Means all devices and materials used in the teaching and learning processes
which includes not only electronic communications media, but also such devices as slides, photographs, teacher-made diagrams, charts, real objects and handouts that we use in the process of planned instruction.
Types of Instructional Media Projected Media Non-Projected Media Audio Media Motion Media Hyper Media Gaming Media
The benefits of using Instructional Media:
Gain and hold the attention of the learner; Recall prerequisites Present objectives to the learners.
Support learning through examples and visual elaboration. focus attention or highlight key points ;
create impact ; facilitate the understanding of concepts.
Role of Instructional Media in Teaching-Learning Process:
1 . For helping learners to articulate and represent what they know 2. For reflecting on what they have learned and how they come to know it
3. For supporting learners internal negotiations and meaning making 4. For constructing personal representations of meaning for supporting mindful thinking
Do you agree about the saying of: Teachers are still the best tool for effective teaching.
A good aid is like a window, it should not call attention to itself, it should just let in the light.
What I am told, I forget What I see, I remember What I do builds as castle in my head.