Julio Ríos Gallego

Colombian engineer, lecturer, mentor

Julio Ríos Gallego
Julio Ríos giving one of his online classes
Born	Julio Alberto Ríos Gallego (1973-03-22) 22 March 1973 (age 51) Cali, Colombia
Nationality	Colombian
Other names	Julioprofe
Alma mater	Universidad del Valle
Occupation(s)	engineer, mentor, professor
Children	2
Website	Julio Ríos Gallego
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Julio Alberto Ríos Gallego (Cali, 22 March 1973) is a Colombian engineer, lecturer, mentor, professor of Mathematics and Physics.

Early life, education and family

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]

Career

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 appeared in e-learning videos 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 their 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]

Recognition

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

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