IoT in Education: Using Open Data

We are experiencing a moment where the amount of data, knowledge, and technological devices are changing the mindset of institutions in their teaching and learning processes. Furthermore, technologies such as the Internet of Things have been interpreted as having a transformative potential in Education. This article addresses the use of open data obtained through the Internet of Things technologies and provided by different institutions as a didactic resource for the approach of physics, chemistry, geography, and mathematics contents with 7th grade students. This topic arose because the development of IoT has been linked to the proliferation of open data and its potential to contribute to the democratization of access to information. The results presented focus on the perceptions and opinions of the students and teachers involved. Both groups, students, and teachers, recognized the potential of using open data in education.