Digital literacy and virtual social network: a research made with newly graduated in pedagogy

Abstract

This article proposes a reflection on digital literacy and virtual social networks from the perspective and experience of recent graduates of the Pedagogy course of a private institution of higher education, located in the Northern region of Paraná. The research, in a qualitative and exploratory way, aims to broaden the understanding of digital literacy as a social phenomenon and also to understand how social networks are configured as instruments for literacy practice, and, afterwards, to verify the need for teacher training in this area. The study was divided into two parts, the first presents a brief bibliographical review on the subject, and, in the second, a field survey conducted with graduates of the Pedagogy course that leads us to know what they understand about the subject, and as future teachers, how they can be mediators of social practices in social networks. We verify a superficial understanding regarding digital literacy and, also, the need for teacher training in this subject.