How to train your students in 21st century skills!

Abstract: We are all aware that a definite change is needed in our classroom these days so as to include information and media literacy, creativity, innovation and mindfulness, for a start! In this presentation, I will give concrete examples on how a teacher of English can contribute dramatically to the development of the skills our students need for life, citizenship and work in this century.

Biodata: Martin graduated as a Profesor en Inglés e Inglés Técnico at Instituto Nacional Superior del Profesorado Técnico de la Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. He is also a Licenciado en Lengua Inglesa from Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Martin has finished his Especialización en Administración de la Educación (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella) and is currently writing his dissertation for his Maestría en Marketing Estratégico at Universidad UCES.

He is a lecturer at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Universidad Nacional de San Isidro and Escuela Normal Superior en Lenguas Vivas “Sofía E. Broquen de Spangenberg”. He is the Executive President of SHARE Education and the founder and CEO of Campus Nube a ed-tech platform for school administration.

He attended the International Visitors Leadership Program in the United States on a scholarship from the Department of State of the US and he also completed a Course on Critical Thinking in the Teaching of English as a Second Language at Oregon University, USA. Martin has lectured extensively all throughout Argentina, Uruguay and Chile.