Produção de textos na perspectiva dos multiletramentos: o uso de plataformas digitais nas séries iniciais do ensino fundamental

Abstract

It is a fact that radical changes have occurred in the various spheres of contemporary society: public, community and economic life, as highlighted by the Grammar of Visual Design (GNL, 2021). In this scenario, considering the importance of the school continuing, or becoming, relevant in educational actions, it is essential to (re)think the teaching of textual production in a way that contemplates multiliteracies and multisemiotic processes of meaning. Following this direction, this research aims to study the production of multimodal texts using digital design platforms, enabling work with multiliteracies in the early years of Elementary School. As a general objective, it seeks to investigate the teaching of classic multimodal texts, based on the description and analysis of the production process of infographics and advertisements, mediated by digital design platforms, in the 5th year of Elementary School, at a public school in the state of Paraíba. As specific objectives, it seeks to develop a didactic proposal aimed at the production of these multimodal genres, using the Canva for Education platform, highlighting the functionality and relevance of this didactic proposal. Furthermore, this research makes this validated proposal available, in the format of an educational product, aiming to apply this experience in other teaching situations, in the initial grades of Elementary School. To support the research, theoretical bases were used based on the concepts of multimodality from GNL (2021), the Visual Design Grammar of Kress and van Leeuwen (1996), the four learning processes of Kalantzis, Cope and Pinheiro (2020) and in the National Common Curricular Base – BNCC (2018). Regarding methodological aspects, a qualitative approach is used with action research procedures. The research is also based on bibliographic and documentary sources with exploratory objectives. To generate data, it uses questionnaires, classroom activities, photos, footage, logbooks and production on the Canva platform. The locus of the research is the Professor João de Freitas Filho Municipal School of Early Childhood and Elementary Education, located in the municipality of Lagoa de Dentro/PB. The study demonstrated that the application of the didactic proposal for the production of multimodal texts, mediated by the Canva for Education digital platform, in the initial grades of elementary school, had pedagogical implications and significant results, by promoting the development of creative, collaborative and critical skills, under the perspective of multiliteracies.