Portuguese Language - Information and Communication Technologies

Scholar Year: 2016/2017 - 1S

Courses

Head Teacher Responsability Maria do Rosário da Silva Rodrigues Head

Weekly workload Hours/week T TP P PL L TC E OT OT/PL TPL O S Type of classes Lectures Type Teacher Classes Hours Contact hours Totals 2 14,00 Maria do Rosário Rodrigues   5,34 Tiago Falcoeiras   4,00

Teaching language

Portuguese

Intended learning outcomes (Knowledges, skills and competencies to be developed by the students)

- Reflect on the importance and specificity of the communicative phenomenon, languages, and in particular the Portuguese language;
- Identify the potential of information and communication technologies in production processes of write and communicate;
- Identify the pedagogical potential of the Internet in learning the Portuguese language;
- Use tools for synchronous and asynchronous communication, exploring their potential for the development of communication skills, writing and reading,
- Develop communication skills with the use of diverse media.
At the end of UC, it is expected that students acquire digital literacy skills that enable them autonomy as users meanwhile they can experience the potential of ICT in developing communication skills in Portuguese, including comprehension and oral expression, reading and writing.

Syllabus

a. Literacy(s) and Citizenship
a.1. Portuguese language and contemporary textual plurality
a.2. Portuguese Language and ICT: some implications for communication and learning
a.3. Analysis, selection, organization and information processing: criteria
a.4. Technological devices: the distance learning platforms, forums, chats, blogs, e-portfolios
b. Reading skills and ICT
b.1. The reading of written texts
b.2. The electronic reading: hypertexts
b.3. Handling activities, ownership and interpretation
b.4. Television on the Internet: reading activities
b.5. Reading: exploiting software
c. Writing skills and ICT
c.1. The computer as a tool for writing, communication and sharing
c.2. Writing: exploiting software
c.3. Production of digital stories

Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the UC intended learning outcomes

The Course starts with the theme Literacy(s) and Citizenship where we want the students to reflect on
communicative phenomena using digital media, particularly using the Internet. The development of reading and writing skills will be promoted by the development of small projects where the technological means of communication and the opportunities afforded by Web 2.0 are used.

Teaching methodologies

Working process
- Individual and small groups research work: activities of organizing, analyzing and interpreting data;
- Reading, comprehension and writing texts and documents in several different supports;
- Design and implementation of projects and practical work with ICT resources;
- Realization, presentation and discussion of projects.

Demonstration of the teaching methodologies coherence with the curricular unit's intended learning outcomes

The mandatory elements that the students build and include in the web page allows the identifications of the Internet's potential for developing communication skills, reading and writing, using different media. In particular, the development of educational activities using the Internet promotes the identification of the pedagogical potential of the Web in these activities.

Assessment methodologies and evidences

This course will be evaluated by developing and presenting in pairs a Web page that shall contain the following elements:
- Reflection of the role of ICT in developing communication skills and citizenship;
- Construction of educational activities;
- Individual reflection on the learning that took place at UC.

Bibliography

BOTELHO, Fernanda (2006). "Textos e Literacias". Disponível em http://www.setubalnarede.pt.
BOTELHO, Fernanda (2007). "Educar para a televisão, aprender português" disponível em
http://www.setubalnarede.pt.
BOTELHO, Fernanda (2009). "Aprendizagem do português e multiliteracias". In Medi@ções - Revista on-line. ESE de Setúbal.
COUTINHO, Clara e BOTTENTUIT JUNIOR, João (2007). "Blog e Wiki: os Futuros Professores e as Ferramentas da Web 2.0" . Comunicação apresentada no SIIE'2007 Simpósio Internacional de Informática educativa - 14-16 Nov. 2007.
DIAS DE FIGUEIREDO, António (2000). "Novos media e nova aprendizagem" in Novo conhecimento, nova
aprendizagem. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. pp. 71-81.
FARIA, Ádila (2009) "O blogue no Jardim-de-Infância: contributos para a emergência da leitura e da escrita. In Ambientes Emergentes. Braga: Centro de Competência. pp. 51-61.
PAZ, João (2008). "Educação e Novas Tecnologias". Disponível em http://www.setubalnarede.pt.