Contributions and potential of the WheelDecide digital application in a Basic Education class

Currently, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are found in practically all areas of activity and are of essential importance, and therefore, schools are no exception. The internship report aimed to investigate whether the WheelDecide digital application can promote collaborative work and the formative assessment process. To understand this issue, we carried out a qualitative investigation, opting for action research within the scope of Supervised Teaching Practice in Basic Education, in a 2nd year school class, with 21 students. In accordance with the selected methodology, direct/participant observation, field notes, semi-structured interviews with the class teacher and two teachers who teach at the 1st CEB, the application of questionnaire surveys for guardians and photographic records. During the investigation, five intervention sessions were developed, and during the process, different opinions were collected, which allowed triangulation of the data obtained, determining that using WheelDecide can promote collaborative work and create opportunities to carry out evaluation. formative. In this sense and considering the data analysis from semi-structured interviews, we found that teachers consider this resource to have potential, capable of providing significant learning. In the opinion of those in charge of education, it is possible to see that the use of this digital resource can trigger better learning, creating a more motivating environment, even though the presence and supervision of the teacher is not dispensable. After triangulating the data obtained, the importance of using this resource to create innovative contexts that provide more meaningful learning is recognized.