At the X Archipelago Educators Gathering week, there are four influencer teachers who share their good practices in career classes, namely Daniel Leonard Sinaga, Lina Wijayanti, Rein Noor Asysfa, and Devy M. Ystykomah.
Through classes held on Sundays (8/10) This, It is hoped that more educators will be interested in having a wider impact on the world of education through social media. This class also provides new insight that an educator's career is not limited to being a school principal or supervisor, but there are many paths.
Join the Community to Learn Together
Daniel Leonard Sinaga, a physics teacher at St. Ignatius, who currently has tens of thousands of followers on Instagram, said, Previously, he often experienced missing information and misunderstandings. This became a worry for him and prompted him to create content that could help
“When I first started creating content, I faced many challenges, including the problem of consistency in creating content, because I'm busy teaching too. Apart from that, I also feel alone and feel like there are not many requests for my content,said Daniel.
To overcome these challenges, Daniel joined the Nusantara Learning Teacher Community (KGBN). Through the community Daniel said, he doesn't feel alone anymore and can collaborate.
Besides that, Daniel also takes study classes to improve the quality of his content. Currently through its content, Daniel promotes the use of Merdeka Mengaja Platform (PMM). He became one of the Creators of PMM's Mobilizing Friends.
Agree with Daniel, Lina Wijayanti, in his opening deliver, Teachers need to disseminate good teaching practices in the classroom. Thus, There are many good impacts that other teachers can take from these good practices. Lina calls it a proclamation of learning.
“Students will be served optimally. For parents, This content is also a learning report in the form of documentation. Besides that, Creating learning content in the media can also motivate other fellow teachers, and for teachers, learning content on social media can also be an inspiration in the classroom, so this can have a domino effect of sharing good practices," explained the deputy for education at the Al Khairiyah Surabaya Foundation.
Even learning content on social media, Lina continued, can educate the public, especially things related to learning. For example, how to teach mathematics according to the child's level.
“What we can do as teachers to start creating content that drives change is to change our mindset, prepare equipment, and do it consistently from day to day,” said the influencer teacher who almost reached it 100.000 the follower.
Tips for Becoming an Influencer Teacher
Furthermore, third speaker, Rein Noor Asysfa, head of Madrasah Ummul Mukminin Aisyiyah South Sulawesi and also a member of KGBN Makassar. Rienda displays some of the benefits of making learning videos, among others: concise material, interactive, interesting audiovisual, and can also be an archive of material.
He also shared tips on how to make interesting learning videos. First, prepare material in detail and completely. Once the material is ready, Teachers also need to prepare tools to make learning videos. To make the video more interesting, according to Rienda, Teachers can also use the app to create videos.
The last speaker was no less interesting, namely a junior high school teacher 1 Kunjang and also deputy general chairman of KGBN, Devy M. Ystykomah. According to Devy, Meetings with students or teachers at school produce experiences that can become content.
Apart from that, content on social media can also be used as a means to answer various misconceptions and also disseminate good practices.
Writer: Fitriyanti Purwo
Editor: Yosinta Maharani Here
