Elaborando o jornalzinho no editor de texto writer: vantagens para o aprendizado da leitura e escrita

Abstract

This study deals with the use of Writer text editor in preparing the school newsletter and investigates the advantages of this preparation for learning to read and write. To do so, bibliographical and documentary research was conducted. In literature the concern was to study the process of reading and writing and the advantages of the newspaper as a teaching learning strategy. Among the theorists highlight Daniela Baroni, Silvia Colello, Paulo Freire, Luiz Carlos Grübler, Ascen breaks and Magda Soares. The desk research involved the study of the text editor Writer aiming to identify the main tools that enabled the development of a newsletter. Data analysis considered three categories: technical, pedagogical and sociocultural benefits. These data revealed advantages such as learning the technical format of the newspaper, their layouts, characteristic elements and genres; possibilities of writing and rewriting of the text; development of creativity and observation of grammatical aspects, encouraging collective work and interdisciplinarity; contributions to the process of digital inclusion and discussion of social issues. Finally, it was concluded that technological feature does not solve alone, educational barriers, but it is necessary that the subjects discuss, plan and execute actions in a coordinated and systematic manner and also understood that the process of reading and writing should be referenced by texts and meaningful technologies to the student and the computer.