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Visual impairment causes limitations, including mobility. Studies show that there are about 1.3 billion people in the world with some type of visual impairment. Another important factor refers to the need to include these visually impaired people in schools and universities, for autonomy, learning and personal development. Public policies seek to implement measures that ensure the inclusion of people with disabilities, in order to ensure the use of environments in an equal manner. However, these measures are not implemented due to several factors, such as the lack of knowledge of professionals and the lack of financial and technological resources. This research project aimed to evaluate the use of LazarilloApp, a georeferencing application that helps the mobility of people with visual impairment. The tests were conducted at a university in Brazil. Although it has many features and potential, the application was partially effective and efficient, since in only one of the four routes drawn by it the user arrived at the destination. The accessibility problems identified reinforce the need to enable access through structural changes in physical spaces. The results indicate the need to foster the improvement of the functionalities of LazarilloApp and other mobile applications of free access, for the disabled.

Com a implantação dos Institutos Federais, foi construída no Brasil uma organização pedagógica que contempla cursos que vão da educação básica à superior, oportunizando que os conceitos da computação sejam introduzidos já na educação básica. Os cursos técnicos da área da computação não devem se prender apenas a ensinar o “fazer”, mas o ensinar para “saber fazer” e “saber buscar o que fazer”. O objetivo da atividade relatada foi ampliar o escopo de aplicação prática de disciplinas técnicas do currículo do curso Técnico em Informática Integrado ao Ensino Médio. A abordagem foi desenvolver as competências de diferentes disciplinas em uma atividade conjunta, realizada sob a ótica da atuação em um ambiente profissional, baseada na metodologia da problematização. Os resultados apresentam as percepções dos professores quanto ao processo de avaliação e quanto à operacionalização de atividades desta natureza, concluindo-se que este tipo de abordagem infere mais significado aos aprendizes, superando a divisão do trabalho entre as ações de executar e de pensar.

The challenge to improve the treatment of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is to plan for managers and health professionals, as well as to estimate the necessary costs. To this end, research should be developed to support the health area, with emphasis on the development of software that complements data collection. For these reasons, the objective of this study is to describe the development of software for the collection of cost information and clinical, laboratory and therapeutic data of patients with SCD, which can be used in the future by other areas of health. This is an experimental and applied research focused on technological production. The applied process model was incremental and followed the steps of communication, planning, modeling and development.  The first version is in the testing phase and presents the record format, does not require internet connection, can interact with Windows®, Linux® or MacOS® operating systems and encrypt data for storage. In the next increments, the customization of the fields with a broad structure for data collection; data export in spreadsheet format for use in external tools; creation of customized reports and central database stands out.