FS 3 Technology in the Learning Environment School of Education, Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan First Semester, School Year 2010-2011 Name

of FS Student: Ian Dwight H. Sabellina Course: Education Major: Special Education Cooperating School: South City Central School Cooperating Teacher: Rebecca J. Pacanut Date of Visit: July 25, 2013 FS 3 (Section): EDA

Important Reminders: 1) Extend due courtesy to the Administrators, Teachers, and Staff Members of the school. 2) Follow the rules and regulations of the school and the centers you are visiting. 3) Always ask permission from the cooperating teacher if you can conduct this interview. 4) After you have completed your interview, express your gratitude for the time and assistance they gave you for this FS episode.

Aim of this activity: The aim of this activity is for you to have an interview with a teacher handling your area of concentration/major. In the interview, you will ask about his/her experience of utilizing instructional materials in the learning tasks. After the interview, you will answer accomplish the task found in Part 2 of this sheet.
Instructions: 1) Look for a teacher who is currently teaching your major/area of concentration. (Ex. A SPED teacher, pre-school teacher, high school Mathematics teacher, and the like) 2) When s/he agrees to have this interview with you, please indicate the needed information in the template below.
Form A: UTILIZATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Grade/Year Level Taught: Grade One Subject: All subjects (Advisory teacher) Best teaching practices used in the subject: (You can ask what strategies and methods s/he uses) The teacher identified using of colorful visual aids as her way of teaching the pupils. It is in the visual aids that the pupils are showing interest to her lesson. With this, it is partnered by secondary reinforcement which the use of praises and gestures in recognizing the effort of her pupils when they do good works. The teacher also uses educational movies and televised shows to introduce the topic in an integrated way. Due to the fact that most of her pupils are fun of watching television, she incorporate educational movie like of Sineskwela so that pupils can grasp the concept easily. Reasons for using these teaching practices: The reasons for using these teaching practices are: She is teaching adventurous pupils. Children at this age love to learn in strange ways. They tend to imprint lesson and discussion in unique way of delivering it. The pupils are hyperactive. In order to catch their attention she will use colorful visual aids to maintain their focus on the lesson. Her pupils are mostly visual learners and every time they are interested in the aids of the teacher. It is good that the students are showing the kind of interest in the lesson because when a person is eager to learn, he or she can easily learn at his or her best.

Reference: Trinidad (2010) Learning Episode 2: TECHNOLOGY FOR INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING1 from

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FS 3 Technology in the Learning Environment School of Education, Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan First Semester, School Year 2010-2011

Instructional Materials that are used in the teaching of the subject Visual Aids Story Book Art Materials Educational Movies

Strengths Colorful Pictures Drawings Story Practice Fine Motor Creativity Moving Pictures Conversational Approach

Weaknesses Can be hardly understand the concept of the lesson Pupil may lend their attention in the drawing May feel disappointment when they cant accomplished Some conversation are out of their vocabulary

What instructional materials are not currently used by the teacher but are being explored and are expected to be of great help in the teaching and learning of the subject? The use of power point presentation This can help teacher to vary her teaching skills. They may not concentrate their strategy in one area of type of discussing. Students are new to this way of teaching, additional factor to their interest to learn the subject. Concept Mapping It helps pupils to immediately understand the concept. Pupil will learn the concept though this especially if the concept map is partnered by pictures and colorful writings.

TIPS (Please ask the teacher of any recommendation/advise s/he can give on how you can best maximize the use

of instructional materials in teaching a subject.)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Use visual aids daily if possible

It is not important whether the aids are new or old Aids must be age and level appropriate Lesson is can be found in the aids Aids must contain not only pictures but also concept of the lesson *******c,*******

Part 2. Using MS Word, make a creative interpretation of the things you have learned from this interview.

(See attachments)

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FS 3 Technology in the Learning Environment School of Education, Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan First Semester, School Year 2010-2011

Percent in terms of Usage

Educational Movies

Art Materials Percent in terms of Usage Story Book

Visual Aids

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FS 3 Technology in the Learning Environment School of Education, Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan First Semester, School Year 2010-2011

DOCUMENTATION

Picture was taken after the interview with the teacher.

This picture was taken during the interview of the teacher.

Reference: Trinidad (2010) Learning Episode 2: TECHNOLOGY FOR INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING4 from

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