TV POWER FILM VIDEO THEOF, AND IN THE CLASSR OOM

The Appeal of visual media continues to make film, video and television as educational tools with high potential impact. They are now 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 (1969) says, they can ; 1. Transmit a wide range of audio. 2. Bring models of excellence to the viewer. 3. Bring the world of reality to home and to the classroom through a “ live ” broadcast or as mediated through film or videotape. 4. Make us see and hear for ourselves world events as they happen. 5. Be the most believable news source.

6. Make some programs understandable and appealing to a wide variety of age and educational levels 7. Become a great equalizer of educational opportunity because programs can be presented over national and regional networks. 8. Provide us with sounds and sights not easily available even to the viewer of a real event.

9. Can give opportunity to teachers to view themselves while they teach for purpose of self - improvement. 10. Can both instructive and enjoyable.

While the film, video and TV can do so much, they have their own limitations, too. 1. Television and film are one - way communication device consequently, they encourage passivity. 2. The small screen size puts television at a disadvantage when compared with the possible size of projected motion pictures. 3. Excessive TV viewing works against the development of the child ' s ability. 4. There is so much violence in TV.

Basic Procedures in the use of TV as a Supplementary Enrichment For enrichment of the lesson with the use of TV, we have to do the following : 1. Prepare the classroom - darken the room ; - the students should not be seated too near nor too farm from the TV.

2. Pre - viewing Activities - set goals and explanations ; - link the TV lesson with past lesson ; - set the rules while viewing ; - point out the key points they needto focus on. 3. Viewing - don ' t interrupt viewing by inserting cautions and announcements you forgot to give during the pre - viewing stage ; - just make sure sights and soundsare clear.

4. Post - viewing - to mane 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?

5. Go to the questions raised at the pre - viewing stage. 6. Tackle the questions raised by thestudents at the initial stage of the post - viewing discussion. 7. Ask what the student learned. 8. Summarize what was learned.

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. It contributes to a more lasting learning because of its visual, audio and motion effects. These effects make learning fun. However, misuse and abuse of their use in the classroom or even at home has far reaching damaging effects in the development of children ' s imaginative and thinking powers and sensitivity to human life.

The most significantly cited weakness of the TV is the effect of TV violence on peoples ' aggressive behavior. With the coming of the VCR, viewing need not be passive anymore. We can have interactive viewing with VCR.

FRANZ BENEDICT REBURON DIONICIA TABANGCURA CHEENE TOLEDO PRECIOUS BENAVIDEZ AILEEN JULIET TORRANO MAY ANN CORPUZ JOHN PAUL RAGANDAP