Teaching media refers to the carrier and intermediary that transmits educational information in teaching activities.
Teaching media can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense: narrow sense refers to modern teaching tools such as slide show, projection, film, TV, video and computer, and traditional teaching tools such as blackboard, textbooks and pictures.
Teaching media in a broad sense also includes lectures, visits, experiments and discussions. Teaching media also includes hardware and software: hardware refers to various teaching machines, including slide projectors, projectors, televisions, movie machines, cameras, computers, video players, tape recorders, language laboratories and so on. Software refers to various teaching films, tapes, CDs, etc. , including slides, slides, audio tapes, computer disks, videos, etc.
The development stage of teaching media
1, language media stage
The appearance of language indicates that human beings' ability in communication, especially in memorizing and transmitting knowledge and expressing complex concepts, has been greatly improved. At this time, with the development of the tribe, the education mode of full-time teachers appeared, which was the first revolution in the history of education.
2. The stage of written media
The invention of writing and paper opened a new chapter in human information dissemination. Written media can preserve information for a long time and spread it widely, thus triggering the second revolution in the history of education.