Jorge Jiménez Ramírez -  from Madrid, currently teaches Spanish to foreign students, journalists, and publicists at the Universidad Europea de Madrid in the Department of Spanish and Humanities. He also teaches Spanish Culture in the Spanish program of Middlebury College in Madrid. He graduated in Spanish Language and Literature, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and in 2001 he completed an M.A. in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, Madrid. He has participated in training and research programs in several Spanish and American universities, and has also been involved in different courses as didactic designer, consultant, and teacher, such as AVE (Aula Virtual de Español), Instituto Cervantes, or ALLES Program (Advance Long Distance Language Education System) with funding from the V Framework Programme of the European Comission. His interest areas are Culture and Language Learning, the role of Media in Language Learning, and Languages and Technology in Education, especially weblogs and videogames. He is currently continuing graduate studies in Technology and Education at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia.
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