O computador e a internet na prática pedagógica

Abstract

This study aims to highlight the possibilities of changes in the practice of teacher education, trying to include innovations through the application of new technologies, with the intention of contributing to the educational use of computers and the Internet. This work was conducted through a field survey by means of a questionnaire administered to a group of ten teachers working in basic education in a universe of five public schools in the state of Santana do Livramento / RS and participating in last two years of continuing education in educational computing offered by the Núcleo de Tecnologia Educacional Livramento. (NTE / ProInfo / MEC). The questionnaire involved questions about the continuing education of teachers, the use of computers and the Internet in teaching practice as well as difficulties in applying these technologies in schools. Based on the data analysis we found that the use of computers and the Internet streamlines the teaching practice, awakening the students’ interest and participation. Meanwhile the teachers declared that the main difficulties for the use of computers and Internet at school was the lack of maintenance of the laboratories, equipment outdated, teachers’ lack of time to update skills and administrative management issues. In face of this reality training involving the use of technology in school was needed. For this purpose we elaborated planning a training to promote teachers' continuing education through the use of computers and the Internet to be held in NTE Santana do Livramento. All teachers and school managers who participated in the research and find it difficult to use the technologies have been invited.