Software educativo no processo de alfabetização - contribuições ou prejuízos?

Abstract

This work is result of a research about the use of educational software in the process of appropriation of reading and writing of children the 1 º Cycle Formation of fundamental education in a public school the network municipal teaching in Augusto Corrêa-Pa, with the objective of analyze the educative softwares geared for literacy used in schools and its contribution in the literacy process of children. In project execution a survey was conducted, departing of the method hypothetical-deductive with quantitative and qualitative approach in verifying the contribution of educative softwares for the literacy process. Data were collected through questionnaires with closed and open questions, applied to teachers regents and to teachers of Sala de Informática educative - SIE What was observed in research is that educative softwares used in school can not be considered as mere games for entertainment of students. When assessed from pedagogical point of view perceives-if the quality of software both in terms of contents and in ease of use, besides arouse in the students the interest not only by game itself, but by the activities proposals. Faced addition, concludes-if that the educative softwares contribute not only for learning of reading, but also for learning other content .