what is print media ( ed tech )

1. PRINT MEDIA
THE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW

2. WHAT IS PRINT MEDIA?
• Printed media are materials used to
inform, instruct and motivate learners.
Some materials may be used as learning
aids used in the classroom, training
materials used in workshops, seminars or
trainings or as information materials to
announce upcoming events or products,
(Kemp and Dayton (1985:159))

3. ADVANTAGES
•Portability
•Easy to make
•Cheap
•Common

4. DISADVANTAGES
•TOO COMMON
•CONVEYS ONLY VERBAL
LANGUAGE
•TAKES TIME TO UPDATE

5. KINDS OF PRINT MEDIA
•Books or Text books
•Newspapers
•Newsletters
•Magazines
•Handouts

6. BOOKS OR TEXT BOOKS
•Books are the oldest form and the
most common form of print
media used by students.
•It is the best source of knowledge
and information

7. FUNCTIONS
•To gain knowledge from the
people who came before
•It is used as a teaching aid
•It provides entertainment

8. TYPES OF BOOKS
•Browsing books
•Continuous reading books
•Reference books

9. GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR
QUALITY TEXTBOOKS
•Content
•Learning and Teaching
•Structure and Organization
•Language
•Textbook Layout

10. Using Textbooks (approaches)
•Reading Aloud
•Shared Reading
•Guided Reading
•Group Reading
•Independent Reading

11. NEWSPAPERS
•Newspapers are popular form of
print media. It is published daily
or weekly and it covers a variety
of topics from local and
international news. It provides
information as well as
entertainment

12. FUNCTIONS OF NEWSPAPERS
•As information provider
•As opinion builder
•As entertainment provider
•Advertising

13. NEWSLETTERS
•Newsletters are used to provide
information to selected readers,
like the student body, group of
students of a particular
organization or parents. It keeps
the readers informed of what is
happening or what has happened
in the school.

14. FUNCTIONS OF NEWSLETTER
•As information provider
•As community builder

15. MAGAZINES
•Magazines are printed materials
that provide information in
various fields. Usually a magazine
comes periodically, either weekly,
monthly, quarterly or annually

16. FUNCTIONS OF MAGAZINES
•Provides Information
•Provides Entertainment
•Facilitates Advertising

17. HANDOUTS
•A document given to students for
them to remember the lesson and
at the same time apply the
information they receive.

18. DESIGNING YOUR HANDOUT
• Legibility
• Readability
• Contrast
• Repetition
• Alignment
• Proximity
• Title
• Layout
• Graphics
• Bullets
• White space
• Author’s name and date
• Color

19. STAGES IN THE PRODUCTION
OF PRINTED MEDIA
•Pre-design Stage
•Design Stage
•Post-design Stage

20. HOW TO DESIGN PRINTED
MATERIALS
•Headings
•Writing style
•Page layout
•Type style/Mechanics
•Visuals
•Highlighting