The Utilization of Social Media as a Trend of Islamic Educators in the Digital Era

Abstract

The research attempts to illustrate the trend of Islamic educators in the digital era with the use of social media; these media require many Islamic educators interested in distributing their preaching to their students through internet facilities by creating Islamic content that is casually made in the stories of life and creativity with exciting things. This study aims to describe and analyze social media as a media trend for Islamic education propaganda in the digital era at an educational institution. The research conducted uses a qualitative approach. Therefore, the data collection is undertaken by conducting observations, interviews, documentation studies, and literature studies. The data analysis process that the researcher used is the qualitative analysis and descriptive-analytic methods. The findings of the research from the use of social media carried out by one of the educational institutions at Elementary School of IT Ulul Albab, Pekalongan, showed that the development skills of teachers in using social media, especially in given Islamic education materials that increased student motivation in learning religion, and made it successfully for students to recognize and explore religious science.