BASIC COMPUTING IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION: UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR IMPACTS IN EDUCATIONAL SCOPE

Abstract

Nowadays we have to agree with the point that it is important to develop Basic Informatics in the school environment for the development and learning of students, therefore educational institutions have as their main role the integral training of individuals and citizens for the world, therefore, they always need to be offering tools and means that cover the skills and competencies necessary for this. TDICs (Digital Information and Communication Technology) have changed the way in which human beings work, communicate and learn, in the Educational field they have been incorporated in order to promote greater learning on the part of students. The objective of this study is analyze the importance of introducing Basic Informatics in Elementary Education, since this study was carried out at the Colégio Estadual de Tempo Integral do Município de Araguatins - TO in two stages, the first was observation where the degree of difficulty of students in different areas and the second stage in a practical way to address students' difficulties with technological tools in Special Education. Due to COVID-19, the entire academic population had to adapt to the conditions of remote classes and as a result, in some cases, we heard about online learning for the first time. It is notable how difficult it is for students to learn about the topic, so that the analyzes of each methodology used must always be considered. The results show that technologies are gaining more and more notoriety in society, in order to impact social relations, as well as the educational process, with the teacher being the main means with the responsibility of always innovating, in this way it will be possible to make students capable and qualified people to deal with advanced digital information.