David Tejido
David Tejido Sáez has a Physics degree from the University of Cantabria, and he works as teacher in San José Child Niño Jesús of Reinosa since 2006. In 2014 he participated in the course «Teachers for Change and Innovation», where the experiences seen in other centers located in the spearhead of the methodological change, led him to carry out in his school similar practices based mainly on learning for projects. Since then, as Head of the Science Department, he has motivated and walked with his colleagues towards the implementation of new methodologies and the design of STEM activities. He has promoted several ApS in the Campoo region, and has exhibited in the SIMO (Madrid-IFEMA) with his partner Daniel Rucandio, the mathematical project «Holográmate», that combines Mathematics with Physics and TICs. In addition, both have participated in the STEMforYouth project of the University of Cantabria where they presented an engineering activity called «Floating Nest» with students from the 1st year of ESO, consisting of the design of a floating nest for the Great Crested Grebe. This project became real in the Ebro reservoir, and it has attracted the interest of numerous people linked to education and the environment, and with it, and thanks to the STEMforYouth team, they were able to show it in different national and international events.
Daniel Rucandio
Daniel Rucandio San José has a Biology degree from the Salamanca University and has been working as a science teacher at CC. San José – Niño Jesús (Reinosa) since 2009. Convinced of the importance of project-based learning and the advantages that students achieve through STEAM projects, such as: teamworking, think by their own, find out solutions for actual problems, speak in public in English and all the wrongly named “SOFT SKILLS”, he has been developing for the last 5 years this kind of experiences at school. Actually, as head teacher, he is promoting this kind of learning among teachers and students at CC. San José – Niño Jesús.
Alberto Lanza
Alberto Lanza received his Bachelor degree in Business Administration from University of Wales-CESINE (UK-Spain) in 2002. He holds a Master in Business Administration (University of Deusto, Spain) and a Master in Work Health and Safety Advanced (High Business Management School, Spain). Currently, he is studying a Master in Teacher Training in Secondary Education (Universidad de La Rioja, Spain). Alberto Lanza knows good the education system from the United States, where he has worked as an instructional assisstant for more than three years (Bridger Elementary School and Heritage Elementary School). In addition, he has participated in two European projects aimed to promote STEM education in secondary students: STEMforYouth and KIKS. He has collaborated designing STEM activities, as well as assisting teachers and students in the classroom implementation.
César Llata
César LLata es licenciado en CC. Matemáticas por la UC en 1994. Desde 1993 hasta 1995 desarrolló proyectos de cartografía numérica en ingeniería civil. Ha sido profesor asociado de la U. de Cantabria en el Dpto. ingeniería, así como de matemáticas. Ha compatibilizado estos trabajos con el de oficina técnica de empresas privadas para programación lineal de maquinaria automática CNC de corte de piedra ornamental. Desde 2013 su labor profesional se centra en la docencia de las matemáticas en distintos IES de Cantabria, fomentando el trabajo grupal del alumnado en proyectos de estadística enfocados a concursos regionales y nacionales. Actualmente es uno de los formadores más reconocidos del Open STEAM Group acumulando una experiencia de más de 8 años. Cesar se centra principalmente en enseñar recursos tecnológicos, útiles para la implementación en el aula del Aprendizaje Basado en Proyectos.
