Informatics in education: what the works published in Brazil reveal

The informatics in education community in Brazil has as its main events The Brazilian Symposium on Informatics in Education (SBIE), the Informatics in the School Workshop (WIE) and, in recent years, the Brazilian Congress of Informatics in Education (CBIE) which brings together these two events. Furthermore, the Brazilian Journal of Informatics in Education (RBIE) has gathered work from the scientific community in the area along the years. Analyzing these sources in the Internet, we see that all published works are of free access; however, it is difficult to build a view of the focuses of each of these sources, identify the most active authors, and determine the amount and size of their networks of cooperation. This information can be used for example to identify the issues that are gaining or losing relevance by each of these sources over time; estimate the degree of community cooperation and a general view of its profile. For a visual glimpse on the themes in contributions, and as a starting point of further analysis, this article uses the expressive power of tagclouds on the titles of the works, as well as on their abstracts. The results allowed us to build a roadmap within the field, which can inform researchers and practitioners who are starting to work in related fields, and even experts who want to deepen knowledge on the subject.