Bate-papo na internet: algumas perspectivas educativas

Abstract

This work aims to elicit some discussion on the pedagogical use of Internet chat. Chat sessions have been frequently used with educational goals in distance learning courses, as well as in teaching institutions to provide interaction between the learners. Starting from an experience with chat at the College of Education – UFC, we could observe that it was possible to use this resource in the classroom. The main objective research is to verify which pedagogical contributions the chat sessions offer to teachers and students. Besides, we intend to specify which skills are developed when we use this resource and the similarities and differences in relation to moments and situations that happen in classroom or in distance learning. During the research we joined some educational chat sessions, nine of which were chosen to be analised. Some situations, related to pedagogical activities were observed, such as: of students participation during the chat session; teacher and students interaction (collaborative and cooperative) allowing a learning environment; four moments of interaction provided by chatting sessions: apprehension (message reading), selection (interpretation), comprehension (critical aspects about the information) and information processing (reflection). We present, based on our experiences, the educational possibilities found in the chatting sessions, presenting how it is possible to work with this technological device and, mainly, the pedagogical gains of which even the teacher and the learner would benefit.