Letramento digital de pessoas com deficiência intelectual durante a ação de blogagem: uma análise das ações e das emoções

Abstract

The main objective of this research aimed on the use of possibilities of digital information and communication technologies (TDIC) was to understand the main aspects that characterize the development of digital literacy practices for individuals with intellectual disabilities in the context of creating and managing a blog. From this purpose, we investigated the actions that characterized the digital literacy and digital inclusion mechanism of individuals with intellectual disabilities and their ability to use tools that encourage communication on virtual environment, peer interaction through digital communication and the online inclusion on social relations. As theoretical basis, our research had Vygotsky, also endorsing studies that address issues related to computer handling (KLEIMAN, 1995; Miller, 2012), the literacy practices for blogging action (Barton and Lee, 2015; Komesu 2005; Miller, 2012; STREET, 1995, 2003) and facial expressions (EKMAN, 1993; 1999; 2003 and EKMAN, and FRIESEN HAGER, 2002). The participants were five 17-37 year old subjects with intellectual disability. Four of them were attending ordinary classroom in a private school in Fortaleza. The other subject was not attending school anymore because he had already concluded high school. As a procedure, we asked each individual to build a blog and updated over six months. Thus, we highlighted practices that constitute the blogging action of participants in the digital environment, among which we highlighted the actions that precede the writing in the virtual space and records published in these blogs, as well as facial expressions captured in the act of reading the comments by these bloggers. For the analysis, we based on the published productions in blogs and in the maintenance shooting of the referred diary sessions in order to verify aspects of these young people´s behavior. The blogging sessions were held with each subject once a week and always had the presence of a mediator. The results indicate that subjects got knowledge which guaranteed them the involvement and the rise in digital literacy process, such as the appropriation of resources from TDIC to type, copy, paste, post, personalize and interact with interlocutors within the virtual environment (reading and writing feedback via comments). In the conclusions it was found through this form of literacy, visible progress in the communicative and interactive performance of subjects, as well as increased autonomy for the use of TDIC and self-confidence for the production of texts in the digital environment. We conclude that the mediator support and interaction with the blog interlocutors motivated subjects and boosted their attention and interest, resulting in enthusiasm for communication in the virtual environment and, consequently, the digital literacy.