The use of social networking in education to be debated at the third edition of Cafécrea

Ineverycrea, the online community of educational resources for teachers, is to host its third Cafécrea event on February 28. Joining participants to discuss security and best practices for social networking in the education sector will be Carmen Gonzalez @ flosflorum, teacher and expert in ICT for education, Jorge Tolsá @ jorgetolsa, member of the association Generaciones Interactivas,  Alvaro Terrón @ alvarot, secretary general of the National Council for Education Students, Urko Fernandez @ tturktime, member of the association Pantallas Amigas, and José Luis Sagredo @ maestrobatuta, teacher and director of CEIP Kántica Arroyo.

In this third edition, Cafécrea is throwing open the debate to all actors in education (teachers, school head teachers and educational institutions, researchers, parents and students) who’ll be joined by experts on the construction of the digital space (experts on digital security and social networks, publishers and opinion leaders).Cafécrea has become the foremost forum for the educational debate.

The event, moderated by Carmen Gonzalez, an expert in educational innovation and social networks, will have a strong presence online. In the days leading up to the event, there will be an open online forum at www.ineverycrea.net and on the other social networks (Google+, Facebook and Twitter) under the hashtag # cafecrea. Half an hour before the start of the event, the participants in the online debate will get the conversation going through Twitter. Over the course of Cafécrea, all input and comments submitted by internet users and of the social networks can be followed in real time. In addition, the event will be broadcast worldwide through the live video system Hangout On Air from Google.

A number of collaborators from the IneveryCrea community will be participating in online discussions, including  Carlos Gonzalez @ archinech, researcher and professor at the University of Salamanca, who will moderate online, Pep Hernandez @ pephernandez, teacher and member of the ComitéCREA, and Ana Laura Rossaro @ anarossaro, educator and researcher. Also contributing their views on this issue: Juan Diego Polo @ juandiegopolo, editor and creator of the website on innovation wwwhat's new, Salvador @ salpegu, a father and active networker, and Esther M., a student. It will be the first such event for  Ines Andres @ lajaines, the Ineverycrea ICT consultant.

Ineverycrea, a social network designed by and for teachers

The Ineverycrea community is a meeting place for educators to share, discuss and reflect on educational innovation in the digital context. The Ineverycrea community, made up of 3,060 teachers and educational organizations who share digital resources, was launched in September 2011 in order to create a space on the Internet where teachers of all areas and levels could share tools aimed at integrating ICT in their classrooms.

The ICT Consultant: a trainer of trainers in new technologies.

Inés Andrés, the new ICT consultant for the social network, is responsible for training teachers in the integration of knowledge technologies to their teaching, and facilitate the incorporation of all the new educational paradigm and ICTs. Besides creating educational digital content, she offers users of the network personalized Ineverycrea support in resolving doubts and designing ICT strategies for the classroom.

This is a new profession in education, the result of the evolution of classroom practices. The ICT consultant's mission is to aid teachers in the Ineverycrea network to leverage ongoing technological revolution and explore new teaching tools geared towards teaching students who are increasingly connected to the Internet and equipped with computers, smartphones and tablets.

Inés Andrés is secondary school (ESO) teacher of Spanish Language and Literature and has worked at a number of schools throughout Castile and Leon. The Burgos City Council awarded her Juan Carlos Estébanez Prize for Educational Innovation for her project "Internet also educates" in which she set out the way she worked with students in the classroom during the 2011-2012 academic year. She was also on the team of teachers who launched the collaborative  ICT project Kuentalibros and she is very active online through her blog Lengüetrazos, as well as through her profiles in different social networks, especially Twitter (@ Lajaines).

3rd edition of Cafécrea

February 28

7.30pm

#cafecrea