This document discusses how to upgrade lessons to incorporate 21st century skills and literacies. It provides examples of roles students can take on such as experts, mentors, peers, photographers, and videographers. These roles empower students and involve them in authentic activities like collaborating with other classes, collecting real world data, backchanneling during events, and creating multimedia projects. The document is a template for lesson planning that focuses on developing student skills through roles that engage them in critical thinking, collaboration, and reflection.

1. Catapult into the 21st Century

2. Globally Connected LearningSilvia Rosenthal TolisanoEducational ConsultantGloballyConnectedLearning.comLangwitches.org

3. Upgrade Your Lesson- 21st Century Skills

4. Upgrade Your Lesson- 21st Century Literacies

5. Upgrade Your Lesson- Roles to Empower Learners

6. Upgrade Examples

7. Experts, Mentors & Peers

8. History Comes to Life

9. Author Visit

10. Authentic Voices

11. Expert

12. Mentors on Twitter

13. Specialists

14. Being Teachers

15. Sharing Language and Culture with Peers

16. Common Ground

17. Collaboration Coordinator

18. Looking for Collaboration Partner & Experts

19. Research

20. Print and Virtual

21. Note Taking

22. Media

23. Information in all shapes & sizes

24. Backchannel Clean-UP

25. Visual Summary

26. Note Taking

27. Collaboration & Critical Thinking

28. Peer Editing

29. Mystery Skype

30. Photographer

31. Videographer

32. Authentic Data Collection

34. Authentic Data Collection

35. BackChanneling

36. Reviewing & Reflecting

37. Collaboration Between Teachers

41. Create

42. Historic Figure Facebook Pages

43. Collaborative Storytelling

44. Online & Hardcopy Books

45. Presentations

46. Linked Multimedia Posters

47. Upgrade Your Lesson- 21st Century Skills

48. Upgrade Your Lesson- 21st Century Literacies

49. Upgrade Your Lesson- Roles to Empower Learners Template based on Alan November’s Six Roles for Developing Student Learners