Abstract:
This is a study about the use of new technologies of information and of communication in pedagogical practice as a possibility for being applied to theology classes. Through an explorative, qualitative investigation which uses as its technical procedures, bibliographic and telematized research, this study occupies itself with a reflection about and the presentation of WebQuest as an educational applicative for teaching theology based on the following problematization: how can WebQuest be an important interface of collaborative learning for teaching theology? In other words, the investigation focuses more on the presentation of a pedagogical possibility for theology than a discussion about the teaching of theology per se. Having as theoretical references the studies of José Manuel Moran, Pierre Lévy, Edgar Morin, Lisbete Barbosa and Celina Abar, this research is organized in three parts. In the first, the use and impact of new technologies of information and communication in educational processes is problematized. In the second, the discussion is deepened concentrating on the presentation of educational applicatives such as Google for Education and, especially, the WebQuest. Finally, in the third part, a step by step guide is presented for the construction of a WebQuest, and, following, an application of the tool in the elaboration of an illustrative activity for a theology class. In conclusion, the study points out that the use of the WebQuest leads students to assume a more collaborative and proactive posture in carrying out educational activities, which positively implies in the strengthening of their autonomy and in pedagogical interaction. The use of the WebQuest as a support instrument for learning theological content contributes to a re-signification of the internet and to better appropriation of the contents within and outside the classroom.
