Your Goal
At the end of the activity, you will be competent in identifying and classifying instructional resources that facilitate teaching and learning processes.
Your Task
Your going to explore the world of educational technology. Your visit to the media resource center is a start of your journey.
You are expected to follow these steps:
School visited: Xavier University High School
Date of visit: January 2014
Name of Observer: Jennifer P. Madronal
An Observation Guide for a Learning Resource Center
I. Make an ocular visit and take note if why the following are present in the school:
- Media Center
- Computer Room
- Library
- Internet Facililties
- Learning Resource Center
III. Are there any guidelines on the use of the resources and facilities?
IV. Take some resources/facilities in the school.
After your observation make a written report on the resources/facilities that you have seen in the school. Classify such resources by filling up the matrix that follows.
IMPRESSIONS: Students today are lucky to have these technologies and available for them to use in school. Unlike 20+ years ago.
OBSERVER: Jennifer P. Madronal
Your Analysis
1. How are the materials arranged? Are
they classified according to their functions and characteristics? Relate your
observations here.
Answer: Honestly, because of the new
K-12 program, the XUHS in Lumbia have to be renovated, that is why they moved
to the Xavier University Main Campus. The guidance counselor I’ve talked with
said that she was sorry because I can’t have what I came for.
I’m going to based my study when I was still studying
in XUHS Lumbia before. The materials were arranged in our Learning Resource
Center (LRC). There is someone in-charge and only he can handle all the
equipments, aside from the borrowers.
2. Are the guidelines in place to
facilitate access of the teachers to these resources?
Answer: Yes, there are guidelines taped on
the borders/book cases around the area and not just for the teachers but also
for the students.
3. What are the strengths of the
resources?
Answer: The resources were easy to use and
is very useful in learning. Large realias were there so it is very clear and big
enough for the students to identify parts and everything about it especially in
science where they asked to identify parts of the systems in the human body.
4. What are their weaknesses?
Answer:The materials are so fragile that
there some materials which are only for visual purpose
and students are not allowed to touch or hold so that it will not
break.some books on the library are outdated that some ideas there might change
as time goes by.
5. What do you suggest
to improve the resources?
Answer: The resources itself
improves as time goes by, I think the most important thing here is in how
to preserve and take good care of these resources, especially those that are
not heat resistant and are fragile.
Your reflections
1. Which of the materials have caught
your attention most? Why?
Answer: The material that caught my
attention most will be the LCD projector in the AVR. Though it was already
available during my high school days, it was pretty much expensive and I wasn’t
as much teachie before.
2. Which gadget/equipment are you
confident to use operate?
Answer: I’m more confident to use the LCD
projector because I can discuss my lesson or report easier, faster and more
entertaining.
3. Which equipment do you feel you
need to learn more about?
Answer: I believe I still need to learn
more about computers and its new/improved programs. I’m a little bit stock to
the basics.
4. In what way do you think will think
you learn to operate such equipment?
Answer: For me, ask questions to the people
who knows more and practice.
