As tecnologias da informação e comunicação e o ensino de geografia: questões iniciais para um debate metodológico.

Abstract

In the current context, technology is increasingly present in the lives of individuals, in different instances that make up life was society. This reality is also experienced in elementary schools. Thinking about this issue, this work makes a discussion about Information and Communication Technologies, pointing out the possibilities of organization teaching geography from them. In this sense, the aim is to of their contributions to the development of geography teaching processes. Starting from this objective, we defined as a methodological approach a set of bibliographic searches that guided us in the bibliographic review on the use of educational technologies, for the development of constructive methodologies in the teaching of Geography. The methodology is structured based on the following sequence: 1 - Discussion of the contexts and characteristics that guide the development of ICT and its immersion in the current social context; 2 - Reflection on the relationships between ICT and educational processes, especially with regard to the organization of geography teaching methodologies; and 3 - Presentation of a proposal for teaching geography using these technologies. Starting these discussions, and the importance of continuing education in preparing educators is pointed out, with a view to building teaching skills for working with these technologies.