Authentic Learning, Collaborating with Other Schools, and Teaching Gratitude with Antonio Cortes Recio

Creating authentic learning experiences that make it purposeful and meaningful for our students is pivotal. Today we are joined by an extraordinary educator who creates amazing experiences for his students. His lessons drive learning and engagement. He is also, someone who is deeply passionate about teaching and his belief in his students spurs them to do extraordinary things.

Today I am joined by Antonio Cortes Recio. He has been an educator in Spain for over 30 years. He is a blogger and has presented at various workshops. 

In this episode Antonio shares:

• How to create authentic learning experiences for your students.
• The power of creating virtual trips for your students. 
• The importance of teaching students about their emotions and giving them tools to handle those emotions.
• Creating meaningful projects to help out your community.
• Why we should create projects that allow students to analyze who they are, how they feel, and what are the important things in their lives.
• Finding magic in our days.
• And so much more….

Antonio's blog:
https://tchartantonio.com/author/acrecio/

Instagram:
@tchartantonio

Antonio's Bio:
-  I live in a town called Sanlúcar la Mayor, near the city of Seville in the south of Spain.

- Proud husband and father of two children.

- I’ve been a teacher at Secondary School for 30 years, working with teenagers aged 12 to 16.

- Though I started teaching only English as a foreign language through the years I’ve also taught History, Literature and since three years ago I’m teaching an exciting and really helpful subject for use on helping the students develop their emotional and social skills; the subject is named “Emotional and Social Learning”.

- I’m the author of two didactic resources to learn English which were awarded nationally in our country because of their innovative approach. They are both inspired by the capital city of United Kingdom, London, and its most popular means of transport, the Underground and the red double decker buses.

- I post from my own blog called TchartAntonio, mainly focused on education. Besides the posts there are hundreds of materials to be used in class as I am a content creator for several subjects and share them free with every teacher who might find them helpful. One of them is the “Museum of the School”, a collection of graphic artworks depicting features of life and society in different ages of History, from Prehistory to Contemporary Times. 

- I’ve also featured at some Teachers Training Meetings and delivered workshops mainly on how to teach English from a communicative an innovative approach.

- I have worked with international organisations and projects since 2012; currently I’m liaised with Brentford Football Club, one of the teams competing in the English Premier League, on an educative project for students both here at my school and at schools in west London.