Use of information and communications technology (ICT) as a teaching resource promoter of school coexistence

This research is based on the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) as a didactic resource for the promotion of values in a healthy coexistence in a group of eighth grade students of the District Educational Institution "Los Pinos", at Barranquilla-Colombia. The methodological component of this research was oriented under the empiricalanalytical paradigm, with a descriptive focus. The use of ICT as an educational resource allowed students to propose situations, respond to questions, develop academic activities, get a dynamical interaction with the knowledge through a blog, and improve attitudes of tolerance, respect and cooperation with their partners. The results indicated that the strategy implemented with the use of ICT, reduced the cases of school conflicts and disagreements in the categories selected as object of study, leaving a brand new the possibility of being used in other grades and adjust it to the strengthening of other values.El estudio se centró en el uso de tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) como recurso didáctico para el fomento de valores para una sana convivencia escolar, en estudiantes de octavo grado en una Institución Pública. El estudio es de corte descriptivo. Los resultados indicaron que la estrategia implementada con utilización de TIC, disminuyo los casos de conflicto escolar en las categorías seleccionadas. Dejando la posibilidad de ser utilizada en otros grados y al fortalecimiento de otros valores