Novas tecnologias para o ensino : desenvolvimento de uma aplicação em Mobile-learning

New technological advances provide an increasingly faster communication and a general exchange of information and ideas. One of the great challenges of our time is to take advantage of those new technologies for education. The initial impulse for the creation of educational games was the need to reinforce learning using the potential of the digital world. The acquisition of content and the overall learning are indeed favoured by a custom didactic software with catchy graphics. Recent developments in media and technology force us to rethink traditional teaching methods and to take advantage of the latest technological evolution. To better understand the potential of these technologies, we need to highlight some of the most important moments of media history, gamification and mobile learning. The aim of this study lies in the application of the fundamentals, procedures and notions of mobile learning to a prototype of an educational game for the operating system of Apple's iPhone. Teachers may use this data entry interface as a platform to create custom classes, adapting them to the curriculum of their classes. In addition to being evaluated in class, students can stay connected to the application throughout the day with a game inspired by the popular model known as "Tamagotchi". As a practical example of the implementation of this “app”, we have created an artistic education class adapted to the level of "fundamental education" for six to eight-year-old children. We have also developed an appropriate graphic design concept for this age group. In the end, we will identify and discuss the advantages and the potential of this software for education in general and specifically for arts educatio