Interdisciplinarity, creativity, and collaboration: a path potentialized by new digital technologies

The current, complex and dynamic society is organized based on sophisticated technologies that simultaneously integrate spaces and times. However, we found the school in a standardized and hardened format, with unmotivated students. Thus, the need arose to develop an interdisciplinary methodology based on art classes, aiming at meaningful learning, where the student used digital technologies together with creativity and collaboration to be prepared to solve everyday challenges. To this end, the present study opted for action research and had students from elementary schools from Rio de Janeiro as participants. The qualitative approach included bibliographic, exploratory preliminary research and the development, application, and evaluation of a didactic sequence focused on interdisciplinarity. Digital technologies facilitated the communication that enabled the project to take place entirely in a virtual way during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Collaborative work, on the other hand, expanded the action of the participants and enabled the development of creativity, which was fundamental in the organization of the process, creating solutions for the integration between disciplines. At the end of the study, it was noticed that the students were more confident and motivated, taking responsibility for their studies and serving as inspiration for each other.