Tecnologia móvel na área educacional

Abstract

This paper refers to how mobile technology is present in people’s lives today. In the area of education, students can do their research through a mobile device, searching on the contents presented by the teacher, to increase their knowledge on certain subjects dealt with in the classroom and increasing their capacity to interact with other students through apps. With Mobile Learning, formal education tends to grow. Companies develop programs/apps for mobile devices, thus students respond/interact with the particular app and tends to study on their own. According to our analysis, the majority of people claim that they would use their mobile devices to gain access to complementary content to the matter presented by the teacher, as a way of improving what is shown in the classroom.