Pedagogical innovation in technical education in nursing: experience with the use of digital technologies in health education

Digital technologies are increasingly being used, reorganizing the educational process. Therefore, this study aims to report the experience of a workshop proposing the use of digital technologies in health education, building the concept of these technologies and using them with teachers from a technical nursing education institution in the city of João Pessoa, Paraíba. Methods: This research has a descriptive and qualitative approach, of the experience report type, of teachers of a technical nursing course. Results and discussion: During the development of the experience, the behaviors of teaching professionals in the technical nursing course and their speeches were observed, through gestures and actions of participation, cooperation, resistance and questioning. With this, motivation and effective participation in the construction of the possibility of using digital technology in the school environment in health and nursing were perceived. During the workshop, several questions arose about the negative and positive aspects of using digital technologies, such as: what is the ideal age for students to introduce technologies into the educational process? What should be done if the student, instead of participating in the activity with their smartphone, wants to access social networks, and also how to download, install and use apps, and in which activities could they be used, for example, the QR code reader or the cardboard? Conclusions: it is clear that the greatest return from this activity was the possibility for teachers to understand that using cell phones or technologies can be useful in the educational process.