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BRIGHTEN UP !
T H E U S E O F
DIGITAL APPLICATIONS
IN PETRA ACITYA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
As the Corona pandemic has limited the access to the utilize Mentimeter and Slido as these applications
educational process at school, teachers are expected encourage the students to participate in class
to go beyond the traditional methods of teaching. discussions and share their opinions. Any topic can
Thus, the use of digital education applications has be shared using interesting PowerPoint slides that
become a necessity in order to create a good can be downloaded in Slidesgo and Slidescarnival
educational environment for the students who have to which are able to attract the students’ attention. In
attend online classes. Digital education applications general, these applications are used by Petra Acitya
enable both teachers and students to experience a teachers to achieve the mission of Petra Acitya,
better online teaching and learning process as there which is to provide fun learning for the students.
are many unique and interesting features that can
support the students to learn and discuss the topics The use of some certain applications can also
given to them. Therefore, as a new junior high school increase the teaching and learning process in some
in PPPK Petra, Petra Acitya brings the idea of fun subjects specifically. Blocky Games, an application
learning by utilizing some digital education to encourage the students to use their logic in
applications to provide education in a fun way for the solving problems, can build students’ interest in
students. Physics and Math. Some virtual scientific
experiments can also be done using some
There are some applications which help Petra Acitya applications such as Phet and Phyphox which
teachers prepare for a fun teaching and learning provide simulations for teaching Physics, Life
process. An application such as Kahoot! engages the Science, and Math. Moreover, the students in Petra
students in a competitive situation for various subjects Acitya can learn Science and Math in a fun way by
and topics and it has been commonly used in many using NCESkids, which engages the students in
schools including Petra Acitya. Some teachers may games and quizzes related to those subjects. The
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