Banca de DEFESA: FERNANDA SANTANA RIBEIRO

REDISCOVERING AVELAR THROUGH DIGITAL MEDIA: THE USE OF GOGLE EARTH AND TITKOK IN GEOGRAPHY TEACHING

Geography Teaching; Digital Technologies; Google Earth; TIKTOK; Collaborative Map; Social media.

The 15 days that became 517 changed not only the idea that tomorrow could not come, but the experience of constant mourning, in addition to discrediting science and vaccines and the fight for survival against a disease that, despite advances in research, it is still feared.

In the years 2020 and 2021, due to the pandemic, we experienced an expansion in the use of Digital Information and Communication Technologies (DICT) in schools. Without them, teaching, even if carried out in a precarious way, would not have been possible.

School, teachers and students had to adapt to this new teaching model. However, it is known that the conditions of access to digital resources are unequal and, for this reason, it is a challenge to use them in the school environment.

School, teachers and students had to adapt to this new teaching model. However, it is known that the conditions of access to digital resources are unequal and, also for this reason, it is a challenge to use them in the school environment. This change in school dynamics culminated in a gradual distancing between school and students, resulting not only in blank handouts, but also weakening of bond, socialization and affection.

Thinking of alternatives to reduce this distance, we present in this dissertation the use of digital technologies beyond simple support to traditional classes. Our general objective was to analyze the main challenges and possibilities of the use of geotechnologies and re-signification of social media in geography teaching from the reality of a school located in the city of Paty do Alferes, in the interior of the state of Rio de Janeiro.

The spatial focus of this research is José Eulálio de Andrade Municipal School, located in the neighborhood of Avelar, second district of the municipality of Paty do Alferes, in the interior of the state of Rio de Janeiro, with students from Middle School. In order to understand the geographic space, a historical survey of the District of Avelar and its importance in the history of Fluminense Coffee Valley and in the History of Brazil was carried out through oral narrative of the inhabitants and some bibliographies.

It is an action-research type of research, from which my pedagogical activities will be constantly analyzed and evaluated. For the development of the research, we worked on two distinct pedagogical activities during this period: (1) the TikTok social media as a teaching tool for analyzing phenomena and elements in the municipality of Paty do Alferes. Short videos were produced, with small summaries, in a casual way, achieving the students' engagement, whether in comments, activities or suggestions; and (2) Report on the collective mapping of Avelar’s neighborhood, carried out in Google Earth through the perspective of the geographical location of the Student-Authors who live in the neighborhood.

The map’s construction was an attempt to deal with social isolation and distance from school, in addition to providing new activities that would not be possible in school space, due to Google Earth specifications. Hence, it was found that teaching with use of DICT's requires planning, time, continuing education, understanding of pedagogical team of the school unit and access to tools.

Therefore, it is possible to re-signify social media for pedagogical purposes, recognizing that tools of the geotechnologies segment, despite all their functionalities, face restrictions and difficulties in their use in an environment with few resources. However, we believe that it is possible to carry out work with positive results in the pedagogical and social spheres.