Análise e desenvolvimento de material didático para auxílio na formação do pensamento computacional em crianças com deficiência visual.

Abstract

We know that childhood is the period where there is greater development of individual skills. At this stage, the child is open to new knowledge, with creativity and curiosity as strong characteristics. In current times, we realize that most children are able to have good resourcefulness with technology, a means of facilitating the learning process and problem solving, for example. In this sense, consolidating a Computational Thinking still in the childhood stage is very relevant, as it will make you think more effectively, simply and agilely at times when you need to make certain decisions or even solve problems in your daily life. In the context of visually impaired children, this factor does not change, even with the difficulties faced by the lack of inclusion in our country, the ability to develop this computational thinking is the same. Focusing, therefore, on working with visually impaired children, a didactic material was developed that will serve as an aid in the consolidation of computational thinking in blind and low vision children, since there is little bibliographic collection with this approach. The material developed through Unplugged Computing and Block Programming techniques was taken to the Instituto dos Cegos in the city of Campina Grande and applied to some children, obtaining satisfactory results.