remit is to in courage young
people to learn by viewing and to be critical consumers of what they see as an
ability and analyze film is an empowering skill and one that is increasingly
important for young people.
- Film Education’s website and materials
offer teacher a wealth resource for incorporating film into the elementary
school to high school.
- Let face it, using film – whether watching
them or actually making them – is often a heat motivator for students of all ages.
- There are teacher all over the world who
are including youtube or film clip in their lesson.
Three (3) tips for using Film in the
Classroom
- You tube is your friend, but Clean tube is
better.
- Keep it short and upbeat, generally there’s
a law of diminishing returns regarding the length of film.
- Use it at the start or the end of the
lesson.
Three (3) tips for Making Films in Class
- Teaching students how to make film.
- Build in play time let students muck around
with the different titles and effect.
- Sometimes, it’s not about quality it’s all
about the story.
How can Film help you Teach English
- Learning from films is motivating and
enjoyable.
- Film provides authentic and varied
language.
- Film gives a visual context.
- Variety and flexibility.
- Exposes the student to spoken language.
- Useful in teaching vocabulary.
- It contextualizes language through the flow
of images, making it more accessible.
- Film also offers an enlargement of our
knowledge of the world and the cultures that it contains.
How to use Films in Teaching
- Find something you like.
- Choose something you can understand 70-90%
(without substitutes or other help)
- Don’t use subtitles in your own language.
- Watch several times.
- Start with English subtitles, then watch
again without subtitles.
- You don’t have to spend a lot of time ten
minutes a day is better than nothing.