O uso de ferramentas de tecnologia nas aulas de língua portuguesa do 9º ano do ensino fundamental, antes e durante a pandemia de covid-19

Abstract

The present paper is about the value of using digital tools in Portuguese Language classes of the 9th grade of the elementary school, and seeks to discuss its use by a portion of the teachers before and after the Covid-19 pandemic. Based on authors such as Simone Aranha (2011 and 2018), Evanildo Bechara (2006), and Vani Kenski (2012), among others, it presents discussions about the teachers’ perceptions of the benefits of the technology as a pedagogical resource. It is understood that, from the analysis of the context about the technological insertion in Portuguese language classes, that it is necessary so the student feels invited to be the main character of its knowledge, bringing a little of its day-to-day to school, based on News and its digital references. Such contribution, nonetheless, it’s based on this research, that makes a bibliographic review about the theme and points out the need for a more accurate view of the educators, as a way of expanding the offer of íncetive so they feel open to the proposition of digital inclusion in Portuguese language classes. The paper also presents a case study, with a quantitative approach, pursuing to point out the relation between pedagogical activities of the 9th grade teachers and the use of digital technologies as a pedagogical resource. The study concluded that expanding the 9th grade Portuguese language teachers' access to technology and the students' access to digital knowledge, such as the creation of public politics directed to the technological expansion of schools can help so there is a real integration of the digital world inside the academic education.