UTILIZAÇÃO DO WHATSAPP COMO FERRAMENTA PARA AUXILIAR O ENSINO-APRENDIZAGEM

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.4501905078

• Palavras-chave: Mídias sociais, interatividade, tecnologias no ensino

• Keywords: Social media, interactivity, technologies in teaching.

• Abstract:

  The paper apply the use of new

  communication and information tools as a tool

  for the learning process, since the use of the

  technology that occupies our daily life, bringing

  a renewal in teaching practices adapting to new

  technologies. It is assumed that the goal was

  to use WhatsApp as a virtual tool to facilitate

  and / or aid the teaching-learning process. The WhatsAp application was used during

  the workshop "A night with the insects of Inhamum", aimed at high school students,

  forming a group in the WhatsApp application with questions and a quiz about the

  contents taught in the workshop, besides isolated questions, posted daily in the group,

  in the questionnaires provided by the link of the Google Forms tool, had objective

  and subjective questions, concluding that this tool constitutes an excellent alternative

  to carry out evaluations, fixation exercises and / or revision. Besides answering the

  questionnaire, accessed by the link, the creation of the group in WhatsAap enabled

  the discussion of the answers; of the 12 students who remained until completing the

  workshop, 11 (91.7%) attended the WhatsAp group assiduously, responding to the

  questionnaires and discussing the errors and correctness of the questions. The use of

  the application in pedagogical practice facilitated the teaching / learning process, since

  it was considered as an opportunity to extend learning outside the classroom, and

  allowing the autonomous and cooperative participation of students and teachers in the

  construction and improvement of their knowledge.

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