Marriott Miami Dadeland 9090 South Dadeland Blvd. Miami, Florida 33156

Facilitated by: Silvia Tolisano

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano is a Third Culture Kid born in Germany, raised in Argen na, lived shortly in Brazil and now is planted in the United States. Her mul cultural upbringing fuelled her passion for languages, travel, global awareness and global competencies. Silvia holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Spanish with a minor in Interna onal Studies and a Masters in Educa on with an emphasis in Instruc onal Technology. She has worked as a world language teacher, Technology Integra on Facilitator, 21st Century Learning Specialist, Social Media Coordinator, Professional Developer and Educa onal Consultant. Her passions include globally-connected learning, technology integra on, 21st Century skills and literacy, as well as digital storytelling. Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano is available for na onal and interna onal conference presenta ons, consulta ons, and teacher training sessions. She is able to present in English, Spanish and German.

Silvia is known in the interna onal bloggersphere under the name of “Langwitches”. To learn more about her work, subscribe to the Langwitches Blog and follow her on Twi er. She is a Curriculum21 faculty member, author of the book Digital Storytelling Tools for Educators, one of the co-authors of Mastering Digital Literacy & Mastering Global Literacy, a Google Apps for Educa on Cer fi ed Trainer, and the founder of the Around the World with 80 Schools project.

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Conference ScheduleDatran Ballroom, 3rd Floor

6:45-7:50 Breakfast and Registra on

8:00-10:00

Social Media 101: Introduc on to Social Media concept. Review the social landscape of the year 2015. What does an integrated and interconnected network mean for your school? What can social media do for your school in terms of learning, marke ng, outreach, faculty recrui ng, reten on and professional development?

10:00-10:30 Coff ee Break

10:30-12:00

Social Media Pla orms and Tools: Look at the “current” social media pla orms. We will highlight the nuances of each. Which social media pla orm is best suited for a specifi c purpose? How do you streamline various pla orms? What types of media or informa on is being shared?

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:30

Strategic Social Media Planning: Develop a customized social media strategy for your school. Know your cons tuents and know the kinds of content they want and need. How do you curate resources customized to their needs? How do you connect your faculty via social media to experts and colleagues to collabora vely grow and learn as professionals? How do you grow your social media presence and network? What do you want the world to know about your school? What is your school’s digital footprint? What does your online brand communicate about the school?

2:30-2:45 Coff ee Break

2:50-4:00

Social Media Hands-on: Work on your own professional social media presence. Experience the power of social networking. Learn to create engaging content (photos, vid-eos, ques ons, mission driven, etc). Experiment with social media wri ng genres, #hashtags, visual design tools, digital storytelling and strategically grow your network.

School First and Last Name

Catarina Song Chen

Roberta Coelho

American School of Brasilia Laura Chamberlin

American School of Quito Susan Williams

American School of Recife Erich Heise

American School of Rio de Janeiro Beatriz Pontes

Asociacion Escuelas Lincoln Mike Martell

Michelle Maura

Nicolaas Mostert

Adriana Marques

Luciane Nunes

Colegio Alberto Einstein Julia Álvarez

Colegio Franklin D. Roosevelt Mary Nakada

Colegio Interamericano Marcel Guadron

Colegio Internacional de Carabobo Mary Mikolji

Colegio Jorge Washington Steven Marc Desroches

Colegio Maya Steven Hupp

Colegio Menor San Francisco de Quito Toby Travis

Escuela Campo Alegre Gregory Hedger

Georgetown International Academy Kelly Mekdeci

Inter-American Academy of Guayaquil Andrea Arboleda

International School of Curacao Douglas Vaughan

Bill Pearson

Gustavo Segui

Paula Terres

William Johnston

Pan American School of Porto Alegre Jeffrey Michael Jurkovac

Christian Toro

Monica Patricia Londoño

Susan Walley de Jaramillo

Jair Guevara

Rajiv Bhat

Uruguayan American School Matthew Beata

Attendees

American School of Belo Horizonte

Carol Morgan School

Chapel School-Escola Maria Imaculada

International School of Curitiba

Pan American School of Bahia

The International School of Panama

The Columbus School