There is a NEED and URGENCY of updating curriculum and instructional repertoire to give the critical literacies of our century justice. Upgrading and amplifying traditionally taught activities, lessons, units or entire classroom learning environments takes time and practice. Just as in any sport, if you want to get better at it, you have to put in the time and practice. The same holds true with upgrading and amplifying. Most educators are “not in shape” and not in the routine of upgrading their curriculum to embed emerging critical literacies and amplifying their own and their students’ work.

1. Upgrade &
AmplifySilvia Rosenthal Tolisano @langwitches

2. Practice
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Upgrade & Amplification
Requires

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Hit
Learn how to
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4. ChancesTake

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Strength
Gain

7. Upgrade

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

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

10. Skills21st Century
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Collaborate
communicate
create
Critical Thinking
Modern

11. Literacies
Modern
Global
Network
Media
Digital Citizenship
Basic
Information

12. Empower Learners
Tutorial Designers
Official Scribes
Collaboration
Coordinators
Researchers
Contributors
to
Society
Curriculum
Reviewers
Alan November: Digital Learning Farm

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15. Amplify

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

17. ArtifactPhysical
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18. Media
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19. Opportunities
Learning
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20. Reach

21. Audience
Global
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22. Voice

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Sharing

24. Upgrade...Let’s

25. Short Stories

26. How would you
Upgrade?
How would you Amplify?

27. Checklist

32. Authentic Work

35. Amplify…

36. Amplify…
WorldLanguageVocabluary

37. Literature Circles

40. Experts,
Mentors
& Peers

41. ?
Bringing in
Experts
Travis Bowman

43. Visit
Author’s

44. Experts
Richard Byrne

45. ExpertsTransmedia Storytelling Christine Weitbrecht

46. Authentic
Voices

47. VoiceYou have a
The Middle Man is Gone!

48. Mentors

49. Specialists

50. On Location

51. On Location

52. Teachers
Becoming

53. Geeking
Speed

54. SharingLanguage and Culture with Peers

55. SharingLanguage and Culture with Peers

56. Coordinators
Collaboration

57. CollaborationActively Searching for
Partners

58. Authentic
Audiences

59. Blogging

60. Blogging

61. Podcast

62. Research
Note Taking
& Documenting

63. Screenshooting

64. Sketchnotes

66. Media

67. Peer-Editor

68. Photographer

69. Videographer

70. DataCollector
Authentic

72. BackChannels

73. Create

74. eBook
BiLingual

75. Facebook
Historic Figure
Page

76. Tutorial Designers

77. Tutorial Designers
Jack’s Mincecraft

78. CollaborativeWriting

79. Communicate

80. Communities
LearningAbout

81. Learning Network
Creating a

82. Collaborative

88. exercisingStart Upgrades
Amplifications