“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 Effects 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 0on 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
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.
