LESSON 14
MAXIMIZING the USE of
the OVERHEAD
PROJECTOR and the
CHALKBOARD
 The Chalkboard
 Except in extremely deprived
classroom, every classroom has a
chalkboard. In fact, a school may have
no computer, radio, tv, etc, but it will
always have a chalkboard. So why not
make optimum use of what we have,
the chalkboard?
 CHALKBOARD
TECHNIQUE
 Sharpen your chalk to get good line quality.
 Stand with your elbow high. Move along as you
write.
 Use dots as “aiming points.” This keeps writing
level.
 Make all writing or printing between 2 and 4
inches high for legibility.
 When using colored chalk, use soft chalk so that
it can be erased easily.
 The Overhead Projector (OHP)
There are other kinds of projectors like opaque projector and slide
projector. The overhead projector seems more available in schools. It
has a lot of advantages. Brown (1969) cites the following:
 
 The projector itself is simple to operate.
 The overhead projector is used in the front of the room by the
instructor, who has complete control of the sequence, timing, and
manipulation of his material.
 Facing his class and observing students reactions, the instructor can
guide his audience, control its attention, and regulate the flow of
information in the presentation.
 Overhead Projection Techniques

 Among the outstanding attributes of overhead

projection are the many techniques that can be
used to present information and control the
sequence of the presentation. As you plan
your own transparencies, keep in mind these
features of overhead projection:
 You can show pictures and diagrams, using a pointer on the
transparency to direct attention to a detail. The silhouette of
you pointer will show in motion in the screen.
 You can use a felt pen or wax-based pencil to add details or
to make points in the transparency during projection. The
marks of water-based pens and pencils can be removed with
a soft cloth so that the transparency can be reused.
 You can control the rate of presenting information by
covering a transparency with a sheet of paper or cardboard
(opaque material) and then exposing data as you are ready to
discuss each point. This is known as the progressive
disclosure technique.
 You can superimpose additional transparency sheets as a
overlays on a base transparency so as to separate processes
and complex ideas into elements and present them in step-
by-step order.
 Other reminders on the effective use of the OHP are:

 Stand off to one side of the OHP while you face the
students.
 Don’t talk to the screen. Face the students when you
talk, not the screen.
 Place the OHP to your right, if you are right handed, and
to your left, if you are left handed.
 Place the OHP on a table low enough so that it does not
block you or the screen.
 Have the top of the screen tilted forward towards the
OHP to prevent the “keystone effect” (where the top of
the screen is larger than the bottom).
 We can learn from the experiences
from others. Brown (1969) enumerates
effective practices. Let’s learn from
 them.
In primary grades, simple object like keys, leaves, and cutout paper
  can be placed directly on the projector to stimulate children’s
shapes
imagination and encourage discussion.
 In English composition lessons, student themes or writing exercises
can be reproduced in film by means of the heat or photo copy
process. The teacher and students can analyze the writing for style
and grammar as each example is projected.
 In arithmetic, blank sheets of acetate and grease pencils can be given
to selected students. Have them prepare solutions to homework
problems so the class may evaluate and discuss their results.
 The overlaying technique to do
progressive disclosure is illustrated
below:
 After making a sketch of the content for the
transparency, decide which parts will be the base and
which will be used for each overlay.
 Prepare a master drawing for each separate part.
 In two corners on each master, make register marks that
match marks previously put on the sketch. This will
ensure proper registration of each overlay.
 Prepare the transparency from each master.
PREPARED BY:

JESSEBEL
L.
PICO