Sistema EducaTICs : software online para auxiliar docentes da educação básica no contexto das tecnologias digitais

Abstract

This paper presents a study on an educational product – EducaTICs, an online data repository software that proposes an optimization of the teacher's job to facilitate his search for apps available in the market and which are useful in his daily practice, as an organization staff and teaching materials. Helped by electronic search form offered by Google Drive application, we analyze the affinity between the educator and information technologies currently available in order to confront these data with the immense variety of options presented. In addition to characterizing the subjects, the information obtained on virtual space, computational instrument of aid to teaching, resources for scientific research, software for personal and didactic organization and application based on the concept of cloud computing, enabled the development of pedagogical tool EducaTICs. Sixty-five teachers responded to the survey, of these, 29 males and 36 females, aged between 21 and 63 years; 63% with years of professional experience in teaching less than ten years. Of the participants, 71% work in the public education and 17% in public and private education. Fifty-seven percent have participated in continuing education in Information and Comunication Tecnologies. Most reported that accesses more frequently Google page. Social networks are used by 71% of respondents to engage with friends. Among the most used virtual spaces is the Blog (32%) followed by personal website (12%). The most widely used among the computational tools as an aid to the teacher, to teach, are the slideshow software (94%); among the subjects of this research, 69% consider not using any technology resource in support of personal organization. Teachers using tools based on the concept of cloud computing, 57% are users of DropBox. The results are representative for understanding that teachers use little diversity in ICT tools that can serve to support their teaching activity, which agrees with the objective of the proposed tool.