The Power of Film, Video and Tv in the Classroom

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THE POWER OF FILM, VIDEO AND TV IN THE CLASSROOM The appeal of visual media continues to make film, video and television as education tool 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 as dale (1969) say’s they can: ➢ 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 “live broadcast or as mediated through film or videotape ➢ Be the most believable news source ➢ Make some programs understandable and appealing to a wide variety of age and educational levels. Literate and illiterate, young and old ➢ 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 TV camera ➢ can give opportunity to teachers to view themselves while they teach for porposes of self-improvement ➢ can be both instructive and enjoyable LIMITATIONS OF FILM, VIDEO AND TV (DISADVANTAGE) ➢ Today, however we talk about and work on interactive classrooms for effective learning, we are convinced that learning is an active process and so the learning must be actively engaged. ➢ The small screen size puts television at a disadvantage when compared with 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. This is the irrefutable conclusion, “viewing violence increases violence.” BASIC PROCEDURES IN THE USE OF TV AS A SUPPLEMENTARY ENRICHMENT ➢ Prepare the
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