Quizizz and Genially for teaching literacy in children from 8 to 9 years old

Abstract

The present investigative work has been elaborated with the intention of solving the difficulties of literacy in the third year of Basic General Education of the Educational Unit “Manuel Sebastián Vanegas Pacheco”, of the parish of Molleturo, the same ones that due to various circumstances have not been able to consolidate the linguistic and communicative skills, thus becoming a complex process that has prevented the acquisition of knowledge and optimal learning, therefore the need to use gamification tools such as Quizizz and Genially arises to be able to develop learning in literacy. The methodology used was cross-sectional quasi-experimental type with a qualitative methodological approach through an observation sheet. A comparison of means was used, where the results reflect that the use of the gamification designed by the Quizizz and Genially platforms gave a positive result, for this reason, it can be said that the children were very interested in learning through these tools, and this was fulfilled. with the learning objective which was to get the children to recognize some syllables and write and read words, phrases, and short sentences. That is why we need to implement these Gamification platforms so that teachers can put them into practice in their classes and students can learn in a fun way.