Diseño y aplicación de talleres educativos para el uso saludable de internet y redes sociales en la adolescencia: descripción de un estudio piloto

This article presents the development and implementation of educational workshops for adolescents to promote the adaptive use of the Internet and online social networks. The adaptive use of these applications serves as a protection against the risks arising from inappropriate uses of information and communication technologies. Likewise, pedagogical orientation in stages of vulnerability such as adolescence, in which there is a clear emotional, social and contextual immaturity, is essential to foster the development of new psychological skills. This paper aims to show the process of interdisciplinary elaboration of educational workshops on the adaptive use of social networks and their pilot application in eight secondary and high school education centers. The results show the importance of addressing this type of sociotechnological content in these developmental stages in order to address certain deficits and doubts, and raising awareness of the concept of digital identity in order to make ethical, critical and responsible use of technology in general and of social networks in particular.