Mobile Digital Technologies in the Visual Literacy Process: an experience with the PicsArt app

Abstract

This article brings reflections on the presence of mobile digital technologies and mobile apps used pedagogically, from a work developed in a public school of Sergipe. In order to develop the reader competence of the multimodal elements present in the magazine cover genre, the didactic-pedagogical proposal departed from the activities carried out from the use of the cell phone, in order to promote and consolidate the visual literacy. For the reach of the results, the PicsArt app was used, which allowed the appropriation of the students in front of the elements that make up the qualitative approach, the research in addition to addressing and analyzing the experience, also signals the challenges faced by introducing such resources in the educational context, as well as the possibilities and importance of working the multiple languages using digital technology and mobile apps.

Keywords

• mobile devices
• visual literacy.
• picsart