Entorno virtual de aprendizaje para el mejoramiento del ejercicio de la escritura argumentativa en los estudiantes del grado octavo del Colegio Agustiniano Norte

Abstract

Argumentative writing is one of the skills present in the development of reading-writing skills that make up the subject of Castilian language within the educational context, therefore, the central objective of this document is to improve this writing through the design and implementation of a virtual learning environment which was applied to a focus group of ten eighth-grade students of Colegio Agustiniano Norte, to carry out the design of this virtual environment, a diagnostic survey of interests was developed, which revealed three categories immersed in the following Themes: sports, music and cinema, of which activities were designed around social problems that captured the attention of the students, since the development of them involved means of communication of information through information technologies and communication who involve a number of tools that facilitate l development of academic activities throughout the education sector. In the analysis of each of the activities carried out by the focus group, it was possible to demonstrate the effectiveness of the use of forums, videos and search engines when constructing arguments and supporting them with reliable sources of information.