A companion slide deck to "21st Century Critical Literacies"- http://www.slideshare.net/langwitches/21st-century-critical-literacy Once you know of the NEED and URGENCY of updating your curriculum and instructional repertoire to give justice to the century we live in, take a look a the included checklist to guide you in considerations to upgrade and amplify. You will also find examples from the classroom illustrating upgrades and amplifications to traditionally taught lessons and activities.

1. Upgrade &
Amplify
Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano @langwitches

2. Upgrade & Amplification
Practice
Requires
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the
Learn how to
Hit Ball

4. Take
Chances

5. You will
MISS
Some balls
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6. Gain
Strength
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7. Upgrade

8. Gardner’s
Multiple Intelligences
Verbal- Naturalistic
Linguistical
Intrapersonal
Interpersonal Logical-
Visual-Spatial Mathematical
Bodily-
Kinesthetic Musical

9. Taxonomy
Bloom’s
Create
Evaluate
Analyze
Apply
Understand
Remember

10. Skills connect
Collaborate
21st Century communicate
create
Critical Thinking
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11. Information
Digital Citizenship
Media
Basic
Literacies
Network 21st Century
Global

12. Empower Learners
Official Scribes Researchers
Contributors
Collaboration to
Coordinators Society
Tutorial Designers Curriculum
Reviewers
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13. S ubstitution
A ugmentation
M odification
R edifinition
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14. Amplify

15. Amplify
Physical Artifact
Learning Opportunities
Media
Reach
Global Audience
Voice

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Physical
Artifact

17. Media
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18. Learning
Opportunities
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19. Reach

20. Audience
Global
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21. Voice

22. Sharing
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23. Let’s
Upgrade...

24. Short Stories

25. How would you
Upgrade ?
How would you Amplify ?

26. Checklist

31. Experts,
Mentors
& Peers

32. ?
Bringing in Experts

33. Author’s Visit

34. Authentic
Voices

35. Experts

36. Mentors

37. Specialists

38. On Location

39. On Location

40. Teachers
Becoming

41. Sharing
Language and Culture with Peers

42. Sharing
Language and Culture with Peers

43. Coordinators
Collaboration

44. for
n
hing
io
arc
t
Se
ra
ely
o
tiv
b
Ac
Colla Pa rtn ers

45. Authentic
Audiences

46. Blogging

47. Blogging

48. Podcast

49. Research
Note Taking
& Documenting

50. Screenshooting

51. Sketchnotes

53. Media

54. -E d itor
P e er

55. Photographer

56. Videographer

57. Authenti
Data Colle c
ctor

60. Create

61. eBook
BiLingual

62. Historic Figure
Facebook
Page

63. Tutorial Designers

64. Collaborative Writing

65. Communicate

66. Learning About
Communities

67. Learning Network
Creating a

68. Collaborative

73. Start
exercising Upgrades
Amplifications