Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano is a Third Culture Kid (TCK). Born in Germany, raised in Argentina, having lived shortly in Brazil, is now planted in the United States. Her multicultural upbringing fueled her passion for languages, travel, global awareness, and global competencies.

Silvia holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Spanish with a Minor in International Studies and a Masters in Education with an emphasis in Instructional Technology. She has worked as a World Language teacher, Technology Integration Facilitator, 21st Century Learning Specialist, Social Media Coordinator, Professional Development and Educational Consultant.

Her passions include globally connected learning, technology integration, contemporary upgrades and amplification of the curriculum, documenting for learning (from digital portfolios, digital storytelling, new forms of teacher observations, to building institutional memory), blogging as pedagogy, visualize learning and developing & maintaining a Personal Learning Network. Silvia is known in the international bloggersphere under the name of “Langwitches”. To learn about her consulting work, subscribe to the Langwitches Blog and follow her on Twitter. 

She is a Curriculum21 faculty member,  author of the book “Digital Storytelling Tools for Educators“, one of the co-authors of A Guide to Documenting Learning,  Mastering Digital Literacy and  Mastering Global Literacy.