The Power of Film, Video and TV in the

Classroom

“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

INTRODUCTIONThe appeal of visual media continues to make film, video and television as educational tools with high potential impact. They are now more accessible and less cumbersome to use. Let us take advantage of them in the classroom.

The film, the video and the TV are indeed very powerful. Dale 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 to through film or videotape.

• Make us see and hear for ourselves world event 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 program can be presented over national and regional networks.

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

LIMITATIONS/ DISADVANTAGES

• Television and film are one-way communication device consequently, they encourage passivity.

• The small screen size puts television at the disadvantage when compared with the possible size of the projected motion pictures, for example.

• Excessive TV viewing works again the development of child ability to visualize and to be creative and imaginative, skills that are needed in problem solving.

• There is much violence in TV. This is the irrefutable conclusion, “viewing violence increases violence”.

“ If Muhammad cannot go to the mountain, bring the mountain to

Muhammad”

Basic Procedures in the Use of TV

as a Supplementary

Enrichment

• Prepare the classroom.(If your school has a permanent viewing

room, the classroom preparatory work will be less for you.)

- Darken the room. - The students should not be seated

too near nor to far from the television. No student should be farther from the set than the number of feet that the picture that represent in inches. A 24-inch set mean no student farther than 24 feet from the set.

• Pre-viewing Activities –Set goals and expectations.–Link the TV lesson with past lesson

and/or with your students’ experiences for integration and relevance.–Set the rules while viewing.– Point out the key points they need

to focus on.

• Viewing–Don’t interrupt viewing by inserting

cautions and announcements you forgot to give during the pre-viewing stage.– Just make sure sight and sound

are clear. You were supposed to have checked on this when you did your

pre–viewing.

• Post- Viewing–To make them feel at ease begin by

asking the following 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 question you raised at the pre-viewing stage. Engage the student in the discussion of answers. Check for understanding.• Tackle question raised by

students at the initial stage of the post-viewing discussion. Involve the rest of the class.

• Asked what the student learned. Find cut how they can apply what they learned. Several techniques can be use for this purpose. A simple yet effective technique is the completion of unfinished sentence .

• Summarize what was learned. You may include whatever transpired in the class discussion in the summary but don’t forget your summary on your lesson objectives.

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