Competencias mediáticas en niños y niñas de Preparatoria y Subnivel de Básica Elemental de la Escuela “Cazadores de los Ríos” de la parroquia Urdaneta, cantón Saraguro, provincia de Loja, Ecuador, año lectivo 2018 - 2019.

Abstract

Abstract: Educational establishments are one of the places where technology has had the greatest impact. The integration of ICT has become a process whose implications go far beyond the technological tools that nourish the educational environment. The research topic is "Media Competencies in boys and girls of High School and the Elementary Basic Sublevel of the School" Cazadores de los Ríos "of Urdaneta parish, Saraguro canton, province of Loja, school year 2018-2019"; the objective was to make a diagnosis of the level of media skills in children; It is qualitative-quantitative. The methods were used: descriptive, inductive-deductive, analytical-synthetic and the techniques of documentary and field analysis, a survey was applied to 164 students. It is concluded that media competences are related to the development of skills, abilities and the ability of the individual to interpret judiciously the contents that are available through ICT. Teachers are recommended to use various methodological strategies such as games, educational software, and learn how to manage media leisure, turning it into an opportunity for learning.