A child with Down syndrome, like any other child, may benefit from interacting with memory stimuli, but needs additional support and help. The use of special teaching methods, which add playfulness and use of the computer, can enhance the memory processes of these children. In this work, we present the virtual environment "Nossa Vida (Our Life)", which was developed to assist children with Down syndrome to memorize action sequences of their daily routine. A daily routine memorization test (DRMT), consisting of a weekly reminder of typical daily routines completed by the children and parents, was performed before (pre-test) and after (post-test) the intervention. The work involved a multidisciplinary team and assessed the effectiveness of the test performed by 30 children with Down syndrome from APAE, a special education school for children with intellectual disabilities in São Paulo, Brazil. The children were separated into two groups (Experimental -GE and Control -GC) with homogeneity and normality of the data. Two hypotheses were tested in this study: H0 and H1, where: H0 = There is no statistical difference between memorizing daily tasks between individuals with Down syndrome who used our ludic virtual environment and those who used the conventional memory method.H1 = There is a difference between the group of subjects with Down Syndrome who used our virtual game environment and the group that did not use it in relation to memorizing the daily task. This produces t = -14.98 and p <0.0001, with H1 being accepted. The results showed that the EG presented significance in relation to the CG and the evolution mean of the children in the EG was 81.82% higher. According to experts (psychologist and pedagogue) from APAE and parents, the playful activities implemented in this virtual environment have been of great interest to children, who had fun, tested hypotheses and questioned them about the sequences of actions performed in their routine daily.

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Pós-doutorado em Engenharia Elétrica pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Tem atuado como assessora ad-hoc da FAPESP, CNPq e CAPES nas áreas de informática médica e ensino de matemática. Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes (UMC). silviac@umc.br RESUMOA aprendizagem dos surdos é um grande desafio para os educadores, principalmente na disciplina de língua portuguesa. As escolas brasileiras não estão preparadas para convier com surdos, pois não possuem profissionais capacitados. As atuais políticas educacionais brasileiras buscam socializar todos os alunos surdos e não surdos. A comunidade brasileira de surdos utiliza a LIBRAS, língua brasileira de sinais, como principal forma de comunicação entre eles. Integrar LIBRAS e Língua Portuguesa é um dos principais desafios atuais e o uso da computação tem auxiliado muito. PALAVRAS-CHAVE:aprendizagem; políticas educacionais; socialização. ABSTRACTThe learning of the deaf is a great challenge for educators, especially in Portuguesespeaking course. Brazilian schools are not prepared for suits with deaf, because they lack trained professionals. Current Brazilian educational policies, seeking socialize all deaf and not deaf students. The Brazilian deaf community uses LIBRAS, Brazilian sign language as their main form of communication between them. Integrating LBS and Portuguese is one of the main current challenges and the use of computers has helped a lot.