Personal Presentation

Maria Aguiar Lopes Pinto::

* Master of Education – minor in technology in education, from University of Florida, Gainesville, USA, December of 1998.* Higher education certificate specialized in international journalism from, “Escola Superior de Jornalismo”, Porto, 1994. * Degree in Kindergarten education, from “Escola Superior de Educação Paula Frassinetti”, Porto, Portugal, 1992. * Online Tutoring certificate, from the University of Turku; Estonia, as part of an European project. * Certified Tutor, from the national system of professional certification, Portugal * Course for tutoring of arts at Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, Portugal http://www.descobrir.gulbenkian.pt

RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY 

* Pedagogical multimedia coordinator at the e-learning café of University of Porto, since 2008. The position involves the coordination of all activities developed in the space as well as the coordination of a team of students that work in the space. http://elearningcafe.up.pt

Support of the pedagogical activities developed at the videoconference studio of University of Porto.

Pedagogical coordinator for multimedia at IRICUP- teacher support center for technology information of the University of Porto, until 2008.

Member of the Portuguese teem from the European project INTER – a practical guide to implement Intercultural Education http://internetwork.up.pt/

Member of the Intercultural circule of events grup, a Human Rights association http://direitoshumanos.up.pt/

Content elaborator and adviser for the children’s web site of Porto Editora, a didactic editor. http://www.sitiodosmiudos.pt/sitio.asp

Coordinator of the educational service of “Parque de Serralves”, National Modern Art Museum, in Porto from September 1989 to November 1994. http://www.serralves.pt/

 Other Professional Experience

 

Tutor for courses on how to elaborate on-line content using the platforms WebCT and LUVIT, for teachers of the University of Porto.

Tutor for courses on new technologies for education, for teacher of University of Porto, organized by IRICUP. 

Member of the team that coordinates and elaborates the digital manuals for the new technologies for education course from University of Porto.

Idealization and conception of the educational site for children, Clickin www.clickin.pt.

Multimedia project coordinator, at Porto Editora.

Author, of children’s books, for the collection “Mini Click”, from Porto Editora.

Coordinator of the children’s book collections-, “Mini click actividades” e “clic-clic Mini click”, from Porto Editora.

Pedagogical support at the Catholic University of Porto, for the construction of a pedagogical guide for teachers. A guide of pedagogical orientations to use the Internet to have class content available.

Designer of pedagogical materials for class support and projects related with the transfer of knowledge, at the office of support center from the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.

Kindergarten teacher at Obra N. S. Das Candeias and Centro de Acolhimento do Porto.

Technical and pedagogical coordinator at Jardim de Infância de Miragaia