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

The film, video and tv are powerful instructional tools. When they 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 and even at home has far reaching damagingly 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 people's aggressive behavior. With the coming of the VCR, viewing need not be passive anymore. We can have interactive viewing with VCR. Let us use the tv appropriately and moderately so that we can take advantage of its advantages and mitigate its disadvantages.