Interactive Weblog as a Source of Social Study of Junior High School Students

Abstract

Weblogs are the concept of approving the internet today. In the use of blogs, students do not need technical knowledge and equipment, easy use and management. The attractive and functional personal web space in the blog usually has a main menu from the core that allows the blog, based on one page displayed on the main page of the blog on the internet network. The development of the current blog comes to the utilization of learning, with blogs and the internet as a source of learning the level of insight in student material is increasingly widespread. Especially for social science subjects which not only require theory in learning but also practice in the field, in this case the blog is very useful to help in the illustration of the practice. The results of the feasibility analysis based on the material validation of the material produced were 3.64 with the category "Good" on all aspects of the material. The results of the feasibility analysis based on media expert validation of the blog were developed in 4 categories "Good" in all aspects. The results of the feasibility analysis according to the teacher on blog products amounted to 4.45 with the category "Very Good". The results of the trial using learning media according to students amounted to 4.33 with the category "Very Good". This is consistent with research conducted where with the use of blogs, students increasingly have increased learning activeness and ease in accessing learning resources that have an impact on student success in learning.