1. The Power of Film,
Video and TV
In the Classroom
Submitted By:
Jerose H. Baño
BEED II-B
Submitted to:
Prof.Mary Gene Panes
2. The film, video and the tv are
intended 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.
3. make us see and hear for ourselves world
events as they happen.
be and most believable news source.
make some programs understandable
and appealing to a wide variety of age and
educational levels.
become a great equalizer of education
opportunity because programs can be
presented over national and regional
network.
4. provide us with sounds and sight not
easily available even to the viewer of a
real event through long spots, 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 improvements,
can be both instructive and enjoyable.
5. While the film, video and tv can do
so much, they have their own limitations
too.
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 project motion pictures .
6. 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 so much violence in tv. This is
the irrefutable conclusion, “viewing
violence increases violence”.
