Current
developments in information technology (IT) or commonly also called
Information Technology (IT) has tremendous acceleration. This development has a strong influence not only on the information technology itself but also to the totality of life. Development
of information technology are rapidly bringing such a huge impact for
the pattern of relationships between individuals, between communities,
even between states or nations.Phones
with voice facilities and short message service (SMS) and Internet
e-mail facilities, web, and chat are all examples of information
technology products that are not familiar. Product
information technology allows humans to overcome barriers of distance
and time to conduct voice communications (voice), a written message
(written message) and bi-directional data transfer easily and quickly. Of
course this condition is very much compared to the condition of some
twenty years ago when, for example, a student still must write a letter
and delivered it to the post office and wait several days to give the
news to his parents at home or also have to find dozens of books for
reference coursework
now, just by sitting in front of a computer connected to the Internet
and only a short time references are available through the searching
engine.Globalization
and modernization have been shifted from the human civilization based
on agriculture (agricultural), the industrial into the information age. It could even be said, the most expensive commodity today is information. Technology advances, software and hardware and software information network is growing very fast. This
was also followed by the development of information content and
communications (information contents) are becoming increasingly varied. Starting
from the information that is qualified, educated, useful, to get
"garbage" that led to the duping, moral and cultural destruction.In
the era of globalization as well, not enough to master the conventional
resources that are often expressed 4M (Men, Materials, Money, and
Machines or Method). Look
at how in fact there are a number of very poor countries is seen from
the eyes of its portfolio 4M, but managed to develop and build the
nation. In
the meantime, not less visible the existence of Country that rich in
highway akan resource 4M, but not capable compete with other nation. The
results of assessment of the phenomenon shows that there are five
resources that are critical to a country controlled by the
'information'. Information
in addition to functioning as an important production factor in
addition to 4M, is the 'raw material' knowledge or knowledge as well, so
that those who control the information could potentially be a part of
society and the global community of smart and intelligent. Aware
of the above, then in a variety of formal and informal occasions, the
government of Indonesia has stated that information technology is a
supporter of the device in the process of creation, storage, and
distribution of information is one of the pillars of national
development of Indonesia in the face of the current third millennium. With tears in information technology vision technology Indonesia stated the sentence:"Realization
of Indonesia as a country in a tough global competition through the
development and utilization of information and communication
technologies for the establishment of prosperous knowledge-based society
that hold fast to the noble values of the nation"Along
with the development, exchange of information is becoming increasingly
fast and instant, but there are some institutions that still use the
traditional system with a very slow and not keeping pace with IT
developments. These conventional systems should have experience of innovation since the advent of multimedia communication media. Due
to the nature of the internet which can be contacted at any time,
meaning that the student / students can take advantage of educational
programs provided on the Internet at any time in accordance with their
spare time to time and space constraints they face to find learning
resources can be resolved. With
the rapid development in the field of telecommunications technology,
multimedia, and information to listen to lectures, notes on paper is
certainly outdated and this needs to be highlighted by the policy.As
an information technology-based campus of University of Muhammadiyah
Malang (UMM) is always trying to make students capable of using IT in
the development of learning. Faculty
Islam (FAI) which is the forerunner of UMM is also working with the
advanced mengwujudkan this competency in the IT field, especially in
subjects Tarbiyah Islamic Education Studies Program (Prodi PAI) that
would not only be a religious teacher, but also has skills in the field IT."The
teacher of religion who master information technology" is one
competency that is brought by the Department Tarbiyah FAI UMM. To
realize the competence of the stretcher, one of the steps taken in the
course curriculum is through work behavior (MPB), where there is a dish
that is IT-based course Learning Course Technology, Information Systems
Planning Education (curriculum years 2005-2006), Instructional
Technology and Learning Media (curriculum
years 2006-2007) as well as the curriculum in 2007-2008, Learning Media
I and II, and there are three choices of subject Computer Applications,
Graphic Design, and Web Design (curriculum in 2008-2009.Religion
teacher empowerment through IT is a breakthrough in improving the brand
image of competence and change inherent in the community that religious
teachers are on rotation only religious knowledge only. But with the procurement of IT makes teachers of religion are not underestimated anymore. Two
thumb up if a religious teacher is able to design multimedia learning
material PAI with a collaboration that brought down the view that the
religious teacher was "old school plus clueless" especially coupled with
the ability to produce products based learning technologies through
devices such as computer hardware and software to program flash game macromedia to materials or manufacturing of PAI educational films are the subject of learning. Of some of these related to innovation on the competence of teachers if the borrowing statement Ir. Wahono, MT is called a smart religious teacher.REFERENCESAbi, Zahrus, H. (2009, May). Provide Student Media Literacy. Bestari, no. 250 Th. The XXII.Djokopranato, Eko Indrajit. (2007). Modern Management of Higher Education. (New York: Andi)Curriculum Academic Year 2008-2009 University of Malang.Academic Guide. (2005-2006). Muhammadiyah University of Malang.________________, (2006-2007). Muhammadiyah University of Malang.