Learning Activity 4: Teaching Aids Bank

Your Goal

At the end of this activity, you will be competent in preparing instructional materials appropriate to the learning content.

Your Tasks

To reach your goal, follow the steps below:

Step 1: Choose a specific topic.

Step 2: Find the resources relevant to your topic that are available in the learning center.

Step 3: Develop a pool of teaching materials (e.g. flash cards, pictures, cut-outs, etc.).

Step 4: Devise a box where to pool-in your teaching aids.

Your Tools

My Observation Guide

1. Describe the learning resources available in the learning center that are useful to your topic.
2. Discuss the appropriateness of the learning resources to your target grade/year level.
3. Make a list of the materials that you can use.
4. List down also some materials that you can make, and use for your instruction (whether transparency, slides, etc.)

When observing a class, take note of important data. Write your observation report on the activity forms provided for you.

Your Analysis
Why is there a need to make a survey of available materials before making your own materials?

• So that, I'll know what I would have to improve when I make my own instructional material.
• So that, I won't be making double materials if it's not needed and that would waste my time
• So that, if a new material is new to me, I can be able to ask for help before using it.

Your Reflections
What materials did you like the most? Why?
Of all the materials, I like the educational videos (DVD and CD). I'm a couch potato myself, and the use of television would really get my attention. I loved educational shows before like Math Tinik, Hirayamanawari, and Sineskwela.

What difficulties did you encounter in making the materials?
Maybe before it was kind of difficult but with today's technology. And having a personal computer with an internet connection made my making the materials easier.

How did you overcome it?
I overcome it by being resourceful. I have to think other options and/or ideas if my first doesn't work or can't be done.

Make suggestions to the teachers in the preparation of teaching materials.

For the present and future educators, there are five rules that I think should be followed in making/preparing teaching materials. First, is to know your students kind of multiple intelligence and learning styles by this you can have the idea on what teaching aid to use without any bias on both sides. Second, is to sort out the possible materials to be used and will it be pleasing to the students to capture their attention.. Third, is making sure that the writing is visible and readable. Make sure what is written is easy to understand and not to much words or deep words, just the important one. Fourth, is adding details aside from what is the topic all about. You may add something that is useful in learning the topic. And lastly, is by making sure that the materials prepared will not be useless. This means that you need to make sure that the purpose of the materials is served. And the majority of the students did learned what is needed to be learn from the teaching aid.