E-book: development and its potentiality

Fernanda Schuck Sápiras,Arno Bayer

doi:10.4025/actascieduc.v43i1.47864

Abstract

This article discusses the use of electronic books (E-Book), its potentiality and the analysis made for the construction of an E-book by the Mathematics teachers in a continuede ducation, developed with the purpose of working Digital Literacy with the involved ones. A survey instrument with open and closed questions was applied in order to seek the opinion of Math teachers about the use of E-books. This initial step was used to choose tools that can be performed during teacher education. One of the developed activities during the formation, consisted of face-to-face meetings and distance learning, another activity was the didactic materials construction through Digital Technologies, leading teachers to reflect on their practice using these tools, placing them as active subjects in the proposed actions, aspect concerning Digital Literacy. From the perspective of this research, we understand that it is necessary the development of a Digital Literacy by the teacher to later help his student develop his own Digital Literacy.

Highlights

This article is a excerpt from the thesis entitled ‘The Process of Building a Digital Literacy Culture in the Classroom: A Training with Math Teachers from a Local School’
We found that the report produced by OECD does not mention Digital Literacy, it describes the abilities related to the use of digital technologies and the use of them in a critical and constructive way
E-book can be a relevant resource that can assist in the Digital Literacy development, that’s why an initial investigation t o leranwhat a resource like this, in the teacher’s perception, should offer to be used in the classroom, specially in math subject

Summary

Introduction

This article is a excerpt from the thesis entitled ‘The Process of Building a Digital Literacy Culture in the Classroom: A Training with Math Teachers from a Local School’. One of the developed activities in this project was the construction of classroom materials through Digital Technologies, leading teachers to reflect on their practice when developing and using these tools.

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