SUPERVISED INTERNSHIP IN COMPUTING: TECHNOLOGY, TEACHING AND LEARNING IN TIMES OF COVID – 19

Abstract

One of the main stages in the formation of the academic in a given degree course is undoubtedly the period of the supervised internship. This paper aims to discuss the challenges experienced in the internship of the Degree Course in computing in times of pandemic caused by the Coronavirus, highlighting the solutions found with support in technology for the improvement of teaching and learning in high school classes integrated to the technical, at the Federal Institute of Amazonas / Campus Itacoatiara, Brazil. The methodology focuses on a qualitative approach, with analytical-descriptive interpretation, having as data collection instruments the field notebook, observation, co-participation and conduction mediated by the smartphone, within WhatsApp groups, and meetings on the Google Meet platform. These virtual spaces and their interactions served as a basis for analysis of the material presented here. The participants were composed of an intern, 3 teachers, and the classes of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year of high school of the disciplines arts, integrator project I (algorithm and logic) and entrepreneurship, respectively. The results of this research demonstrate that the supervised internship in computing provided, from their observations, moments of interaction and a more intimate and reciprocal contact with students and educators already active and with experience in the area of teaching and learning, the innovation of teaching methods of teachers and students with the support of technology and a lot of resilience to provide moments of learning, even in times of great limitations brought on by the pandemic.