Estudo dos limites e possibilidades do uso do laboratório de informática em uma escola pública municipal de Cachoeira do Sul

Abstract

The introduction of the computer in the school environment has been causing changes in the teaching-learning process that demand new positions to face this reality. The student learns how to use the computer as an educational tool able to improve his/her learning, becoming an active agent of this process, while the teacher assumes the role of a mediator/facilitator of the teaching-learning process. This article brings a brief study focusing on informatics laboratory as a pedagogical didactic resource and intends to analyze the limits and possibilities in the public school. For that, a qualitative, theoretician-empiricist survey was carried out in a municipal public school of Cachoeira do Sul. The results show that althougt there are some limitations the informatics laboratory used with an appropriate methodology, it becomes an effective pedagogical tool in the development of cognitive ability, motor coordination, and provide the digital inclusion of students.