PROJECTS
- Setiembre de 2020 - Macro Proyecto de Arte y Fe en Philadelphia con motivo de la visita del Papa Francisco. Formato papel y eBook
- Mayo - Arte y Fe en Fátima. La Familia en el centro de la Esperanza. Formato papel y eBook
LANGUAGES
ENGLISH – Bilingual proficient - C2
SPANISH – Native proficient - C2
CATALAN – Native proficient - C2
FRENCH – Basic professional fluent. Advanced reader - B1
ITALIAN – Can get by. Intermediate reader - A1
Read and understand PORTUGUÉS - A1
IT SKILLS
- Creating Video
- Flipped Teaching
- Hybrid Course Design
- Windows Live Movie-Maker
- Digital Storytelling
- Thinking Maps
- Blogfolios
- Podcasts
- HTML5 language coding
- Create interactive video
- Adobe creative suite: Indesign, Photoshop, Audition, Premier.
- Podcasting
- website developer
- World Wide Web design
- Bootstrap for web design
COLLEGE
BIRKBECK COLLEGE, U. of London: Ph.D research, Social Psychology of Language, 1991– 1995 -not completed
Courses
Bilingualism
Language Testing
Sociolinguistics
Computing for Language Teachers
Multiculturalism and Multilingualism: UK and Canada
Language in Education
Psycholinguistics
Statistics applied to Linguistic Research
UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA:
- BA (Hons), MA -Modern Philology, English Language & Literature and Linguistics 1981 – 1986
- POST GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION, ICE - Instituto de Ciencias de la Educación: “Enseñanza del inglés en Secundaria”. 1985 – 1986
POST GRADUATE COURSES
INSTITUT DE CIÉNCIES DE L'EDUCACIÓ - ICE
- Quantitative Linguistic Analysis
- Three Individualistic Writers: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman and Henry James
- La Cultura Mundana del Barroco
- La Tragedia y el Hombre moderno - Shakespeare y Calderón.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Diseño Gráfico – Certificado Profesional expedido por el Ministerio de Trabajo de España (500 horas teórico-prácticas) Nivel 3. Técnico en Elaboración de Productos Editoriales Multimedia - 2018
- UK QTS - Departamento de Educación, Reino Unido, Licencia 9006920, setiembre 1989 – indefinido
- Título de Monitor de Tiempo libre para la Juventud - Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. May 1980 – indefinido
SEMINARS ATTENDED
- Beca de profesor-estudiante - St John’s College, University of Oxford para un periodo de estudio para mi doctorado en Birkbeck College, University of London. Oxford University - April 1992
- International Seminar for Journalists: “Communicating religion in Francis papacy”. Santa Croce Pontifical University, Rome. January 2016
- International Seminar for Journalists in Diocesan Press Offices: Santa Croce Pontifical University, Rome. April 2016
- International Seminar for English-speaking Journalists: “Informing about Francis Papacy” - Santa Croce Pontifical University, Rome. September 2016
- Full-Grant to attend September 2015 Philadelphia Annual RNA (Religion News Association) Convention and 2016 Silver Spring, September 2016.
MOOC COURSES COMPLETED
- Chequeado.com: Fact Checking y Periodismo de Datos – Mayo 2019 – 30 HORAS
- Knight Center for Mobile Journalism: Navigating Misinformation: How to identify and verify what you see on the web. Abril 2019 - 30 HOURS
- Knight Center for Mobile Journalism: News Algorithms: The Impact of Automation and AI on digital journalism. Marzo 2019 – 30 HOURS
- Coming-to-Canada Office: Q1 2015: Create an-Expert LinkedIn Profile for Job Search: 40 Hours
- University of Saskatchewan: Q1 2015: Introduction to Learning Technologies - 60 Hours
- Canvas Network MOOC Courses: Q2 2015: 30 Days of TED - 40 Hours
- Stanford University: Q3 2015: Open Knowledge Changing the Global Course of Learning – 40 Hours
- University of Washington: Q3 2014: Introduction to Public Speaking: Impromptu Speaking. 40 Hours
- University of Strathclyde: Q3 2014: Introduction to Journalism – 40 Hours
- University of Southampton: Q3 2014: Digital Marketing – 40 Hours
- Teachers Without Borders: Q2 2014: Educating Girls – 40 hours
- University of Delaware: Q1 2014: Phonography – 40 Hours
- University of Utah: Q1 2014: Introduction to Flipping the Classroom – 40 Hours
- Stanford University: Q1 2014: Technology Applications in Education – 40 Hours
INDEPENDENT STUDY - PHILOSOPHY
AT STUDIUM GENERALE PRELATURAE OPUS DEI
- Introductio in Philosophiam – Summa cum laude
- Philosophia naturalis II – Summa cum laude
- Philosophia hominis I – Magna cum laude
- Historia Philosophiae antiquae – Summa cum lLaude
- Historia Philosophiae medievalis – Magna cum laude
- Textus ex logica et Etica – Summa cum laude
- Doctrina Ecclesia circa educationem – Magna cum laude
- Metaphysica I – Magna cum laude
- Metaphysica II – Summa cum laude
- Theologia naturalis – Magna cum laude
- Ethica generalis – Magna cum laude
- Ethica socialis – Magna cum laude
- Gnoseologia – Magna cum laude
- Historia Philosophia Modernae I – Magna cum laude
- Historia Philosophia modernae II – Magna cum laude
- De ente et essentia – Magna cum laude
- De Marxismo – Summa cum laude
TEACHING ACTIVITY
Coaching
ENGLISH TUTORS- CEO, Director of Studies and Owner. 1996 – Presente
Online 1:1 Language Coach, for Professional people
Primary and Secondary School Teacher, 1986 – 2011
- SPEH SA, Noviembre 2008 – Junio 2010, Barcelona
- Escola Meritxell, setiembre 2005 – noviembre 2008, Mataró, Barcelona
- Colegio Internacional Europa, April 1997 – setiembre 1998, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
- Novalingua S.L., junio 1996 – junio 1997, Barcelona
- Harrow School, agosto 1992 – julio 1994 (2 School Years), Middlesex, UK
- Saint Dominic's 6th Form College, setiembre 1990 – julio 1994 (4 School Years), Middlesex, UK,
- Col.legi Dauradell, setiembre 1986 – agosto 1990 (4 School Years), Badalona – Barcelona
- Escola Mireia, setiembre 1986 – agosto 1987, Montgat – Barcelona
EXAMINER
University of London – Summer Sessions 1993, 1994, 1995, London, United Kingdom
BUSINESS
FOUNDER
“English Tutors by Jordi Picazo” - mayo 1996 – presente (19 years 7 months) Conversational English, Spanish and Catalan on Skype. Fundador y Director.
INSURANCE
- Fórum Filatélico SA - octubre 2003 – mayo 2006: Comercializo filatelia de lujo para inversión en bienes tangibles.
- Agrupació Mútua del Comerç i la Indústria - marzo 2002 – junio 2004 (2 years 4 months): Comercializo productos de segurbanca.
HOBBIES
PRIMER PREMIO - FOTOGRAFÍA. Ayuntamiento Sant Pau de Seguries, El Ripollès, Girona. agosto 2004
PRIMER PREMIO - FOTOGRAFÍA. Campaña Mataró-Valors del Ayuntamiento de Mataró en Concurso Instagram: "Mataró Sostenibilidad". Associació Valors. mayo 2014
PRIMER PREMIO - FOTOGRAFÍA. Campaña Mataró-Valors del Ayuntamiento de Mataró en Concurso Instagram Noviembre: "Mataró Iniciativa". Associació Valors. noviembre 2014
PHONEOGRAPHY EXHIBITION: Atenea Port 4**** Hotel in Mataró, Barcelona