Participate and Assist
1. Consult your FS Resource Teacher about this episode. Let your teacher know that this episode is for you to assist the teacher by providing suggestions on resource materials that the teacher can use in delivering a lesson on a specific topic
2. Request your FS Resource Teacher for a topic/lesson he/she will be teaching soon will also need the learning objectives/outcomes for this lesson. Some teachers instruct you to write a complete lesson plan.
3. Refer to these guide points. Consider which ones are applicable. The non-digital conventional resource or instructional material:
a) Has accurate and meaningful content
b) Aligns to the learning objectives/outcomes of the lesson
c) Elicits student interest and engagement
d) Is inclusive and free from cultural bias
e) Is developmentally appropriate
f) Fosters critical thinking aesthetic appreciation
g) Allows collaboration among learners
h) Flexible for group or self-study
i) Time and cost-efficient
4. Fill out the table below.
5. As the situation would permit, try out the resources/materials with the students. Be sure to follow the steps on using instructional materials found in the Infographics section of this Episode.
Notice
After you participated or assisted in using resources/instructional materials in teaching-learning, describe what you observed and experienced by answering the items below.
1. How did your prepare for this activity?
Things I did in preparing this activity was I assisted the teacher with her ZigZag board. I am familiar with it. Then I've done some research to understand more about these non-digital instructional materials.
2. Describe how you or the teacher utilized the resources/instructional materials. Narrate your experience as you participated and assisted.
As the class begins the teacher shows the instructional materials and asks the students if it's visible. Then the student answer, "Yes ma'am it's visible". After, the teacher did ask greetings to students and the students did the same thing. The teacher asks the students if how is their day then the students answer yes, their days are good. After that the teacher presented her learning objectives before she start the lessons, then after she gave activities to students which are picture analysis as her motivation using her Powerpoint then class goes on and went well. The instructional material is very useful and helpful to the teacher as he gave her lessons to the class.
3. What were your feelings and thoughts while you were assisting with the use of the resources/materials?
I'm feeling a little bit nervous because it's my first time.
4. Describe how the students responded and participated.
The students actively engaged in the class as they responded and participated.
Analyze
1. What worked well during the activity using the resources/materials?
What part can be improved?
All things worked well during the activity using the resources/materials and we're thankful that it went well. And the part that can be improved is the motivation part.
2. What you have done differently? What would I change? What will make it better next time?
The only thing I wanna done differently is the motivation part. I will show many and huge enough pictures that are related to the topic to make it better next time.
3. How does this connect with what you know about selecting and using instructional materials?
It will connect with what I know in selecting and using instructional materials through the process of making my instructional materials and in the teaching-learning process.
Reflect
1. How ready am I in selecting and developing resources/instructional materials in the teaching-learning process?
I am fairly ready in selecting and developing resources/instructional materials in the teaching-learning process.
2. What do I still need to learn to select and develop resources/instructional materials in teaching effectively?
The thing I still need to learn to select and develop resources/instructional materials in teaching effectively is how to touch students' hearts for them to be better and greater.
3. What can I do to learn more about and practice the use of resources and instruction materials?
I will watch more youtube videos to learn more about and practice the use of resources and instructional materials.
Write Action Research Prompts
This part allows you to synthesize or put together what you noticed, analyzed, and reflected on to come up with a possible topic to explore for an action research
OBSERVE
1. Doing this episode on selecting and using resources/instructional materials, what problematic situation /challenges/area of improvement did I find?
In this episode, the challenge I found is how to make the resources/instructional materials attractive to learners.
REFLECT
2. List at least three sources that you have read about this problem/challenge/area of improvement.
On what theories/principles can this problem be anchored?
Cognitive Learning Theory
3. What do I hope to achieve to address the challenge/area of improvement? What change do I want to achieve?
I hope to achieve is to make attractive resources/instructional materials and the changes I want to achieve is I want to be more creative.
PLAN
4. What strategies/solutions/means can I employ to improve the problem?
•Watch tutorial videos
• Try and try always until you learn
• And always practice
ACT
5. If you will conduct action research, what will be the title (Base this on your answers in nos.1-3):
Instructional Materials: Strategies to Effective Learning.