Masinloc, Zambales objective – the medium should be able to 1st Semester, A.Y. 2019-2020 convey in the clearest possible way the EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY (ED TECH 1) 02:00Pm – 05:00pm, FRIDAY, ROOM A103 highlight of the lesson. Suitability to student’s age learning LESSON 8: SELECTING, USING AND abilities and styles and reading level – EVALUATING INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA pictures could be effective for grade 1 pupils not for high school students. I. INTRODUCTION Accuracy and novelty of media – the media should be up to date, reflecting The reason for using instructional media directs current thought, original or revised. to an important discussion on the proper selection Provision of the learner participation - and utilization. Availability of the resources, learning outcomes, and environmental factors are dioramas and exhibits could entail more just among the few to be considered when participation of learners than pictures or choosing the most feasible and applicable graphs. instructional media for effective teaching-learning Provision of feedback – recordings and process. Appropriate selection of instructional television do not offer feedback or media can improve the quality of teaching and interaction like the way multimedia do. learning. It can help facilitate an effective teaching Appeal – Pictures, especially colorful ones, based on the learning objectives could be more aesthetically pleasing than other media. Motion media could be more II. BODY attention grabbing than still pictures. Availability – the medium should be a) PRINCIPLES IN SELECTING INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA obtainable when needed. The school media center could have consulted for 1. Principle of Appropriateness media collection. Aside from the media IM must be either basic or supplementary to center, our homes could be potential the curriculum sources of media. 2. Principle of Authenticity Adaptability – Some media, like IM must present accurate, up-to-date and transparencies or recordings, can be easily dependable information updated or modified unlike textbook. 3. Principle of Cost Ease in the use or operation of the media Substitutes must be considered first – Some media like maps and graphs can be 4. Principle of Interest easily used while other media like Must stimulate curiosity or satisfy the learner’s computers and projectors need technical need to know. It must have the power to motivate, encourage creativity, and expertise. imaginative response among users. Learning outcomes – Projected media may 5. Principle of Organization and Balance work better for big classes, demonstration, IM must be well organized and well balanced role plating and simulation could be done in content. Purpose of the material must be if classroom are big. clearly stated or perceived. Cost – If a certain medium is very expensive, another medium which could b. Factors to be considered in be deliver the same content can be used to replace it the medium could be expensive, selecting instructional Media not only in cost but also in the time consumed in preparing the medium. “all instructional materials are aids to Objective – There should be no room for instruction. They do not replace teacher” bias, propaganda and controversy in the material. Maintenance – some media, especially the III. Conclusion technical ones, entail more cost in maintaining the operation than other non- Selecting Instructional Media or IM’s is not technical media. that easy. A proper planning, or should I say a Technical quality – some media are systematic planning is needed to achieve an simple but workable. Audio recordings effective teaching and learning process. The timing and videos are susceptible to damages has never been better for using technology to which affect the quality of the media. enable and improve learning at all levels, in all places, and for people of all backgrounds. From the modernization of E-rate to the proliferation c. THE PROPER USE OF MATERIALS and adoption of openly licensed educational resources, the key pieces necessary to realize best The use of instructional material can be the transformations made possible by technology effective if it is properly selected depending on the in education are in place. topic and if it is properly used. It should be appropriate and satisfactory for the ultimate goal Educators, policymakers, administrators, and of facilitating learning. There are guidelines to be teacher preparation and professional development programs now should embed these tools and followed and the first is the selection of resources into their practices. Working in instructional materials. The usage of instructional collaboration with families, researchers, cultural materials. After you have properly selected the institutions, and all other stakeholders, these material, you should as well effectively utilize it. groups can eliminate inefficiencies, reach beyond According to Thomas Nagel, to ensure effective the walls of traditional classrooms, and form utilization of the instructional material, he advised strong partnerships to support everywhere, all-the- us to abide by the acronym PPPF. time learning.
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