App como estrategia de enseñanza interactiva en la asignatura de ciencias naturales para estudiantes del décimo año de educación básica

Abstract

Through the present study carried out in the Juan Pablo II Educational Unit with the students of the tenth year of basic education, the lack of interest in the matter of natural sciences can be seen, added to this the lack of knowledge in technological resources. The internet has become one of the fundamental and important resources in which a variety of mobile applications can be found as well as educational tools, which can be implemented within a classroom taking full advantage of technologies, in addition to being Important today for both teachers and students due to the situation that is being experienced in our country and the world due to the pandemic, since this situation was shocking to many of us, for that reason the mobile application was incorporated ( app inventor 2.0) thus giving a better teaching-learning process which focused on the qualitative study which began with the collection of information, the study was based on bibliography, scientific journals, internet information, university digital repository, thus determining the results of the research carried out. With this information obtained, we proceeded to carry out the prototype design to be investigated, based on the most important elements required for the subject: such as design: definition of concepts tested by students and teachers, development: it is in charge of giving life to the designs, structure and management of the app, not leaving aside the resources used within it: Padlet: collaborative participation (active interaction: student-machine-classmates), genially: interactive and collaborative (dynamic interaction: student-machine-classmates-teacher), mentimeter: interacts directly through surveys (immediate responses: students-teachers) and H5P: interactive creation: videos used within this mobile application (reading-participation and verification of answers). The application was designed for teachers - students to work creating an interactive environment within the app, as well as explaining the entrance to the work environment, also making a brief explanation from which devices can be entered: a computer, Tablet or Android mobile phone In the event that it is done from a tablet or mobile phone, we must have the app downloaded for participation within the inventor 2.0 app. Thus also the development of the activities carried out, thus controlling three important points within this: Interest on the part of the students, cooperation on the part of the students, technological resource. The interest shown in the students in the work carried out individually, cooperation in working groups carried out in the aforementioned tools, obtaining satisfactory results in each of them both academic and motivational. As mentioned in the previous paragraph, important achievements were achieved such as: greater participation during the class and greater interest when performing the tasks exposed in the class taught through the mobile application (inventor app 2.0), which is a fundamental part to improve academic performance and participation in the teaching-learning process.