teaching media

  THE ROLE OF VISUALS IN INSTRUCTION Visual Literacy Consider the sort of visuals that are used every day for important communication purposes, such as the emergency information cards in airplanes or highway signs that warn of dangerous curves or obstructure. Visual literacy can be developed through two major approaches: 1)    Input strategies 2)    Output strategies • Decoding: Interpreting Visual Development Effect : Many variables affect how a learner decodes a  visual. Prior to the age of 12, children tend to interpret visual section by section rather than as a whole. Cultural Effects : In teaching must keep in mind that the act of decoding visuals may be affected by the viewers’ cultural background. Visual Effects : In selecting visual, teachers have to make appropriate choices between the sorts visuals that are preferred and those that are most effective. Encoding: Creating Visuals Another route to visual literacy is through student creation of visu...

  Media and Materials  MANIPULATIVES Real objects-such as coins, tools, artifacts, plants and animals are some of the most accesible, intriguing, and involving materials in educational use. They re known as manipulatives because students may handle and inspect them.  Real objects may be used as is, or you may modify them to enhance instruction. Examples of modification include the following.  Cutaways: devices such as machines with one side cut away to allow close observation of the inner working. Specimens: actual plants, animals, or parts thereof preserved for convenient inspection. Exhibit: collections of artifacts, often of a scientific or historical nature, brought together with printed information to illustrate a point. Computer Programs and Manipulatives The recent addition of manipulaatives and student hands on materials included in computer software packages is an source. An exciting science CD-ROM series that combines the power of technology with the effect...

  The assure model    ASSURE is an acronym derived from the key verb-descriptor of the tasks associated with the approach. As such, the model proposes a six-step guide for planning and delivering instruction; while not specifically designed for e-learning, in practice it the methodology seems to align to the requirements of designing course ware for that modality. Analyze learners      The first step in the process is that the teacher should analyze the attributes of her learners. There should be a focus on those learner characteristics which are associated with the learning outcomes desired.  The analysis of your learners should include:  General characteristics   Specific entry competencies  Learning styles State objectives     The second step in the assure model is to state the objectives of instructions. To be more concrete about things, this statement will focus on what the learner will know or be able to do as a result o...