Paper short abstract:

In this ethnographic research we will present how families faced the educational situation in schools during the health crisis of Covid-19 and why the use of digital technologies by students is causing disagreements and uncertainties in the families of the communities

Paper long abstract:

The research was developed in the communities of Ocongate, Cusco, Peru located between 3,535 to 4,000 meters above sea level. During the pandemic, in the educational centers, school work was carried out online. For this reason, in the communities the need for the use of digital devices (cell phone, tablet and lap top) as a resource and tool to continue with school work increased. In this sense, we ask ourselves, how did families face the educational situation in schools during the health crisis of Covid-19? and why the use of digital technologies by students is causing disagreements and uncertainties in the families of the communities?

In the rural communities of Ocongate the level of knowledge and management of digital devices in many students, parents and even teachers was insufficient. These actors had to learn the use of these technologies abruptly while dealing with its challenges later on. On the one hand, many parents consider that the use of digital technologies is motivating students to acquire bad habits, generating a crisis of values such as respect and obedience within the family. In the case of students, the virtualization of classes meant a new space to be introduced and find new knowledge, different cultures, new ways to express themselves and relate to a wider society; which at the same time intensifies their interest in relating to things they identify as "modern". In this context, parents and teachers lack adequate strategies to orient students about the risks and advantages of using such technology.