Educational Technology

Lesson 4 Teaching with Dramatized Experiences; Demonstrations in Teaching; Making the Most of Community Resources.

Teaching with Dramatized Experiences

Teaching with Dramatized Experiences Dramatic experiences come next to contrived experiences in the cone of experience. Do these dramatic experiences require us to be dramatic in our entrance and in our lesson presentations?

Teaching with Dramatized Experiences Dramatic is something that is stirring, affecting or moving. Dramatic Entrance is something that catches and holds attention, and has emotional impacts.

Teaching with Dramatized Experiences Dramatized Experiences can range from: Formal Plays Pageants Tableau Pantomime Puppets Role-playing

Teaching with Dramatized Experiences Plays depict life, character, culture, or a combination of the three. They offer excellent opportunities to portray vividly important ideas about life.

Teaching with Dramatized Experiences Pageants are usually community dramas that are based on local history. An example is a historical pageant that traces the growth of a school.

Teaching with Dramatized Experiences Pantomime is an “art of conveying a story through bodily movements.” The effects of pantomime to the audience depends on the movements of the actors.

Teaching with Dramatized Experiences Tableau is a picture-like scene composed of people against a background.

Teaching with Dramatized Experiences Puppets - A puppet is an inanimate object or representational figure animated or manipulated by an entertainer, who is called a puppeteer. Puppets can present ideas with extreme simplicity.

Teaching with Dramatized Experiences Types of Puppets Shadow puppets – flat, black silhouette made from lightweight cardboard shown behind a screen.

Teaching with Dramatized Experiences Types of Puppets Rod puppets – flat, cut-out figures tacked to a stick with one or more movable parts, and are operated below the stage through wires or rods.

Teaching with Dramatized Experiences Types of Puppets Glove-and-finger puppets – make use of gloves which small costumed figures are attached.

Teaching with Dramatized Experiences Types of Puppets Marionettes – flexible, jointed puppets operated by strings or wires attached to a cross bar and maneuvered from directly above the stage.

Teaching with Dramatized Experiences Role-Playing is an unrehearsed, unprepared and spontaneous dramatization of a situation where assigned participants are absorbed by their own roles.

Demonstrations in Teaching

Demonstrations in Teaching Demonstration is a public showing and emphasizing of the salient merits, utility, efficiency, etc. of an article or product.

Demonstrations in Teaching Components of a Demonstration Audience Speaker Method, Product, Proof

Demonstrations in Teaching Using demonstration in classroom: Establish rapport. Avoid COIK fallacy (Clear Only If Known) Watch for key points Make your audience feel at ease by your warmth and sincerity. COIK is an assumption that what is clear to the demonstrator is also clear to the audience. Recognize blocks on learners and highlight them in some way.

Demonstrations in Teaching Point to Remember A good demonstration is an audio-visual demonstration. Before demonstration: set objectives, prepare materials, plan the steps, and rehearse. During demonstration: sustain the interest of the audience, keep it simple, check for understanding, have a summary, and provide hand-outs (if possible).

Making the Most of Community Resources

Making the Most of Community Resources Field Trip - A field trip or excursion, is a journey by a group of people to a place away from their normal environment.

Making the Most of Community Resources Field Trips must be planned precisely. Preliminary planning (teacher) Secondary planning (teacher and other people) Taking the field trip Post-field trip follow-up.

Making the Most of Community Resources During planning: Plan the entire lesson (of the field trip). Arrange with school heads the details of the trip. Plan then contact the places to visit. Provide a route plan. Discuss objectives, procedure, and other things concerning the lesson with the students. Communicate with the parents. Discuss safety measures, and safety guidelines.

Making the Most of Community Resources Advantages Opportunities for rich and memorable experiences which are fundamental to learning. Brings learners to the world beyond the classroom. Have wide range of applications. Brings plenty of realizations.

Making the Most of Community Resources Disadvantages It is costly. It involves logistics. It is extravagant with time. Has elements of uncertainty.

Making the Most of Community Resources Other Community Resources Community Resource Speaker Public and Private Libraries Botanical Gardens Historical Places Scenic Spots

Summary

Summary When applying other bands of the cone of experience: Satisfy the needs of the students. Satisfy the lesson objectives. Know the pros and cons of the instructional material or educational technology to be used. Prepare the material/technology ahead of time. Follow other guidelines.

DAGHANG SALAMAT! Thank you!