He began the lecture series of the School of IES Antoni couple Llidó

The IES Antoni Llidó de Xàbia inaugurated on Thursday the Peer EscolaA series of lectures held for four courses. Voro was Gómez, teacher and currently coordinator and adviser to the Directorate-General for Education Policy, who opened the program with a topic that is on the agenda: the use of new technologies.

Gomez was accompanied by Jaume Fullana, CEO of Educational Policy, Encarna Cuenca, president of the Consell of the Valencian Community School and José Chulvi, Mayor of Xàbia, With its interventions and, from different viewpoints, they did see attendees the importance must be given to the training of competent citizens.

The autonomic responsible for Education Policy Xàbia used his visit to explain that, following sustained a few days ago with the Councilor for Education, Montse Villaverde, is aware of the shortcomings that many centers of the municipality have and promised to solve this course some of them, such as the deterioration of playgrounds in the courtyards.

For his part, the president of the Consell de la Comunitat School congratulated the Institute for the School of peers, a positive and useful experience that manages to involve families in training, improving the academic achievement of adolescents and therefore seeks export to other centers.

Finally the mayor stressed the importance of making available to families this type of tools that prepare them for a constantly changing reality, allow them to share experiences and help make their children independent.

Conference on digital competence, democratic citizenship and professional success

As for the conference day "digital competence, democratic citizenship and professional success", The rapporteur tried to approach the time when students who have started this year the institute will be incorporated into the working world: between the 2021 and 2025 about.

A time that surely will have to be at the forefront of some occupations that, at this point, do not exist. How will technological, demographic and social changes the working world? And above all, what will have to master digital skills to succeed in the information society?

All these issues and others that concern families were addressed by Voro Gómez to reflect and clarify the many and varied doubts that parents have when undertaking projects with their sons and daughters, such as, for example, the challenge which represents having to leave the books in paper format for the digital ones, which at this point are being used in several schools in Xàbia such as the Graüll school, the school Vicente Tena and the IES Antoni Llidó.

"This step is very complex and we create insecurity, but ICT invade us wherever we go and we must ask ourselves the idea that they are the most common tool and common work around the world, along with second language learning"Said the rapporteur.

Therefore, he was convinced of the need, from the schools, digital skills like learning to learn, manage information, make a critical reading of the collected information, networking and team, ie is working, encourage cooperative work, identity management and creating their own content and from others.

Taking this as a reality that affects adolescents and families every day and not a futuristic fiction, Voro Gomez tried to convince the audience that there are "to work less and live longer thanks to the good use of new technologies".