O impacto do uso do Google Workspace for Education na formação de professores da educação básica brasileira

Abstract

Digital technology is increasingly gaining strength within school spaces, something that has been intensified with the COVID-19 pandemic. Its influence in these spaces is already supported by official documents, such as the BNCC, which even provides for the development of computational thinking at school. At the same time, teacher training is also impacted, as shown by the BNC-Continued Training. Thus, there is an emerging need for training to support these teachers in understanding, using and creating digital technologies in their practices. In 2006, Google launched G Suite for Education, a version of its product with digital tools to support educators in their didactic-pedagogical activities. However, until mid-2020, uptake by educational institutions was limited. With the COVID-19 pandemic, Google boosted the use of the service, which was renamed to Google Workspace for Education, being used by more than 120 million teachers and students in several countries during remote classes. In this context, this research aims to analyze the impact of using Google Workspace for Education in teacher training promoted within Safetec. After analyzing the data collected through questionnaires and interviews, the main results indicate that the use of this technological platform contributes to an improvement in the organization of pedagogical work, in the planning of activities and in the promotion of interactivity and collaboration between students and teachers.