Lesson -9 SELF-AWARENESS REGARDING THE PROPER USE OF PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Objectives
1. To make the students aware of the role of media in the
society.
2. To create awareness
about negative and positive information and knowledge.
3. To instil the insight in
the students to use media for their personality development.
It has been the innate nature of man
to acquire entertainment, information and knowledge. These are our vital needs
also. It has become very important for a human being to think about the
development of his profession and what is happening in the world because all
these are very much needed for self-development and keeping oneself up to date.
In the present time, the various means of communication provide all these
things. Through these means, along with fair information, misleading programmes
are also aired which undermine the values and hinder the path of human
personality and cultural development. It is also a wastage of time. Therefore,
it is very important for the students to understand the proper use of all these
means of communication. To illustrate its importance, the teacher will tell a
story to the students.
Activity
1: S.S.P. Himmat Singh (Story)
Today, it was Annual Prize
Distribution function at the village government school. S.S.P. Sr. Himmat Singh
was also present in the function as the Chief Guest. He had been a student of
this school. The Principal of the school welcomed him with a bouquet. Master
Kuldeep Singh, the Punjabi teacher who had taught Sardar Himmat Singh was also
present on this occasion. He was very happy with his student's accomplishment.
In his speech, S.S.P. Sardar Himmat Singh ji said, "Sardar Kuldeep Singh
Ji, the Punjabi teacher of this school always gave me good books from the
library to read and these books boosted my confidence. He would always say,
"Son! In the future, you will have to face very tough competitions to pass
the exams." From the beginning, I wanted to be a police officer and work for
the betterment of the society. Master Kuldeep Singh Ji advised me to prepare
for the I.P.S. exam and said that mobile, internet provide a lot of study
materials, question papers and ways to solve the questions to prepare for this
exam. So, I began to use books as well as mobile, internet to hear the news on
various channels to find out what was happening around us in the world. In
these examinations, questions related to general knowledge are also asked,
which may include questions about current events.
Inder was one of my friends. We
graduated together. I asked him to prepare for this exam and he agreed. But all
day long, he would waste his time surfing through useless things on his mobile.
I suggested many a times that if he spent so much time on his mobile phone, he
should prepare for the exam from the internet. But he would remark
sarcastically that in that case since now-a-days everyone owned internet, then
all would become D.C. by surfing the internet. He didn't mend his ways. I
bagged a respectable position in the merit list in the Competitive Examination
in Punjab. The main reason of my success was that I used to listen to lectures
on the You-Tube, solve sample papers and utilize my time wisely and properly.
This does not mean that we should not read books. Books are the main source of knowledge
but the proper use of different means of communication like T.V. channels,
internet, mobile and newspapers add to your knowledge reservoir, provided we use
them properly……..and then Inder failed in this test. He couldn't bear the
shame. So, he started taking drugs. Presently, all his land and his properties
have been sold due to his addiction. The whole family has been ruined. So, dear
students, mobile, internet, T.V., newspapers are good sources of all sorts of
information; we just need to be wise in our choice and not watch the misleading
contents like ignorant people. So, if you want to succeed in life, decide today
whether you want to win the battle of your life by using these means of communication
as a weapon (your strength) or lose it by making them your weakness.
Enthusiastic applause echoed and Master Kuldeep Singh's chest swelled with
pride.
Activity-2
After listening to the story, the
students will turn their attention to the different means of communication that
contributed a lot in the success of S.S.P. Sardar Himmat Singh. The teacher will
briefly inform the students about the importance of the various means of
communication and will ask the following questions orally:
|
Questions |
Possible
answers of the students |
|
1.
Where do you listen and watch songs? |
Mobile,
Computer, T. V., Internet |
|
2.
Where do you watch movies? |
T.V.,
Cinema, Mobile, Computer, Internet |
|
3.
Where do you read and listen to the news? |
Newspaper,
T.V., Radio, Mobile (Internet) |
|
4.
Where do you read stories, poems, articles, etc.? |
Books,
Magazines, T.V., Newspapers Mobile (Internet) |
The teacher will get across to the
students the fact that books, magazines, newspaper, T.V., mobile, internet,
(WhatsApp, telegram, website), radio etc. are the major means of communication
with which we are always connected so that we can get information, knowledge and
entertainment. We can divide these means of communication into two major groups:
Means of
Communication
Electronic
Media:-T.V., Internet, Social
Media, Whatsapp, Telegram, Mobile, Computer, Channel, Radio
Print
Media:-Newspaper, Books,
Magazines, Journals
Students will become more interested
in these resources after learning the basics. At this stage, the teacher will
enter the next stage of the lesson where he/she can develop in the students an
understanding of how to use these tools properly. The teacher will divide the
class into five groups and give them the following tasks that must be completed
in one week.
Group
1 Students of this group will read the editorial section
of a newspaper daily for a week and note down the important facts of the
article in a notebook.
Group
2 The students of this group will watch the movies,
"Taare Zami Par', 'Super 30' and 'O My God' and note down the themes of
these movies in a note book.
Group
3 Students of this group will write a record/description
of the national level news broadcast on radio or T. V. in their note book for a
week.
Group
4 The students of this group will write a three-page article
about the personality of Dara Singh (Wrestling and film field), Abdul Kalam
Azad and Milkha Singh (Flying Sikh) after a detailed study on the internet.
Group
5 Students of this group will look up the meaning of 20
English words in Punjabi or Hindi in the online dictionary available on the internet
and write down in their notebooks. These words can be taken from the English
main course book. The condition is that they should not have come across these
words previously or they should not be knowing the meaning of these words.
The teacher can help the students to
accomplish these tasks by providing a mobile or computer lab according to the
group.
Activity-3
The assignments of each group as
mentioned above will now be reviewed. All the students or one student from each
group will voluntarily speak freely about the work they have done. The teacher
should not give any definite clue to the students as to what they need to speak
but he/she should create such an environment that the students should be able
to express their views openly. Care must be taken to ensure that the ideas are
related to the tasks assigned in the previous week. Gradually, the students
will open up and express their views as a reviewer of their research work.
After this task is completed, the teacher will give the following worksheet to
the students in which they will have to provide information related to the work
done in the previous week.
Worksheet
1. Have you ever
received this information in this way before?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. What did you like
and dislike about this information?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. What did you learn
from this information?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Do you think that
using these means of communication in this way is beneficial for you?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. For what purpose
will you use books, magazines, newspapers, T.V., mobile, internet and Radio?
And why'?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
The students will now be considering
a lot about the use and importance of these means of communication in their
minds. In order to control the thoughts and feelings of the students in this
regard, the teacher will have to explain to the students that they have been
using these means of communications narrowly, such as for watching songs or
movies etc. The teacher will explain that these tools can be used in many ways
and all types of information can be obtained about the world from the internet.
It is, therefore, important that we should use these resources to enhance our
learning and knowledge. Only constructive songs and movies should be watched.
Preparations for the competitive exams, online form filling, net banking etc.
are many other things that we can do while sitting at home with less cost and
time. The teacher should be able to guide the students from time to time. If
possible, sometimes a song, film or some other constructive programmes should
be shown in the school through a projector.
The students were made to realize
through the various activities that all these means of communications impart
valuable knowledge which was rarely used by the students. Students will feel
that they can learn something new and constructive through entertainment. The
main objective of this lesson was to develop in the students an understanding
of the use of these tools.
