Abstract:
ABSTRACT
In this memorial, we present the results and reflections of the intervention process
carried out in the State School João Pedro dos Santos, in Salvador, Bahia, developed
with the class of 8th grade of elementary school II. Further, it discusses the importance
of information and communication technology in school as a helper tool for teaching
and learning process. It used action research associated with methodological perspective
of ethnographic. In data collection were used conversation circles, questionnaire and
observations. It was found that the technology is part of students' daily lives, as well as
the use of the device and the application WhatsApp. A proposal for intervention and
created a teaching material using the cell was set up, specifically, the WhatsApp
application in the production of texts. After application of teaching materials, the
interaction point of view in the classroom through technology, it was found that
working with emerging genres makes people more productive and interesting classes for
students. From the point of view of textual production, it was observed that the
construction of multimodal texts there was interaction of languages in which students
mingled words, images, sounds with confidence and ease, showing ability of reading
and written production in the digital environment through gender textual flash fiction.
The elaborate didactic proposal allowed the use of new modes of writing in which the
mobile phone is a significant tool to positively promote teaching and learning processes.
With such results, it became clear the urgent need to revise outdated teaching practices
and recognize the need to seek alternatives to improve the quality of public education
regarding the discipline of Portuguese Language.
