BASIC COMPUTER SCIENCE APPLIED IN CHILD EDUCATION

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Abstract: This article supports reflections on Basic Informatics Applied to Education, analyzing the use of computers, educational software and the role of the teacher / student in the teaching-learning process. It deals with the use of the computer as an aid tool in children's learning, emphasizing educational software where students expand knowledge in a pleasurable way. Therefore, we can say that the use of computers in early childhood education is just as important as the other phases, it is a challenge for teachers / researchers. With technological advances, several educational applications and software have been offered to students / teachers in general. Most of these programs are in the public domain, aiming to offer the student an interactive environment, suitable for the transmission of information and development of knowledge. The softwares are adopted with the purpose of facilitating the teaching-learning process, stimulating the interaction between students regardless of their schooling and age group. The article deals with the advantages and disadvantages of using the computer as a teaching object, helping in the process of building knowledge. Therefore, the bibliographic research was carried out with several authors, understanding how the computer is used, not to teach computer science content, but to teach computing from an educational point of view since early childhood education, they help in the student's teaching-learning process .