Digital skills in students of Vocational Secondary School No. 74, in the city of Chihuahua

Abstract

All education systems must rethink the methodologies used during the last decades in the teaching-learning process to guarantee the development of digital skills in students and teachers in the so-called Society of Knowledge. Therefore, it is imperative to know the digital capabilities that students possess to establish practices that guide education, by constantly incorporating new technologies in educational processes, both in the definition of the curriculum and in its design, by implementing pedagogical strategies and teaching resources that support the development of new learnings, competencies, and relations with knowledge. This research project aims to conduct a diagnosis of the digital skills of the students at the Secundaria Técnica 74, which is divided into four dimensions: the capabilities in effective use of ICT; capabilities in finding, processing, and using the information assertively; capacities in communication skills, and capabilities in the creation of digital content. This is a quantitative research project, a stratified probabilistic sampling of the students enrolled in the 2017-2018 school year was carried out, with the universe being 780, and a sample of 258 students calculated with a confidence level of 95%, and a margin of error of 5%. In a second phase, an instrument will be applied to the 40 teachers using the census technique, which will provide the elements to guide the educators in making decisions.