Tecnologias digitais na educação: desafios de professores e gestores da Escola Municipal Edvaldo Machado Boaventura

Abstract

Today's society breathes digital technologies, children have had this resource in their daily lives since they were little, they have changed the way we carry out our daily activities, such as: communicating, shopping, acquiring information, knowledge and being entertained, a notorious consumption and essential for many, especially digital natives. The presence of digital technologies in people's daily lives has an intense impact on education environments. Just as there have been changes in people's daily activities, it is necessary to rethink the teaching and learning process, especially for this new generation. In this sense, it is important to understand the importance of digital technologies in the daily lives of schools and how they can provide a learning process that is more linked to the reality of today's society. Therefore, the main objective of this research was to understand the importance of using digital technologies in the teaching and learning process. For this purpose, a survey was carried out at the Edvaldo Machado Boaventura Municipal School, located in Maragogipinho, a district of the city of Aratuípe, where an interview was carried out with the institution's directors and a questionnaire was administered to the teachers who make up the 6th year educators. The data indicated that teachers and managers of the institution understand the importance of technologies in the teaching and learning process, but they explore these resources little, they face great challenges, but they understand that the use of digital technologies is to enhance teaching and bring effectiveness in learning. Digital technologies provide great experiences in the classroom, attract the student, make the class more interesting, placing the educator as a mediator of knowledge and the student as the protagonist of the learning process.