Online scaffolding dictionary for children

Abstract

In teaching vocabularies to Indonesian children, scaffolding has not been a preferred choice yet. Teachers tend to use a simple method, write down and remember yet junior high school students require more concrete, fun, and challenging ways of penetrating the idea of new words inflowing their brain. Online scaffolding dictionary for children is purposefully designed to meet that ends. This application is easy to operate, and noticeable even for parents. One click and the children will surf down below merely words, to net their points of understanding. This is a one-click-many-result-innovation. Questionnaire was distributed to the users to find out the responses having activated the application. Teachers and parents were also interviewed. Developmental research is applied to frame all the needs; this new innovation is about to develop further and more sophisticated along with the feedbacks from all users. After designing, developing and evaluating the dictionary through several stages, the application is ready to be downloaded. One important assessment suggested by users that this online dictionary teaches students the process; it strengthens the concept of soft skills to be developed by human - to fight for what is expected.