The Educational screen (c1922-c1956])

Pag3 270 Complete Library of RELIGIOUS FILMS on 16mm SOUND as well as over 2000 features, shorts, mu-^ sicais and cartoons. Newest 16mm Sound Equipment Reserve your copy of the new Swank Catalog, now/ SRay Swank, Pres. WANK MOTION PICTURES Scene from "King of Kings" «14 N. Skinker Blvd. ST. LOUIS 5, MO. It "FIBER FLAX, THE SOURCE OF LINEN its production, processing and some other uses 16MM COLOR AND SOUND This 400-foot reel is first of a technically-supervised series for classroom use. Also Western Subjects 2x2 Color Slides, Photographs, 35mm Filmstrips, 16mm Movies. WESTERN COLORFILMS 3734 N.E. Chico St. Portland 13, Ore. COMMERCIAL TEACHERS Book Your Classroom Rental Films Now for 1946-47 Film No. Title H-800 Championship Typing (16 mm. silent) H-801 Can You Read Gregg? ...._. (14 mm. silent) H-802 Business Machines ( 16 mm. silent) H-803 Tricks of the Trade for Typists ". (16 mm. silent) HS-810 Typing Shortcuts, "Part I" (16 mm. :ound) HS-8II Typing Shortcuts, "Part 11" (16 mm. sound) HS-812 Typing Shortcuts, "Part III" (16 mm. sound) HS-813 Take a Letter, Please (16 mm. sound) HS-814 Basic Typing; Methods (16 mm. sound) HS-815 Basic Typing: Machine Operation (16 mm. sound) HS-816 Machine Transcription: Machine Operation (16 mm. sound) HS-817 Speeding Your Reading (16 mm. sound) HS-818 Penmanship Improver (16 mm. sound) Conflrmoffon wilt be made promptly by TEACHING AIDS EXCHANGE ""Modesto!' Cailf omla CoVARROBIAS ^ MURAL ^AAPS Endlessly fascinating . . . scientifically accurate studies of the vital Pacific area in nine brilliant colors. Detailed and decorative visual aids fo understanding current world events. Third edition novi/ on press, for delivery in December . . 10.75 the set (series of six). SCHWABACHER-FREY 73 5 MAR KET STR EET • SAN FRANCISCO Educational Screen Techniques of Using Films in Classroom Teaching NORMA A. BARTS Educitianal Dept., DeVry Corporation MERELY showing a film in a classroom is not enough. Films will be ineffective unless the teacher in charge uses as much if not greater skill than she would use with other teaching devices. Here is a composite of widely accepted suggestions to help the classroom teacher use films in teaching situations. General Suggestions: 1. Use films to supplement, not to substitute for the teacher. 2. Teach the material portrayed in the film; do not use the film for mere display or to pass the time. 3. Don't use a film to arouse interest, and then neglect the interest aroused. 4. Don't use films for saving time and thought and work. They won't. 5. Employ the film as your servant, not your master. 6. There is no one method for using a film. A film may be used at different times for entirely different purposes. 7. Maintain a normal classroom atmosphere. Dispel the idea that films are a "treat" or that you are putting on a "show." Employ quick and simple, unobtrusive procedures to prepare for showing the film. 8. Present the film to one class only with the regular classroom teacher in charge. Choosing the Film 1. Contents of film mustcerrelate with the subject matter being taught. ~ 2. Film content must match the age and maturity levels of the students. 3. The younger the students; tjie less complex and the shorter should be the film. Limit the presentation to one reel. 4. Evaluate a film according to its effectiveness in a specific situation. Do not compare films. The question is not whether a film is good, but is it a good film for a particular purpose or a particular group? Planning the Lesson 1. Preview the film, to know what it does and does not contain. 2. Determine your purpose in showing the film. Then plan the lesson as you would plan ain other good lesson. 3. Don't include too many visual aids in one lesson ];lan. A. Read any material that may accompany the film. Tt may be helpful. Pre-Showing Preparation of the Class 1. Pupils must be prepared in advance for what they will see and why they are seeing it. 2. This can be done in any number of ways, including (a) group discussion, (b) questions and answers, (c) blackboard outlines or notations, (d) \ocabulary enrichment exercises, (e) lecture, (f) reference to past experiences, (g) utilization of other teaching aids — books and visual materials.