Abstract:

The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) provides a cognitive setting in which graphical interfaces and virtual environments are integrated using software to model and simulate natural and physical phenomena.
The use of technological resources, especially the computer, favors the development of critical, analytical and reflective thinking, which improves analysis and display of contextual situations in the learning environment. This, in addition to promoting collaborative work enhances a significant learning, so it is important that teachers consider using these resources in their academic activities. Celia Hoyles [1], refers to these resources as tools of manipulation to graphical representations that have the ability to provide informative feedback.

In a learning environment where the use of computing resources has been implemented, the student and the teacher use the screen as a testing ground, in this field they can share data but not phenomena, as stated Balacheff [2], hence, watching the screen is not enough to study and understand a phenomenon, it is necessary to have prior knowledge and do systematic work in order to do so.

The use of ICT should be linked to the search for alternatives to better meet the needs in education, so they can be used in general and specific areas of knowledge. Therefore, informatics tools does not only involve handling the instrument but also a proper visualization of the scenarios where they are applied. According to Azinian [3], visualization and manipulation of elements allows a computerized transposition of knowledge in these environments.
In conclusion, the teacher can analyze the changes implied in the use of technologies to generate learning by discovery, in a guided fashion or through the implementation of practical exercises which guarantee acquiring a basic usage of information, thus ensuring the possibility of developing autonomous and adequate learning, to the interests and needs of the environment.

Keywords:

Information and Communication Technologies, Cognitive setting, Informative feedback.