TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION: The Use of Educational Tablets in Schools

The object of this study is the understanding of students in public schools in the Mamanguape Valley about the mediation of mobile devices - educational tablets - of new technologies in the teaching-learning process. The objectives were to: a) gather elements to characterize the students view of new technologies in education, especially the use of the educational tablet tool in public schools; b) trace the use of mobile devices, educational tablets; c) analyze the relationship between the technologies allocated in schools to enable the use of educational tablets by students. Primary data was collected through questionnaires and interviews. All the information collected and systematized is incorporated into the database coordinated by GEPeeeS, where we record and analyse the presence of the Information Age and new technologies in education in the Mamanguape Valley. It is understood that the CCAE, through its courses, plays a fundamental role in the formation of cultural capital, involving new educational technologies through teaching, research and extension.