DIGITAL EDUCATION AND THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY IN COGNITIVE AND SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Digital education plays an increasingly important role in the contemporary educational scenario, especially with regard to technological literacy. The use of technologies in the school environment has proven to be an essential tool for the cognitive and socio-emotional development of students. This article seeks to explore how the inclusion of digital technologies in classrooms influences learning and the development of students' emotional skills, in addition to highlighting the challenges and benefits of this practice. The methodology used included a literature review and semi-structured interviews with basic education teachers, in order to identify the main difficulties and potentialities of the application of technology in the teaching-learning process. The results indicated that the use of digital technologies, when well implemented, contributes significantly to improving academic performance, as well as to the development of social and emotional skills, such as cooperation and empathy. It is concluded that technological literacy is an effective instrument for the integral development of students, but its implementation requires continuous training of teachers and better investments in infrastructure.