Abstract

The development and implementation of information and technology in education, give an impact to literacy. The implementation of information and technology with literacy is known as digital literacy. Digital literacy not only talks about the skill or competency of using technology as a teacher in the learning process, but how school as a formal education institution can help the students to have digital literacy competency since this skill is needed by the students and teachers who are imposed by the technology as an impact of the pandemic. Schools not only have a responsibility to educate students about digital literacy competency in the learning process, but in all the school aspects must support the implementation of digital literacy. This research wants to explore how digital literacy competency has been implemented at senior high school level in Indonesia. Therefore, this descriptive qualitative research objective is to explore the digital literacy competency implemented at Citra Kasih School in Indonesia. The data collection techniques used in this research were observing and interviewing the principal by asking questions that had passed the validity test. Following the digital literacy competency which was set by Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture (2017), this research explored the implementation of digital competency into three bases, class based, school environment based, and community based. From the research, it can be concluded that Citra Kasih Senior High School has applied three bases of digital literacy competency indicator at school. In the class based, Citra Kasih Senior High School has attended digital literacy training, applied and utilized digital literacy, and understood how to use digital media and the internet. Based on the school environment Sekolah Citra Kasih High School has implemented digital literacy in reading references, book borrowing frequencies, school activity, school policy. School service, and information presentation. However, on community based, Citra Kasih Senior High School has implemented digital literacy in facilities and infrastructure and in the involvement of parents and institutions.

Highlights

  • Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture (2017) stated that the application of digital literacy competencies based on class has three indicators, they are the number of digital literacy training attended, intensity of application and utilization of digital literacy, and level of understanding of principal, teachers, and staff in using media digital and internet

  • Digital Literacy Training Attended Citra Kasih High School is one the schools that collaborates with Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture along with REFO Indonesia in supporting digital literacy competencies of Indonesian teachers

  • To support the teachers based on the case that happened in Citra Kasih School, the principal created Teacher Personality Development (TPD) as a digital training for teacher from teacher to share their personal experience in applying digital media to their classroom

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Summary

INTRODUTION

Many people define literacy as reading and writing skills. Literacy is similar to language skill. Implementation of Digital Literacy Competency at Senior High School in Jakarta. Digital literacy is no longer limited to the use of technology alone, and refers to ideas and mindsets contained in certain skills and competencies (Bawden (2001). It is very important to the school as an educational institution for implementing digital literacy skills such as basic skills for students to face competition in the future. The implementation of digital literacy in the teaching and learning process in schools is a challenge for schools in general and teachers in particular in the 21st century (Ferrari, 2013). As a formal educational institution in Indonesia, schools are expected to be able to implement these digital literacy skills thoroughly and completely. The indicator of digital literacy competency by Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture will be shown in this table below: Class Based. Level of understanding of principal, teachers, education staff, and students using digital media and internet

Number of activities in schools that utilize technology and information
METHODS
CLASS BASED
SCHOOL CULTURE BASED
COMMUNITY BASED
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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