i INNOVATIVE DIGITAL STORYTELLING TO PROMOTE STUDENTS ENGAGEMENT IN SPEAKING ACTIVITIES IN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY LEARNING

This research focused on two sectors to achieve a comprehensive explanation.
The first sector was the final form of the innovative digital storytelling product
developed through this research including the process of development. The second
sector was the most supported dimension of students’ engagement through innovative
digital storytelling. The researcher had analyzed and evaluated the impact of innovative
digital storytelling on the various dimension of students’ engagement, such as
emotional, behavioral, and cognitive engagement. In addition, the material used in the
development process of innovative digital storytelling referred to the recount text which
was based on the basic competence and activities in environmentally-friendly learning.
64 students from SMPN 04 Batu made up the participant data. The research problems
are “What does the innovative digital storytelling look like?” The researcher focuses on
the digital storytelling which is built by software technology on the smart phone to find
out the final product of the development fit to personal experience in environmentally
friendly learning school program at the junior high school 4 Batu. Second research
problem is “How does the innovative digital storytelling promote the eight students’
engagement in speaking activities at the junior high school 4 Batu?” Researcher also
focuses on the final product of the innovative digital storytelling which involves
students' engagement dimension area for facilitating speaking activities. The process
used in this study is to develop and validate instructional goods. It is development
research (R&D). The researcher gathered literature review, gave out questionnaires to
the students, interview them and validated the product from media and material experts.
The mean score for students' emotional engagement was found to be 2.75, while the
mean score for behavioral engagement was 2.88, and the mean score for cognitive
engagement was 3.07. As a result, Optimizing and applying innovative digital
storytelling which take into account learning environment and the specific dimensions
of students’ engagement support academic success specially speaking activities.