Silvina P. Hillar has been teaching English since 1993. She has always had a great interest in teaching, writing, and composing techniques, and has done a lot of research on this subject.
She is an English Teacher, a Certified Legal Translator (English/Spanish) and has a Post Degree in Education (graduated with Honors).
She has been working in several schools and institutes with native English-speaking students and as an independent consultant for many international companies as an interpreter, translator, and e-learning activities developer.
She has always had a passion for technological devices concerning education. videos and cassettes were a must in her teaching lessons; computers were and still are present. Her brother Gastón C. Hillar designed some programs and games for her teaching. Lately, she is teaching using Moodle and Web 2.0. She believes that one of the most amazing challenges in education is bridging the gap between classic education and modern technologies.
She has been doing a lot of research on multimedia assets that enhance teaching and learning through VLE platforms. She tries to embed the learning of students through new resources that are appealing and innovative for them. Thus, multimedia stimulates different thinking skills as well as multiple intelligences. Silvina has also worked on Moodle 1.9 English Teacher's Cookbook, Packt Publishing.
She lives with her six year-old son, Nico. When not tinkering with computers, she enjoys traveling to the seaside with her son, with whom she spends most of the time at the beach.
You can reach her at <[email protected]>.
You can follow her on Twitter: http://twitter.com/silvinahillar.