A utilização da informática como um recurso pedagógico e instrumento lúdico

Abstract

The use of games and playful tools in the classroom is a reality already much discussed and used. However, this scenario is now requiring more creativity and willingness of teachers and availability of schools, uniting to technological advances that have accrued on the need to analyse the contribution of information technology as a pedagogical resource and a playful instrument in shaping the teaching learning process. That being the object of study this at work. That has as its guiding research question: does the child can build knowledge through educational Informatics, as a playful tool? To answer the question was adopted the procedure of bibliographical research of books, theses and scholarly articles with the support of reliable search sites. What relevant contributions as pointed Valente (1999), that "the computer in the knowledge society" exposes the educational Informatics with a critical piece on learning. In addition to this, through bibliographical research were selected important contributions de Moraes (1998) and authors Moran, Masetto and Behrens (2009), with the book "New technological and pedagogic mediation", addressing issues associated with the proposed integration and use of computer and the internet in the classroom. I.e. showing convergent to the role of educator discussions under a new dimension, that of information technology. The data obtained were organized into chapters, previously defined from the objectives proposed, as a result the informatics as a playful tool in the construction of knowledge.