Digital Culture and Engaged Education

Dialogues with Educational Praxis in Pandemic Times

Abstract

This work portrays educational and training experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, whose primary objective was to offer public school teachers working in different regions of the State of Rio Grande do Sul a theoretical-methodological-technological framework to work remotely. The training sought to expose, investigate and qualify technological resources, their uses and functions, thinking critically about their implementation with teachers with different profiles, some with little technological familiarity. Methodologically, the experience took place through the exploration of different virtual teaching and learning environments and their inherent resources, adaptable to school audiences of different age groups and teaching spheres, aiming to get closer to the daily experiences lived by the subjects themselves. Anchored in experimentation, critical reflection and the exchange of experiences and educational practices mediated via digital technologies, the actions themselves were also a meta-study of digital culture and its teaching with participating adults. As results aimed at acquiring digital skills, participants pointed out that the course provided different inputs, subsidies to enrich their educational activities based on playful-pedagogical practices and experiences shared in an accessible, creative and dialogic way.