Estudo do software livre: aprendizagem baseada em projetos na educação profissional e tecnológica da rede estadual de ensino do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

Educational resources, based on information technology, are increasingly present in the world of education. Elaborating teaching projects using technologies brings the student closer and closer to the challenges to be found in the world of work. The implementation of systems based on free software - FS, besides freeing educational institutions from administrative and legal problems, makes it possible for the educator to allow students to explore such educational resources without any technical or pedagogical prejudice. To meet this demand, which is a much requested premise in the world of work, we conducted a study on the implementation of free software in institutions of the state education network of the State of Rio Grande do Sul - RS that offer courses in Professional and Technological Education - EPT in the Communication and Information axis. This study is the result of a qualitative document analysis, in which the research obeys the current legislation in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, that verses about the use of free software in state public organs. Simple solutions will be presented, such as operational systems, applications for text editing, spreadsheet editing, and electronic presentation editing, among others. We will show a brief historical context of free software, types of licenses, operating system architectures, the possibility of reusing old computers, obeying the norms of Green IT and digital inclusion, as well as possible investments in improving equipment, breaking paradigms regarding hardware incompatibility, among other pertinent points. At the end, we will present our final considerations, which include an analysis of the current FS scenario in the RS EPT, as well as the feasibility or not of continuing this research project.