PROJECTED VISUAL AIDS

I.     Definition of terms: Projected visual aids are pictures shown upon a screen by
                use of a certain type of machine such as a filmstrip projector, slide projector,
                overhead projector or TV/VCR.
II.    Values of projected visuals.
                A. Provides greater enjoyment in learning
                B. Stimulates more rapid learning
                C. Increases retention: larger percentages and longer retention
                D. Makes teaching situation adaptable to wider range
                E. Compels attention
                F. Enlarges or reduces actual size of objects
                G. Brings distant past and the present into the classroom
                H. Provides an easily reproduced record of an event
                I. Influences and changes attitudes

III.   Types of projections used most frequently in church work:
                A. Video
                B. Filmstrips
                C. Overheads

IV.   Utilization of Materials:
                A. Preview every visual for age appropriation, issues and doctrine.
                B. Use the visual resource as a support to the Bible study, not a replacement.
                                1. Visual resources are a tool intended to help build a complete picture.
                                2. They are not to be a time filler for the unprepared lesson.

V.    Summarization of Purpose
                Aim: Not to present a visual aid that they may remember, but to present the lesson visually so that the spiritual objective may be more effectively achieved.

Adapted from: USING VISUAL AIDS IN A CHURCH, Waldrup, Earl