Construção de um objeto de aprendizagem através da ferramenta hotpotatoes para o ennsino da história

Abstract

This article was written due to the realization of the need for introduction of new technologies in education, specifically in the discipline of history, with the computer and the Internet as a means to stimulate interest and student learning. The aim is to identify the usage of technological tools by history teachers in demand to measure its benefits. The developing of a brief explanation is the first step to demonstrate the importance of these applications as pedagogical tools. Thus, it was created from the use of Hot Potatoes software, a learning object specifically to the discipline of history, enabling the development of activities that arouse the interest of students. It was possible to conclude that the usage of computer and internet as auxiliary tools on teaching and learning this discipline, beyond enabling good results concerning to the knowledge apprehension by the students in this field, can also create a corelation between past, present and future.