SELECT instructional methods, media,and materials
Once you know your students and have a clear idea of what they should get out ofthe lesson, then you are ready to select the:
•Instructional method that you feel is most appropriate to meet the objectives forthese particular students.
•Media that would be best suited to work with your instructional method, theobjectives, and your students. Media could be text, still images, video, audio, andcomputer multimedia.
•Materials that provide your students with the help they need in mastering theobjectives. Materials might be purchased and used as is or they might need somemodifications. You can also design and create your own materials for the studentsto use. Materials would be specific software programs, music, videotapes, images,but would also be equipment, i.e., overhead projector, computer, printer, scanner,TV, laserdisk player, VCR, and so on.