LB #13 Teaching with visual symbols

Visual symbols include drawings, cartoons, strip drawings, diagrams, formulas, charts, graphs, maps and globes.

      A drawing may not be the real thing but better to have a concrete visual aid than nothing. To avoid, confusion, it is good that our drawing correctly represents the real thing. A first-rate cartoon tells its story meta phonically. The perfect cartoon needs no caption. The less the artist depends on words, the more effective the symbolism.

Types of diagram:

• Affinity diagram
• Tree diagram
• Fish bone diagram
  A chart is a diagrammatic representation of relationships among individuals within an organization. We can have:

•  time chart
• tree or stream chart
• flow chart
• organizational chart
• comparison and contrast chart
• pareto chart
• run chart or trend chart                                                                            There are several types of graphs
• circle or pie graph
• bar graph
• pictorial graph
• line graph

LB #12 The power of Film, video and TV in the classroom.

1. Why are the film, video and TV powerful in the classroom?

• transmit a wide range of audio-visual, materials, including still pictures, film, objects, specimens and drama.
• bring the world of reality to the home and to the classroom through a "live" broadcast or as medfiated through film or videotape.
• make us see and hear for ourselves world events as they happen.
• be the most believable news source.
• make some programs understandable and appealing to a wide variety of age and educational levels.
• become a great equalizer of educational opportunity because programs can be presented over national and regional networks

 2. What are the educational benefits of the use of film, video and TV in the classroom?

• can make the teaching-learning process more concrete, lively, colorful, and interactive.
• more lasting learning because of its visual, audio and motion effect.
• these effect make learning fun.

LB #11 Making the Most of Community Resources and Field Trips

1. What procedures and criteria must be observed in planning and conducting field trips?

• Make preliminary contacts, a tour on final arrangements with the place to be visited.
• Make final arrangements with the school principal about the details of the trip.
• Make a tentative route plan, subject to later alteration based on class planning and objectives.
• Try to work out mutually satisfactory arrangements with other teachers if the trip will conflict with their classes.
• Prepare preliminary lists of questions or other materials which will be helpful in planning with the students.
• Discuss the objectives of the trip and write them down.
• Prepare a list of questions to send ahead to the guide of the study trip. 
• Define safety and behavior standards for the journey there and for the field trip site itself.

2. What educational  benefits are derived from a field trip?

•       The acquisition of lasting concepts and change in attitudes are rooted on concrete and rich experiences.
• Field trips bring us to the world beyond the classroom.
• Field trips have a wide range of application.
• It can bring about a lot of realization which may lead to changes in attitudes and insights.