Why participate? Entities
But, why? Have you given Cibercorresponsales a chance but still have doubts? Continue reading and we will tell you some key points why your group should participate in this program.
1. Cibercorresponsales is a program that facilitates your teaching-learning processes through an engaging and motivating tool for young people.
- There are secondary school teachers that use it to learn about information technology and social networking, to reflect in philosophy or ethics classes, to share their artistic and literary creations, or to alter and present different courses that are innovating and more importantly, motivating for their students to want to learn.
- There are educators at juvenile centres who use it as a psychological recovery tool with youth.
- There are partnerships that are able to showcase the activities.
- There are special education centres that are developing social and communication skills.
- There are municipal specialists that make the most of their location and present the activities that their youth have done through podcasts and videos.
2. Cibercorresponsales is flexible and serves you according to your objectives. It is a tool to compliment your programs in ways that you see beneficial. Due to this, it requires as little or as much time as you want it to. You can open your group accounts and let them do what they want or you can organize a group around Cibercorresponsales, like a youth newspaper or magazine, have regular meetings or activities in your neighborhood, etc. You decide.
3. It is a way to showcase your activities or those of others in your organization. Told by young people for young people.
4. It is a safe place. There are no intrusions in this social network; the groups and accounts of the young individuals are open to you, the designated educators. You will not find personal data of other young individuals. All the contents are reviewed and moderated.
5. Here they can learn to surf the Internet and social networks in a safe and beneficial way. It is a great “test field” to better manage their accounts on Tuenti, Facebook and other social networks.
6. You will find teaching guides, proposed activities, initiatives and campaigns, that, surely will help your teaching methods and allow you to incorporate Cibercorresponsales into a part of your students’ education.
7. Cibercorresponsales is a social network, and not just for young adults. It is also for educators that facilitate the groups. You can get to know one another, exchange experiences, organize activities together...
8. The most important aspects are the processes. It is a diverse web of interwoven groups, so the focus is not always on the results, such a great articles, but rather in the processes for carrying them out or the things that start after the articles are published. There are young individuals learning languages, some in vulnerable situations, others at a high academic level...Take a look at the testimonials and you will see.
9. Are people listening to the younger generation? Do they, the younger generation, have a means of communication created just for them? Cibercorresponsales is a form of communication created exclusively for individuals under the age of 18.
10. In Cibercorresponsales a person develops empathy, they learn how to write, how to research, to read and analyze stories in the media; social skills are further developed and reinforced. The evaluations and testimonies emphasize the fact that there is growth, particularly with motivation, among the young individuals who participate with Cibercorresponsales.
