Sitio web caza del tesoro : potenciando el trabajo colaborativo en lengua y literatura de sexto año de egb

Abstract

This research is based on the design of the Treasure Hunt website to promote collaborative work of students in the subject of Language and Literature, which is designed on the WIX website, which allowed the creation of the interface and structure of the Treasure Hunt as an educational website. The research was directed to the students of sixth grade of basic education of the Escuela General Básica Simón Bolívar of the city of Machala, Province of El Oro, it was decided to carry out the research of quantitative and qualitative approach, the instruments used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the website and the development of collaborative work in the students within the classroom process through the survey directed to the tutor teacher of the subject and students, thus achieving favorable results according to the objectives of the research. With the execution of this research report, it has been proposed to implement gamification tools with the correct use of the students, in addition to applying the Treasure Hunt website in the students in conjunction with collaborative work, in this way an active teaching method will be used in the classroom process that allows enhancing skills and competencies of the students. In addition, the educational needs of the students were identified together with the grade tutor, so that the contents where the students had greater difficulty in understanding the contents were applied. For this purpose, the topics chosen in the Treasure Hunt website were carried out considering important aspects such as interactive presentations, gamification tools where students have a greater motivation and interest in the contents and improve the development within the classroom, it is worth mentioning that the methodology used for the implementation of the prototype was the ADDIE methodology, which involves the creation, use and evaluation of the educational prototype strengthening the contents of the website. Therefore, a survey and interview was conducted with the teacher of the subject, this first approach was executed in person where the research was carried out, aspects and suggestions were made known in order to improve the website in terms of design, images and content, after the experience with the teacher, the recommendations were taken into account, to give way to the second interaction with the students where the demonstration and evaluation of the prototype was carried out in order to collaborate with the objectives set out in the research as to encourage collaborative work within the website as a gamification tool, for which the students responded in favor of the prototype thus achieving the expected results in a favorable way.