The Use of digital eletronic games in physical education classes

An experience with 6th grade students

Abstract

This article is the result of a pedagogical intervention, which aimed to investigate the use of the Just Dance electronic game for the process of reading body productions and cultural manifestations, conceived in the context of body language, in Physical Education classes, with students, from 6th year of elementary school, from a state school, on the east side of the city of Manaus - AM. Thus, we verify the possibilities of using XBOX electronic games in practical Physical Education classes, reflecting on the role that different media play in contemporary society and how their use can assist in the teaching-learning process - highlighting an experience in Physical Education classes. Through an interventional research-action, organized through a didactic sequence, we realized the need for the teacher to combine new technologies in their pedagogical practices. Because, in view of the results, we demonstrate the satisfaction and participation of students when playing Just dance in Physical Education classes, which can be combined with content and, with this, achieve a greater number of supporters of a more active and healthy life, working on motor skills. , the community, motor coordination, among other objectives of this curricular component. Among the numerous options of digital electronic games that can be worked in this sense, we highlight Just Dance, for having been chosen by the students of this investigation.