Podcast nas salas de AEE: estudo de caso com alunos com Síndrome de Down

Abstract

The use of information and communication technologies in Specialized Educational Assistance Rooms (AEE) is becoming a reality nowadays. The objective of this article is to report a case study that investigated the potentialities of using the Podcast in the rooms of specialized educational service, with students who have Down Syndrome, to work orality, focusing mainly on the communication part. In this sense, the present article addressed the use of the podcast in a state school in its resource room, with children with Down Syndrome, in order to improve their orality and communication of the same. For this, a case study was made with two students with Down Syndrome, in which they reported stories that were recorded and then presented to students and school teachers in a blog. The study revealed that stimulating student communication among them is fundamental to improving their orality, and that the stimulus to language and speech goes beyond the school and classroom, thus requiring a family involvement and other professionals in the area.