Technology club at school, a strategy for the development of creative processes in basic education, supported by ICT as disruptive technologies

Abstract

This research analyzes the influence on the development of creative processes as a result of participation in activities mediated by Information and Communication Technology (ICT), proposals within the Technology Club experience, aimed at girls students in third, fourth and fifth grade of elementary school of a public female educational institution of the Popayan city, Cauca, Colombia, in order to know new opportunities in the educational use of the ICT and to promote the development of creativity from the very beginning of childhood. Thus, it asked about the views of the participants and parents, and Grounded Theory method was applied. As a result the students express that the Technology Club makes them feel able to create things for themselves. Three related factors were also identified, 1) For girls the creativity is the ability to create and solve problems in daily life, 2) in The Technology Club the girls learn to be creative with technology and they feel able to create, 3) for the girls a creative process is to develop a series of steps to create individually or in group.