25 - Living in Peru and working as a Technology Director for an International School

Summary: Daniela is a Tech Director for an international school in Lima, Peru who has also worked in Ecuador, China and Qatar. We talk about her background and what it was like to live in each of her locations.   We also talk about career progression and Daniela gives lots of great advice for aspiring school tech leaders.   Daniel is currently studying for a Ph.D. and she talks about how to approach this and balance it with work and family commitments.   I hope you enjoyed the podcast and if you did please leave us an iTunes review it really means a lot to us!   Daniela on social media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielasilvachong/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/iLearnDSilva   Dan on social media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantcz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanTaylorAE   Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube   Welcome to The International Schools Podcast,  I’m your host Dan Taylor and on the podcast we discuss all aspects of technology and life in International Schools with New episodes live every two weeks. We focus on people currently working in International Schools and talk about life in their current country and dive into some specific topics.   This podcast is brought to you by Acer for Education. People ask us what Chromebooks and Windows laptops we recommend for schools and after trying them all we always recommend Acer. If you’d like more info, please just your email at gg.gg/acereducation and we’ll get back to you.   We go to Acer HQ in Taiwan every year to be part of product discussions and they are genuinely the best thought out, cost-effective, and durable devices out there.   This podcast is also sponsored by ‘AppsEvents’. We’re a Google Education Partner and made up of former educators, all experts in helping schools integrate Google into their schools and classrooms. All training is customized for each school to make sure it has a lasting impact. We are also the experts on online Google training and deliver our certification bootcamps completely online to schools.   We have teams in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the US so we can help you wherever you are.   We are also an ISTE partner and delivering the ISTE Certified Educator worldwide through our subsidiary AE Learning.   ISTE Certification is a pedagogy focused, vendor-neutral professional certification aimed at educators wishing to transform their edtech practice.   We run 2-day certification bootcamps which are amazing fun, great networking, and will give a huge boost to both your career and your school.   Get all the info at aelearninglab.com