Development of Learning Media In the Form of Macromedia Flash In Learning IPA Students Class V Sd N 52 Parupuk Tabing, District Koto Tangah
Abstrak
Education is a process in which learners are expected to develop with the potential of the learners by not forcing the will of adults both teachers and parents but the education is expected to develop by seeking conditions conducive to the development of children to develop the potential of the learners as optimal as possible . It is expected that teachers as education facilitators should be able to actively create an active learning climate in the classroom so that students can participate in learning activities so that they can explore the potential of the students themselves. Learning media is a very important element in learning. One of the main functions of instructional media is as a teaching tool that helps motivate, influence climate, condition, and learning circle arranged and created by teacher. According to Salim (2011), Macromedia flash is one FutureSplash animator that facilitates the creation of animation on the computer screen in displaying images visually and more interesting. Flash is one software that is a superior product animation image maker, so it helps teachers in making learning instruments. With the development of learning media in the form of Macromedia flash then the media presented becomes interesting and the learning process becomes smooth.
              This type of research is development or Research and Development (R & D). According to Sugiyono (2009: 4) Research Development or Research Development (RD) is a research to develop and produce educational products in the form of materials, media, and / or learning strategies, evaluation tools, used to solve educational problems, learning and teaching in the classroom / laboratory and not to test theory.
              The average validity by the media validator obtained result 37.3 with a percentage of 93.45% meets very valid criteria. The average of practicality by the teacher obtained result 3.63 with 90.93 percentage & meet the practical criteria and the average of practicality by the students obtained 3.40 with a percentage of 86.65% meet the practical criteria.
              Based on result of the research obtained can be concluded that the learning media in the form of macromedia flash in the science of science class V SD N 52 Parupuk Tabing can be used in the learning process to achieve learning objectives.
Keywords: learning media, IPA, Macromedia flashValid and Practical.