Training in the creation of interactive read-aloud video books as a medium for children's digital literacy

Abstract

Literacy has not become a flagship program at the PKK of Grabag District. However, literacy problems in this group are quite complex related to the lack of literacy facilities, lack of literacy movement assistance, and the tendency of gadget addiction which makes literacy culture quite worrying. Community empowerment for PKK members in Grabag District aims to provide training and assistance in the creation of interactive read-aloud with a video book concept that can be used as a digital literacy media, especially for children. The training was carried out 4 times and video-making assistance was conducted 1 time online. The speakers who attended were interactive read-aloud practitioners, librarians, founder of Taman Baca, and the Unimma student team with 11 participants from PKK representatives in Grabag District. As a result, 4 video books have been created by participants and published on social media.

Improve children’s literacy with the reading aloud method

“…Selain itu, terbangun suasana yang interaktif antara pemandu dengan para pendengarnya yaitu anak-anak. Reading aloud dengan interaktif dapat menstimulus anak untuk aktif mendengarkan, berpikir kritis dan berani menyampaikan pendapat sehingga anak mampu memahami bacaan dan dapat mengembangkan kemampuan berbahasa (Sandy et al, 2021).…”