This document discusses the educational benefits of using film, video, and television in the classroom. It notes that these mediums can bring real-world examples, experts, and events into the classroom. However, it also acknowledges the limitations, such as television being a one-way communication device and the potential for excessive viewing to hinder development. The document provides guidance for effective use, including preparing the classroom, pre-viewing activities to set expectations, active viewing, and post-viewing discussions to check understanding and application of the lesson.

1. LESSON 12
THE POWER OF
FILM,
VIDEO AND TV
IN
THE
CLASSROOM

2. “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

3. OBJECTIVES
AT THE END OF THIS ACTIVITY
STUDENTS SHOULD ABLE TO:
• Identify the educational benefits of the use of
film, video and tv in the classroom.
• Demonstrate the procedures ought to followed
for effective use of tv as a form of lesson
enrichment.
• Share ideas with the peer regarding with the use
of film, video and tv in the classroom.

4. “ If Muhammad cannot go to
the mountain, bring the
mountain to Muhammad”

5. The film, video and the TV are
indeed very powerful. Dale (1969)
says, they can:
Transmit a wide range of radio
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.

6. 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.

7. Provide us with the sounds and sights not
easily available even to the viewer of a
real event through long shots.
Can give opportunity to teachers to view
themselves while they teach for purposes
of self-improvement.
Can be both instructive and enjoyable.

8. 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.
The small screen size puts television at
the disadvantage when compare the
possible size of the projected motion
pictures.

9. Excessive TV viewing works again the
development of child ability to visualize
and to 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”.

10. 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. Remember that complete darkness is
not advisable for television viewing. Your students may
need to take down notes while viewing.
- 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.

11. • Pre-viewing Activities
• - Point out the key points they need to focus on. It helps
if you give them guide question which become the foci of
post viewing discussions. Omit this, if you are using an
interactive video and the source speaker himself/herself
give the question for interactive discussion in the process
of viewing.
• Viewing
• - Just make sure sight and sound are clear. You were
supposed to have checked on this when you did your pre
–viewing.

12. • Post-Viewing
- to make them feel at ease begin by asking the
following questions:
1). What do 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 question are you asking the film?(Write them down
. You have not to end the class without answering them to
make your students feel that everyone and everything
matter. Nothing or nobody is taken from granted.)

13. • 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.