‘Sergyprofe’, the Leonese who teaches Physics and Chemistry with ‘YouTube’ videos
Every morning, for a few hours, Sergio Gonzalez Gutierrez teaches Physics and Chemistry to the students of IES Ordoño II in León. But then, for the rest of the day, this teacher transforms into an avatar called ‘Sergyprofe’ who gives lessons to thousands of students from other institutes through ‘YouTube’ videos and ‘Instagram’ classes that don’t stop going viral.
‘Sergyprofe’ started giving classes last year at the Ordoño II and it was then that he began to post specific videos of his classes as a formative complement for the students. “It helped them a lot and they asked me for more. It was in the summer, with more time, when I thought about how to reach more people and the ‘Sergyprofe’ channel was born on ‘YouTube'”, the teacher explained to this newspaper.
Natural from Tolibia from Below, in the municipality of Valdelugueros, the ‘Sergyprofe’ videos are designed to help students in the second and third year of ESO to consolidate the material that is learned in class and hopes to extend it to the rest of the stages from the next year. “I’m posting what we see in class and then I emphasize tricks to avoid possible difficulties. The ‘Instagram’ account is so that you can see what I’m posting on ‘YouTube’. I upload jokes, curiosities and everything that is related to the subject”, indicates the professor from León.
Also, ‘Sergyprofe’ He usually gives “a local touch” to the contents and frequently resorts to the Leon Mountain from which he comes as an example for experiments and explanations of all kinds. “I explain the mists that occurred a few days ago in the town or the physical concepts that occur in the Mountain of Leon in some of the videos. Let’s see if in the summer I also make videos of experiments in the area,” says this teacher who is so closely linked to new technologies.
The community created by ‘Sergyprofe’ already exceeds 2,000 followers, mostly from other institutes and places in Spain. In fact, this 29-year-old from Leon is proud that other fellow teachers have already told him that his sessions on ‘YouTube’ and ‘Instagram’ help them prepare their sessions in the classroom.
The success of the initiative has even led to the creation of their own promotional items, such as cups and other materials with a brand that is gaining ground in the educational field. Some classes from Tolibia de Abajo for the world that ‘Sergyprofe’ teaches with ‘YouTube’ and ‘Instagram’ as blackboards.
