As tecnologias da comunicação e da informação na escola a partir da percepção dos alunos

Abstract

The present work recognizes that Information and Communication Technologies are present in people's daily lives. The question that guides this research intends to answer: what and how are the Information and Communication Technologies used by adolescents of the ninth year of a Municipal School, located in the southern region of Santa Maria ?. Its general objective is to investigate the use of Information and Communication Technologies by the ninth grade adolescents of a municipal public school located in the southern region of Santa Maria. And, as specific objectives it intends: i) to identify which are the technologies used by the adolescent in the school delimited for study; ii) verify how these technological resources are worked in the classroom; iii) delimit possibilities of work with the TICs, in the school and iV) to provide reflections to the teachers on the use of the TICs. In order to reach these objectives, a review of the literature on Information and Communication Technologies in school is presented, especially regarding the challenges and paths of this use. Based on the methodology with a qualitative approach, the questionnaire is used as a research instrument. Finally, it is noticed that these adolescents consider important the use of Information and Communication Technologies in the school and in other environments, using the computers of the computer room of the school and the cellular phones more frequently.