Teaching Through Radio and Television in The Time Of COVID-19

Kimberly “Taba” Salvador

As the country grapples with the COVID-19 crisis, the Department of Education has identified
various teaching modalities that can help minimize the effects of the crisis on the learners. One
of the main teaching modalities used today is TV-based and Radio-based instruction.

The department believes, using television and radio broadcast, distance learning can reach the
most marginalised individuals and groups. Teachers were tasked to be the broadcasters and in
developing educational videos that are more interactive and engaging to young students.

Thus, teacher-broadcasters together with the production team in Maligaya Elementary School-
Main meticulously designed their videos with more interactive components to capture the
attention of learners, particularly the youngest ones.

In the mid-term of the shool year was the most tiring moment for the teachers and production
team of Maligaya Elementary School-Main. 8 out of the 13 teachers were given an assignment to
do TVI-RBI shooting. Nonetheless, with the teamwork of the teaching staff the assignments
were done accordingly.

One of the teachers at the school, Ms. Jesica B. Alcaide, shared her experienced as a teacher-
broadcaster.

Ms. Alcaide said, “Habang kasalukuyan ang video shooting, ramdam ko ang kaba pero may
pananabik pa rin. Sa paggawa ng video, marami ka dapat isaalang-alang. Dito kasi sa paaralan
namin, gumawa kami ng aming munting estudyo pero hindi pa rin maiwasan mga sagabal na
ingay tulad ng maririnig na mga tialok ng manok, huni ng malakas na ulan, busina at tunog ng
mga sasakyan kaya kailangan ng malawakang pasensya at enerhiya upang maging maayos ang
daloy ng paggawa. Ngunit sa kabila ng lahat mahuhubog at matututo kang magsalita at tumayo
sa harap ng camera. At sa bandang huli, lahat ng pagod ay magkakaroon ng halaga sapagkat
alam natin na may mga batang makikinabang at matututo.”

Maligaya Elementary School-Main will continue to provide and develop educational videos or
instructions to properly educate young learners.