Informática educativa e a mudança educacional: utilização de novas ferramentas da aprendizagem

Abstract

The present study aimed to profile the use of the computer lab, observing the teacher's view about the possibilities of introducting new learning tools in the public schools participating In the National Programme for IT in Education, from MEC. Intending to investigate whether contact with a computer connected to the global netwok can widen horizons, developing newways to learn and interact, improving the professional and emotional, within and outside the school environment. We opter to a qualitative approach in this paper, applying a questionnaire to a selected group of teachers in classroom. The choice of this research is justified by the need to study the reaction of the participating teachers by including the computer and other media already available in school, their knowledge and everyday teaching practice. The modest results obtained in this work indicate that teachers who adopted the use of computer and internet activities to support the classroom, changed their practice and found that their students better assimilated worked on their activities.