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Istikomah Salamah, A Teacher at MTs Al-Ahliyyah, Karawang

Transforming A Store Room for Active Learning

Student's work used to be stored in a drawer in the teachers room. The work were not organized or made use of. Since the school had a store room, I took the initiative to transform it into a room to keep learning media. I renovated the room with my own money. I did all of this to motivate my students to be more creative. My only reason for doing this was to encourage my students to learn and feel proud of the work they have done.

I turned the room into an English classroom. My students love learning in that room. They are proud of their work that is displayed in the room. This little project of mine has motivated teachers of other subjects. They also keep developing more effective learning strategies and encourage their students to create a variety of work. In our school, we integrate ICT into general subjects. We encourage students to use computers as tools to produce their work.

The experiment with learning media continues to motivate the students. Not long ago, we got a computer laboratory with help from USAID. Now we have a world-class computer lab. And, of course, we are determined to make use of it to support quality learning.

 Sharing Innovation in Junior Secondary Education

Edition 07/August 2010