Megarezky University lecturers hold Community Service (PKM) activities located at UPTD SD COUNTRY 47 NEW Bottoe, Tanete, Tanete Rilau District, Regency Barru Prov. South Sulawesi (Sulsel).
This PKM will take place from June to December 2023, with the theme 'Instilling Local Wisdom Character Through Digital Storytelling to Increase Multiliteracy at SD Barru'. This activity was combined with socialization activities, focus group discussions (FGD) and mentoring for class VI students.
During the Focus Group Discussion (FGD), Sudirman HS, S.Pd as the Principal of SDN 47 Barru expressed his appreciation and strongly supported the PKM activities of the PGSD Study Program and English Language Education Study Program lecturers and students.
PKM Team Leader, Bellona Mardhatillah Sabillah, S.Pd., M.Pd, and Team members Sukmawati SS, M. Pd, and Sujarwo, S. Pd., M. Pd explained that this PKM activity aims to increase empowerment in the form of PKM instilling local wisdom character through students' digital storytelling.
"The PKM team focuses on digital-based storytelling by using technology such as multimedia-based storytelling as a means that can stimulate children's creativity in telling stories. "Because digital storytelling is combining video, audio, images and text to convey stories and information," said Hj.Hindun Mulawidjaya Oktoberlian, S.Pd.AUD as a resource person for the activity.
Meanwhile, the second resource person, namely Hj. Hindun Mulawidjaya Oktoberlian, S.Pd. AUD said that the digital aspect makes it easier for non-readers or students who don't understand the language of the story to add their voice to the story.
“A powerful way to connect students to all areas of literacy. The digital aspect makes it easier for non-readers or students who don't understand the language of the story to add a voice to their stories. "Digital storytelling is also incredibly versatile, and there are many ways educators can use digital storytelling in their classrooms across a variety of subjects and grade levels," he explained.
Thus, in this digital era, digital media must be supported in telling stories so that students and teachers can keep up with current developments, such as the use of digital-based learning media such as Sparkol Videoscribe, Canva, Wordwall, Powtoon and other digital media. So the term Digital Storytelling is known, because this PKM activity is assisted by several technology-based media. So that participants can easily digest, be interesting and motivated to take part in a series of PKM activities. This type of digital storytelling is in the form of fairy tales entitled Grandma Pakande, La Tongko Tongko, The Conqueror of the Rajawali, La Upe and the Stepmother, I Laurang the Shrimp Man, Meong Palo Karellae, Batu Lapidde in Barru.
"We would like to thank the Directorate of Research and Community Service (DRPM) of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemendikbudristek) who has provided service grant funding assistance for PKM activities, and the entire Megarezky University Academic Community who have supported/supported this activity "and all SDN 47 Barru Schools who have provided PKM permission and technical support and facilities to ensure that our activities can be carried out well and smoothly by seeing that the students' motivation/enthusiasm is very high during this PKM activity process," he said.
