Julio Ríos Gallego

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rios and the second or maternal family name is Gallego.
Julio Ríos Gallego
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Julio Ríos giving one of his online classes
Born
Julio Alberto Ríos Gallego

(1973-03-22) 22 March 1973 (age 48)
Cali, Colombia
NationalityColombian
Other namesJulioprofe
Alma materUniversidad del Valle
Occupationengineer, mentor, professor
Children2
WebsiteJulio Ríos Gallego
Signature
Firma Julioprofe.svg

Julio Alberto Ríos Gallego (Cali, 22 March 1973) is a Colombian engineer, lecturer, mentor, professor of Mathematics and Physics.

Born in Cali, he attended elementary and high school at Colegio Lacordaire, being the best student of his promotion.[1][2] He studied civil engineering at Universidad del Valle. He is married and father of two daughters and currently lives in Cali.[3]

He has been professor in colleges and universities, such as "Colegio Hebreo Jorge Isaacs" the "Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios" and the Faculty of Medicine Universidad San Martín in Cali. Trying to motivate his students, on 6 April, 2009 he went to the internet, creating virtual classes with the Julioprofe channel. His channel has 4.2 million subscribers in YouTube, and more than 500 million views[4][5]

Known as Julioprofe, he became global benchmark by performing the material and videos of e-learning of free education in the areas of: algebra, geometry, trigonometry, analytic geometry, computing, physics, linear algebra and higher mathematics. He uses a teaching technique where he is a professor Guardian and the student can learn from his or her computer, smartphone, iPod, at home at any time.[6]

Since September 2011, he is part of the educational project Academia Vasquez, responsible for video production of algebra and representative of Colombia said educational project.[7]

In February 2013, he signed an agreement with the "Fundación Transformemos" (winner of the UNESCO Confucius Prize 2012), to produce videos of math[8]

He was nominated in "Best Leaders of Colombia Awards in 2012"[9][10]

He was nominated the "Revolutionary Award" in 2013 in Latinos Innovation category, for his contribution to internet education, and U.S. recognition that use social networks to generate positive changes.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ El Pueblo (15 December 2012). "Julio Ríos, profesor virtual, personaje del año 2012" (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  2. ^ El Tiempo. "'Julioprofe' arrasa en la web con clases de matemáticas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  3. ^ Semana (15 August 2012). "El profesor colombiano que arrasa en YouTube" (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  4. ^ YouTube (16 January 2012). "Julioprofe: Vídeos de Matemáticas y Física" (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  5. ^ medellindigital (2012). "Julio Ríos (Ponente)" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  6. ^ techcetera (24 July 2012). "Julio Profe: Una estrella de las redes sociales es un profe de matemáticas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  7. ^ Academia Vasquez. "Página Oficial" (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  8. ^ Fundación Transformemos. "Julioprofe y Transformemos se unen" (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  9. ^ Semana (28 August 2012). "Estos son los mejores líderes de Colombia" (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  10. ^ Semana (1 September 2012). "Carlos Augusto Giraldo, Julio Alberto Ríos y Enrique Chaux". Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  11. ^ The Social Revolution (2013). "2013 Nominee: Julio Alberto Ríos Gallego". Retrieved 23 February 2013.

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