Creating a Video for Chapter Review

Thursday January 13th 2022

Teaching Gen Z is not the same anymore as teaching millennials. Teachers have to adapt to what is now happening. Digital platforms grow so fast especially in this pandemic. There are hundreds of platforms to support learning activities. Students can also learn very fast as they are the digital natives. Digital world and technology are two things that they are close to. Therefore, the learning activities should accommodate both their interests and materials coverage.

In the end of a theme discussion, students usually make a chapter review. Before the pandemic, they could make a poster, flipbook, or other media that they could display in the classroom. In the end of term 3, grade 5 students had a project to make a video for chapter review. At first, they had to choose their favorite subject. This freedom aimed to give them more responsibility and pleasure. When people do what they like, they will do it whole-heartedly. Students looked excited to choose the subject and topic by themselves. To start this project, they made a video script in the template provided. They wrote it on Google doc so as to make it easier for the teacher to check and give feedback.

Then, they chose the video editing platform, brainstormed the concept, and completed the script (consisting of opening, body, and closing). They spent around three weeks to finish the project.
Surprisingly, the videos are so amazing. Some of them made their own casts and drew the characters using the online platforms. They put details-not only in the appearance but also i the content. Most students used Animaker, while some others used canva, powerpoint animation, kinemaster, and the other online platforms. A job well done!
Teaching nowadays may be more challenging but when we can find appropriate way to handle it, it becomes more colorful and fun. Teacher can just open a little gate, students can run anywhere to reach what they want to. Give them more room, they will take you to see the rainbow.

Testimony

Prof. Dra. Hj. Suwarsih Madya, M.A., Ph.D.

Amidst the globalized situation which poses challenges of which one is a possible threat to identity, yet provides ample opportunities to excel for those who possess the prerequisites, we need to equip our children as the continuing generation with necessary competencies—affective, cognitive, psychomotor and interactive. In other words, we need to help them grow and develop into total persons and this can be achieved through the whole-child development approach which ensures the development of all potentials. In addition to this is the need for developing some competence which enables the children to communicate globally. All of this will ensure that the children will develop their citizenships both at the national and global levels. How can this ideal development be realized?

If you want to find out about how efforts are made to develop children’s whole potentials, you can come to SD Islam Al Azhar 55 Yogyakarta. Here you can see how the four-year old school has grown fast due to the stakeholders’ trust to send their children to study here. With only 54 children in the first year, this school now has 185 students. These students are educated to respect and preserve the social-cultural environment by learning the local language (Javanese, including the script) and arts (dance). Simultaneously, they certainly learn the national language (Bahasa Indonesia) and national content, which is unquestionable since it is compulsory, and English, which has now become a global lingua franca; thus, a prerequisite for successful global communication. More importantly, children in this school also learn to practise their religion consistently. So, in this school children’s identity is rooted in the local culture, with nationalism and global awareness being inherently developed together with reliogiosity.

Does the whole-child development approach at SD Islam Al Azhar still give room for children to excel? In my belief, when all their potentials are developed, children will have a greater chance to excel and I can see the truth in my belief in this primary school. In the last two years, the students have made great achievements in various competitions held at the local and national levels–gold medals in English, math and science competitions (national), silver and bronze medals in IT competitions (national), silver and bronze medals at colouring and swimming competitions (local) to mention some.

In conclusion, SD Islam Al Azhar has given evidence of the right efforts of true education to develop both intelligence and character.

Prof. DR. Budi S. Daryono, M.Agr. Sc.

Testimoni Sebagai Orang tua menyekolahkan anak Di Al-Azhar 55

Sudah menjadi kewajiban bagi orang tua untuk memberikan pendidikan yang terbaik bagi putra putrinya. Tantangan untuk mendidik anak di Era Global dan Digital pun semakin besar, kita tidak bisa lagi membendung segala perubahan yang begitu cepat terjadi, dan harus mempersiapkan anak-anak supaya bisa survive dan sholeh/sholehah tentunya. Saat ini dunia bagaikan kampung, dimana tidak ada batas-batas untuk melakukan transaksi kehidupan, untuk itu anak harus bisa berkomunikasi dengan bahasa universal sebagai modal utama. Disamping itu, pendidikah Ahlak dan Aqidah harus diberikan secara dini sebagai dasar anak dalam menghadapi gejolak gelombang kehidupan. Atas pertimbangan tersebutlah, kami selaku orang tua memilih untuk menyekolahkan putra kami tercinta Hikari di Sekolah Islam, yang menggunakan dua bahasa pengantar, yaitu Al-Azhar 55.

Prof. DR. Budi S.Daryono, M.Agr. Sc.