The Summary of Chapter 4 of Teaching Media Course
CHAPTER 4 MEDIA AND MATERIALS outline 1. Manipulatives 2. Field Trips 3. Printed Materials 4. Free and inexpensive Materials 5. Display Surfaces 1. MANIPULATIVES Real objects--such as coins, tools, artifacts, plants, and animals are some of the most accessible, intriguing, and involving materials in educational use. They are known as manipulatives because students may handle and inspect them. Real objects may be used as is, or you may modify them to enhance instruction. Examples of modification include the following: Ø Cutaways: Devices such as machines with one side cut away to allow close observation of the inner workings Ø Specimens: Actual plants, animals, or parts thereof preserved for convenient inspection Ø Exhibits: Collecti...