The big toy virtual learning object, as an english teaching tool in preschool and first-year children

Abstract

Technological tools have reached the pedagogical practice to stay and evolve. At present, the growing interest of children in technology has caused the emergence of teaching tools to facilitate learning. The mixture of games, colors, sounds, characters and their association with the acquisition of the competences of various subjects, has facilitated the pedagogical practice, due to the motivation that awakens in them. The OVA Big Toy Virtual Learning Object, was designed as a functional prototype for teaching English in preschool children and first, according to the national context of the bilingualism program of Colombia, prior diagnosis of the technological conditions of the educational institution, knowledge of technological tools by the preschool and first teachers and the knowledge of basic vocabulary by the preschool students and first of one hundred two rural and urban, public and private educational institutions of the department of Norte de Santander. The present investigation exposes the evaluation of the Big Toy OVA, as a tool for teaching English, through the analysis of functional, pedagogical and curricular performance, framed in the following categories: support mechanisms, flexibility, communication, learning process, implementation and innovation.