Workshop on Increasing Teachers' Competency in ICT

I am Yenti Efrina, an English teacher in Junior High School number 3 Payakumbuh Subdistrict Lima Puluh Kota Regency (SMPN 3 Kec. Payakumbuh Kab. Lima Puluh Kota)). I am in a workshop in the capital city of West Sumatera. The workshop has aim to increase teachers' competency in ICT. ICT will give a lot of advantages in helping teachers to enrich their methods of teaching.

The workshop is done by BALTEKKOM DIKNAS of West Sumatera in Padang. It holds in 19 to 24 September, 2011. The participants of the workshop are teachers whose background knowledge from "non TIK" who teach the subjects in National Examination, such as Bahasa Indonesia, English, Physics, Biology, and maths. There are 40 teachers from SMP in West Sumatera.In this workshop, we get materials that will help us in increasing and inovate our way of teaching from conventional to the sophisticated one. we teach how to make interesting power point, blogs, director, and to apply "Rumah Belajar" in making our teaching preparation. As one of the participant who represent my regency, I felt proud and satisfied to get this opportunity and I hope I can apply my knowldege in my class later.                                                                                

Pelatihan Pembelajaran BerbasisTekkom bagi guru di BALTEKKOMDIK Kemendiknas Padang

Kemampuan guru dalam bidang tekkom memang masih perlu ditingkatkan mengingat pesatnya perkembangan teknologi computer yang sangat pesat sekali. Tekkom sangat bermanfaat memberi kontribusi positif bagi peningkatan mutu pendidikan. Untuk itulah Diknaspora Sumbar mengadakan pelatihan bagi 40 orang guru SMP di Sumatera Barat. Peserta pelatihan adalah guru non TIK yang mengajar mata pelajaran UN. Pelatihan berlangsung dari hari Senin, 19 - 24 September di BALTEKKOM Dinas Pendidikan Sumatera Barat.

Materi pelatihan mencakup  pembuatan Power point, video director, dan pembuatan blog. Bagi guru- guru peserta pelatihan, ini merupakan ilimu yang tidak akan mungkin bisa kita dapatkan dimanapun dan merupakan pengetahuan yang sangat berharga. As one of the participant, I  I was really satisfied.