School Background

SMKN 1 Turen is a Vocational High School in Malang which was originally a State High School founded on January 2, 1967 but changed to a Vocational High School in 1976. SMKN 1 Turen also operates as a human resource certification body in the Office Administration, Accounting, and Accounting sectors. Catering, Dressing, and Computer Engineering. SMKN 1 Turen has a main vision, which is to become a Professional Certification Agency that can produce a professional workforce with superior competitiveness and reliability on a national and international scale

This vision is achieved through the mission built by SMKN 1 Turen to develop education, namely realizing active, creative, and effective learning so that every student has the space to develop their potential optimally. In addition, SMKN 1 Turen has a vision of realizing interactive school facilities so that students can produce goods or services of quality standards.

Challenge

 One year has passed, Teaching and Learning Activities in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic still require schools to conduct online learning to break the chain of virus spread by staying away from crowds. The transition from face-to-face learning to distance learning is a serious challenge faced by schools today. Schools need the best service to accommodate all learning activities so that the material taught by the school can be understood by students from home because the learning media has changed from the form of a blackboard to advanced technology, namely using a laptop or tablet.

As a learning facility and a leading professional certification institution in Malang, SMKN 1 Turen has difficulty ensuring that all online teaching and learning activities can be carried out properly, especially in practical classes that require detailed skill exposure so that learning materials can be understood and followed carefully. by students in their respective homes. This practical class involves sewing, cooking, and computer engineering activities which previously required face-to-face meetings to interact physically so that students who were previously easy to pay attention and ask questions became difficult because of the unstructured practice of online learning.

Solution

To meet the needs required by SMKN 1 Turen, smartfren. BUSINESS offers a solution, namely Zoom License and Poly devices to support SMKN 1 Turen to carry out learning activities, both online learning and hybrid learning. The zoom license solution with the zoom education option used by SMKN 1 Turen for online learning can accommodate more than 300 participants and the time limit is up to 30 hours in one meeting so that learning activities can run smoothly and all students can attend classes. In addition to the zoom license, SMKN 1 Turen also utilizes a Polycon solution that supports the smooth shooting of learning recordings via the Polycon Webcam which can be taken from various corners of the room so as to produce an interactive school display that is easily understood by students even though all activities are carried out online. The combination of using zoom and polycon is felt to provide the right facilities for SMKN 1 Turen in teaching and learning activities.

Benefit

After using the Zoom License and Poly, SMKN 1 Turen has experienced the main benefit, namely the ease of online teaching and learning activities. Zoom License and Polycon solution from smartfren. BUSINESS makes it easy for teachers to teach students in majors classes that require detailed pictures to capture all the movements of the teacher who is practicing how to sew, cook, and install machines from all sides of the room. In addition, the presence of Zoom really helps SMKN 1 Turen to optimize its mission, namely interactive school facilities, from the availability of the breakout room feature to facilitate group work between students to the local support feature with advantages that allow students to take classes smoothly even though there is no internet signal. around the area