Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano
Silvia is a Third Culture Kid (TCK), who was born in Germany, raised in South America (Argentina and Brazil), and moved to the United States as a young adult. Her multicultural upbringing fueled her pursuit of learning languages, traveling, and expanding her understanding of global awareness and competencies.
Silvia earned a Bachelor's Degree in Spanish with a Minor in International Studies, as well as a Master's Degree in Education with an emphasis in Instructional Technology. She has worked as a World Language teacher, Technology Integration facilitator, 21st Century Learning specialist, and Social Media coordinator. She is currently an independent educational consultant.
Her passions include globally connected learning, technology integration, contemporary upgrades and amplification of curriculum and instruction, blogging as a pedagogy, developing and maintaining a Personal Learning Network (PLN), and documenting learning. Silvia presents at national and international conferences, as well as works with private and public schools as a consultant, trainer, and coach in English, Spanish and German.
She is a Google Apps for Education Certified Trainer, a Curriculum21 faculty member, founder of the Around the World with 80 Schools project, and co-founder of the edJEWcon conference. She is the author of Digital Storytelling Tools for Educators (Lulu, 2010), and one of the co-authors of Mastering Digital Literacy (Solution Tree, 2013) and Mastering Global Literacy (Solution Tree, 2013).
Silvia is known in the international bloggersphere under the name of Langwitches. Please visit her Langwitches Blog and follow her on Twitter. Her resumé is available at Tolisano Hub. For a list of keynote topics, workshop sessions, and available presentations, please visit her consulting website. For a list of past consulting, workshop, presentations, and keynote engagements, please visit the Professional Development page on her Tolisano Hub site.
Janet A. Hale
Janet began teaching when she was 12 years old. To learn more about her younger years, visit her Curriculum Decisions website and scroll down to "More About Janet Hale - The Early Years." Janet earned a Bachelor's Degree with dual majors in Elementary Education and Special Education, as well as a Master's Degree in Educational Leadership with an emphasis in Curriculum Development. She also graduated from the Institute of Children's Literature.
She has worked as a special-education high school teacher, general education elementary teacher, and a seminar/ workshop creator, presenter, and trainer for Teacher Created Materials. She has been an independent educational consultant since 1997.
Her passions include systemic curriculum design and curriculum mapping; standards literacy and alignment; project-based learning; modernizing curriculum, instruction, and assessments; and documenting learning.
Janet presents at national and international conferences, as well as works with schools and districts as a consultant, trainer, and coach. She also works with for-profit companies and nonprofit organizations to align their curriculum to standards, as well as write curriculum for elementary grades. She is also a Curriculum21 faculty member.
Janet stays connected on social media through her professional Facebook account, Twitter account, and Curriculum Decisions blogs. She is the author of two
Corwin Press titles, the bestseller A Guide to Curriculum Mapping, and its companion book, An Educational Leader's Guide to Curriculum Mapping. She is the co-author of Upgrade Your Curriculum (ASCD), and author or contributing editor for 44 educational-resource materials for Teacher Created Resources (formally Teacher Created Materials), including a Rocks and Soils Thematic Unit. Janet co-created the EduPlanet21 on-line course: One Step at a Time: Contemporary Approaches to Promote Engagement & Learning.
Her Vitae is available
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