Religious Teachers Who master Information Technology

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.