Week 5: Giving Comment

1.     Learning with television

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Television is an electronic media that is capable of displaying moving images or video. Television sets today are easy to find and has become a household devices that are required of every home and family. Television is able to convey information and messages through live broadcasts as well as broadcasts that have been programmed. Events or TV program that is most popular today is certainly the event which was themed entertainment.

In addition to the themed entertainment, television also able to broadcast educational programs such as knowledge or science. With this capability, the TV can be used as either a source or a medium of learning. Even television broadcasts can also be programmed to discuss and broadcast on specific learning materials. TV-E (Education TV) is an example of a TV station in Indonesia serving broadcasts that discuss learning materials.

Some television stations are broadcasting to a particular theme such as news and information only or movies only. TV-E which have been mentioned earlier are broadcast to broadcast programs on topics of education and learning, types of television stations is called the Education Television. In Indonesia, in fact not only TV-E who act as educational television, several campus also has an independent television station that is devoted to support the learning process or lecture.

Application of television as a medium of learning can greatly assist the delivery of learning materials. Learners or students can get an alternative media unusual new learning so that the learning is done not monotonous. There are also many students who were able to take the extra information or knowledge of the use of television as a medium of learning.

2.     Teaching with power point

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Computer-based learning programs that are effective in maintaining the interest of the students, being able to combine different types of media, moving image information is printed properly. The computer-based learning media in particular is software Microsoft office powerpoint presentation. Power point is an application from Microsoft that is destined sebegai media presentation.

There are various ways done by the teacher to meet the learning needs of students, such as by improving the educational facilities. To keep abreast of the times and the demands of learning objectives, teachers are required creative in enhancing the learning process means one of them is the use of Microsoft PowerPoint.

Microsoft PowerPoint also has some advantages and disadvantages. The advantages of the Microsoft PowerPoint presentation is one of them is interesting because there is a game of colors, fonts and animations, both animated text or animated images or photos. While one of the shortcomings of Microsoft PowerPoint that if used for a presentation in the classroom is a PC, then the educators to be bothered by the transport and storage of the PC.