Aplicativo Educ Tur Amapá: uma expedição educacional e cultural pelo estado

Abstract

This article emphasizes the use of the MIT App Inventor tool in the elaboration and development of an educational application to be used in devices such as tablets and smartphones with Android and IOS operating systems, where the APP serves as a methodological tool to assist teachers of the 6th year of Elementary School II, whose objective is to work with the disciplines of Geography and History, highlighting the historical, geographical and cultural aspects of the State of Amapá in a State School in the city of Macapá-AP. To achieve its purpose, a case study was carried out in the mentioned educational institution and later the information was collected. After analyzing the requirements, the application was developed with an intuitive graphical interface, where the application achieved its purpose, which was to disseminate information to society about the tourist attractions of Amapá. As a result, it was possible to develop an application that presents the main cultural manifestations of the State of Amapá such as dances, music, parties, legends, podcasts, quiz, memory game and a GPS geolocator.