Research found that many student teachers are active users of digital technologies yet they are reluctant to make use of digital technologies for literacy teaching purposes. Efforts to prepare student teachers for technology integration are pressingly needed. Also needed is data that informs us about student teachers’ participation (engagement) with digital technologies and how they might utilize those technologies for literacy teaching. The article reports on a classroom research project that explored Indonesian student teachers’ initial perception about the use of digital technologies for EFL teaching. For one semester, the first author taught a course to a group of student teachers at a state Islamic university in Jakarta in which they learned conceptual and practical knowledge about digital technologies in teaching and learning. The student teachers were tasked to explore digital technologies available and had to integrate those technologies into teaching units contained in a junior high English textbook. Popular digital technologies selected included Facebook, blogs, Skype, and WhatsApp. Each offers unique potential to facilitate and enhance language learning. Student reflections provided insight into their considerations for their digital technology selections.

Context: This study aims to examine the extent to which political partisanship— measured as support for the incumbent candidate for Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo (popularly known as Jokowi) or its former challenger, Prabowo— affects the risk perception of COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and refusal as well as beliefs about the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine. Methods: Multinomial logistic and OLS regression analyses on a nationally representative sample of the National Survey on public trust in the COVID-19 vaccines and vaccinations held in December 2020. Findings: Individuals who voted for Prabowo–Sandi in the 2019 Presidential Election are more likely to have a lower level of willingness and a higher level of hesitancy to get the COVID-19 vaccine than those who cast their ballot for Jokowi–Amin as the Indonesian President. Conclusions: Political partisanship does matter in shaping individuals’ hesitancy or refusal toward the COVID-19 vaccine in Indonesia. The effect of partisanship is also significant in shaping individuals’ trust in the efficacy and safety of the COVID-19 vaccine, but it is not significantly associated with individuals’ risk perception.

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