Educational Technology

Lesson 4

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Teaching with Dramatized Experiences

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Demonstrations in Teaching;

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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

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Dramatic

is something that is stirring, affecting or moving.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Tableau

is a picture-like scene composed of people against a background.

Teaching with Dramatized Experiences

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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

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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

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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

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Speaker

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Method, Product, Proof

Demonstrations in Teaching

● Using demonstration in classroom: – Establish rapport.

– Avoid

COIK

fallacy (Clear Only If Known) – Watch for key points

Demonstrations in Teaching

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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

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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

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!