Um estudo sobre os blogs educacionais no Instituto Federal Catarinense - Campus Sombrio

Abstract

The presentsurvey was conductedwith teachersanda class ofeach seriesof theTechnical Coursesof Instituto FederalCatarinense-CampusSombrioat the end of2011 school year. The main purposewas to checkthe visionand the involvementof those surveyedin usingEducationalBlogs. The Blogsare been usedinIFC-CampusSombriosince theschool year2010,beingvoluntarythe participation of teachersin the project. Duringthe year 2011a surveywas heldon theeducationalblogsthat are availablewith the intention ofcheck the frequencyand ways touseof theseduring theschool year.It was, moreover, by sendinga questionnairewithopen and closed questionsfor all the teachersof the classesinvolvedin the survey, and itrespondedby only41%of them. At the same time was prepared andapplied asemi-structured questionnaireto thestudents of thoseclasses, answered by100 studentsto checkfor their opinionabout usingeducationalblogs. The survey showeda lowuse of theblogsby teachersandalsoby studentsin consequence, the main motive pointedby the professorsto lack of timefor insertion ofeducationalcontentinblogs. Alreadythe studentsemphasized thelack of encouragementof the teacherstousethe tool.Despite theirconsiderationsin this researchfor the teacherseducationalblogs, inyour view, may contribute toan improvement inextracurricularcommunicationbetween professors and students. The methodof leavingthe teachersfreeuse of theblogsin theeducationalsurveyhas allowedtoshowwhat reallyhappenswithin an environmentof application ofinformation and communicationtechnologiesin educationby demonstrating thatnot allteacherswho are willing toface newchallenges.