Weekly Blogs for Technology for Teaching and Learning 1

Instructional materials 

October 10, 2019

#8th Blog

Last week, I talked about what happened in our first ever unit test and the tips on how to make your PowerPoint effective. So, for today's blog, I'm going to talk about the things that happened in today's meeting.

October 10, 2019 (Thursday) is the final demo of our student teacher and he nailed it, but before his demo presentation, he talks about the "instructional materials". Basically, instructional materials are materials that is used in teaching. There are a lot of instructional materials that is being in today's modern education.

Instructional materials is used to have a meaningful and effective learning, help to overcome the limited classroom, provide a common experience which late learning can be develop and encourage participation of the students.

Some of the examples of the instructional materials are the following :
1. Diorama - refers to a model and it can be used to show a model of something.
2. Writing Board - refers to the blackboard, whiteboard and glass boards.
3. Flip chart - can be used in art classes.
4. Zigzag board - this is used in museums and exhibits to showcase visual information about something or someone.
5. Wall display - refers to the colorful printed materials that can be found in the walls of the classroom of kinder to high school.
6. Rope and pole display board - refers to the use of rope and pole with a pictures on it.

There are also some guidelines that is being used in creating or making a decent instructional materials.
1. Unity - the colors and the size should be the same.
2. Simplicity - make it simple and easy.
3. Legibility - make the text big and readable.
4. Consistency - using the same art styles.
5. Clarity - avoid using small font size.

That's all the things that I've learned for today's meeting and it is a another motivation for me to become a future educator.