Lógica de programação uma experiência para o ensino fundamental no clube de informática do Colégio Militar de Santa Maria

Abstract

The great lack of professionals of the computation area, resulted the creation of the Computer Club at the Military School of Santa Maria (CMSM). The main purpose of this club is to teach students the logic programming in order to arouse interest in programming. In addition, teaching logic programming helps to develop logical thinking, encourages creativity, problem solving, and teamwork. Nowadays, it is very important to teach programming in schools, since it helps in many disciplines, such as Mathematics, Portuguese, Biology, among others. It can also awaken in the student an interest in programming, even before entering in the higher education. The course was developed to be offered to Elementary School students, from the 6th to the 9th grade. As the course is for students who have never had contact with programming, the chosen way to teach was through the use of the Code.org and Scratch platforms. Both are available on the Internet for free and are easy to learn. They use block system to create programs, so the student learns in an easy and fun way. In Military School, the project to teach programming was well accepted by the students. Since they were all volunteers, they showed great motivation and enthusiasm in learning. With the challenges proposed during the course, students have become more creative and independent, and this only confirms the importance of teaching logic programming in schools.