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The Community, through the Ministry of the Presidency and the Ministry of Education has launched the educational project 'Agrégate', an initiative to promote the optimal use of social networks and increase the benefits of this communication tool, with the order to minimize risks to children.
The Secondary School 'Vicente Medina' Archena this morning provided a framework for CEOs of Prevention of Violence against Women, Youth, and Reform the Legal Protection of Minors, and Planning and Education, Veronica Lopez and Carlos Romero respectively, presented by the Mayor of Murcia, Patricia Fernandez, the program.
This is a pioneering initiative to design a socio-educational intervention program to educate in the use of Information Technology and Communication and, especially, in social networks to further involve them in the leisure and entertainment, are used as tool for information and participation.
Its primary objective is to involve children, parents, educators and youth information on activities, resources and educational activities to inform users of social networks, especially teens, about the risks and opportunities of these communication channels.
The Mayor said that their municipality was proud that the IES Vicente Medina has been selected as a pilot center to carry out this initiative and stressed that "in the City of Archena are working and participating in this program for youth and four years. "
Said during his speech that "the institution will continue to support local archenera and supporting the fundamental goal of this youth education program."
Veronica Lopez, meanwhile, noted that children "are increasingly using social networks to maintain an active relationship with their immediate environment of friends and acquaintances, and to browse other profiles or playing video games."
Therefore "it is necessary to focus attention on social networks to give them another utility through the figure of the youthful correspondent, who made available to young people with information and content of interest in education," said the general director Veronica Lopez .
Meanwhile, the CEO of Educational Planning and Carlos Romero, explained the importance of educating youth in the use of social networks, and the educational environment "we are able to teach them to use them in an appropriate and responsible. "
Here, Romero said "are the students themselves make use of this new channel, to create their own content and disseminate information that may be of interest to other students at your school."
So he said, "we can accompany students in the process of creation and management, showing what are the risks involved and the possibilities offered by networks such as Myspace."
The 'Agrégate' start this school year 2011-2012 with the participation of a total of 1,168 students of 3 rd and 4 th High School IES centers Valley Leiva (Alhama de Murcia), IES Vicente Medina (Archena), IES The Albares (Cieza), IES Infanta Elena (Jumilla) and IES Prado Mayor (Totana).
The selected schools have collaborated on programs of decentralization of information, such as 'Youth Correspondent', and also use of ICT in learning processes of students, such as 'Classroom XXI'.
The program will include workshops and lectures for students, parents, educators and youth information, to learn and reflect on the presence of minors in social networks, improve their participation and to avoid prejudice in school performance.
The General Manager, Veronica Lopez, explained that the role of youth is renewed correspondent and will have a greater responsibility for participation and dissemination of digital information adapted to children, as well as direct interaction with students.
In addition, it will create a new channel of direct communication and participation of youth in the social network 'Myspace', which is managed by youth correspondents, who will be responsible for producing and disseminating their own digital content, referring to a group of Secondary students
Source: Ayuntamiento de Archena
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