The X Meeting of the School Council of the Region of Murcia takes place Saturday April 24 in the auditorium of the College of Education Child Paseo Rosales de Molina de Segura.
The opening ceremony was attended by the Mayor of the town, Eduardo Contreras Linares, Minister for Education, Training and Employment of the Region of Murcia, Constantine Sotoca Carrascosa, School Board President of the Region of Murcia, Luis Navarro Candel, and Councillor of Education, Mariola Martinez Robles.
It is a time of fellowship and reflection aimed at the components of the School Councils and Municipal Center, and in general, the entire educational community of the region, focusing on a topical issue in education.
On this occasion, the theme was education, family and technology, highly topical issue with which to analyze not only the speed and scope of new information technologies and communication in our society and educational system but also, and especially, the new responsibilities of parents, due to the gradual introduction of these technological advances in the home, and the dangers of misuse of social networks and access to inappropriate content.
This activity takes place in two phases.
The first has been carried out in twelve municipalities in the region (Eagles, Calasparra, Caravaca de la Cruz, Cartagena, Cieza, Las Torres de Cotillas, Lorca, Murcia, Puerto Lumbreras, San Javier, Totana Yecla) and consisted holding a series of panel discussions involving experts of recognized standing, addressed to the whole school community and especially to parents.
In the second phase, which takes place today in Molina de Segura, presents the findings of these panels and delivered two lectures, with which it wants to convey the need to educate children for proper use of these new resources put in their hands the information technology and communication: nected.
Technology, school and family, by Francesc Pedró, Senior Policy Analyst, Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) of OECD, and Children and the Internet.
Opportunities and risks, by Monsoriu Sea Flower, writer and consultant specializing in Internet.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Molina de Segura