Pelatihan aplikasi Hot Potatoes merupakan salah satu upaya untuk meningkatkan keterampilan kerja guru Madrasah Aliyah (MA) DDI Ihyaul Ulum Baruga sebagai mitra dalam mengembangkan kompetensi guru. Peningkatan pengetahuan mengenai penggunaan media pembelajaran interaktif  merupakan target khusus dari kegiatan ini. Sedangkan, tujuan jangka panjang dari kegiatan ini adalah diharapkan bagi peserta, dapat mengembangkan keterampilan membuat media pembelajaran interaktif dengan menggunakan Aplikasi Hot Potatoes yang telah diperoleh selama pelatihan. Sejalan dengan itu, kegiatan ini juga dimaksudkan sebagai bentuk dharma bakti dosen Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri (STAIN) Majene  kepada masyarakat. kegiatan ini terdiri dari 4 tahap yaitu observasi, persiapan, pelaksanaan dan pendampingan.  Hasil yang diperoleh dari pelatihan ini adalah seluruh peserta dapat membuat Media pembelajaran interaktif menggunakan aplikasi hot potatoes.

This article investigates a pedagogical interference in promoting creativity   in  English  classroom  that  describe  the  importance  of  creativity  in  learning process. The article explores the idea of passion-based learning in improving creativity in the classroom specially in English subject. By using secondary data both  from  journals,  books,  and  internet  sites,  researcher  is  able  to  apply descriptive analysis through literary review methods. Promoting passion-based learning might be a possible way to improve creativity in English Classroom. Passion-based learning could be a solution that give ownership and authority to students to explore their own creativity in the classroom hence give them meaningful  learning.  Some  tangible  ways  in  this  article  could  be  applied  by English teachers to create passion-based learning in English classroom that can improve the students’ reading, listening, speaking and writing skill and creativity. The emerging challenge found in this study is passion-based learning is difficult to apply in large class since it gives freedom to students choose what they want to learn hence classroom activities will not be feasible to control. Besides, passion- based learning needs creative and skilful teachers to come up with various and interesting ideas to stimulate dynamic in classroom.  Therefore, the quality of teacher is highly considered in applying passion-based learning. Teachers should be expert in subjects they teach. Promoting teacher professional development need to be considered to improve creativity in English classroom with given English teachers’ opportunities to explore their potentials.

This research is a classroom action research which aims to determine the effect of the application of outdoor learning on students' activeness and interest in learning, as well as to determine the factors that influence students' activeness and interest in learning. The independent variable in this study is the outdoor learning model, while the dependent variable is learning activity and interest. The population in this study was SMKN 4 Bone, while the sample was students of class X ATPH SMKN 4 Bone, totalling 11. The results of this study indicate that outdoor learning has an effect on students' activeness and interest in learning, which can be seen in the results of observations and questionnaires. Factors that influence students' activeness and interest in learning, namely internal aspects and external aspects can be seen on the interview sheet.