Is traditional reading and writing enough to be considered literate in the 21st century? We need to rethink our notion of critical literacy, develop authentic learning and assessment opportunities, upgrade and amplify our curriculum.

1. Critical Literacy
Is Traditional Reading & Writing
Enough?
Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano - @langwitches

2. What is the
Point?

3. As a VerB
: educated
As a Noun Literate
, being abl
: Having k e to read
nowledge & write
or compet
ence

4. Reconsider
How we think about
Reading & Writing
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5. Digital
Age? Is it a
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Threat or
New Means
for a Literary Culture?

6. Our World “It” is not changing back

7. Be Real

8. Going out of Print
Now What?

9. Reading & Writing

10. happens...

11. The
Future of
Reading
And
Writing
Collaborative
is

12. Reading http://www.flickr.com/photos/snorpey/3317497657/

13. Writing

14. Literacy has always been defined by
Technology
Nichole Pinkard

15. Digital Beginnings

16. “ Cliffs
We have to continually be jumping
off
Wings
and developing our
”
on the way down.
Kurt Vonnegut http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccheviron/3603396672

17. Cultural Changes

18. Participatory

19. Beyo
Moving n
PrintedTex d
t

20. Reading & WRiting as a
Social Process

21. Amplified

22. But...

23. “ It is
not Just a Matter of
transferring
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classroom writing into
digital spaces” Ann Davis
http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/01/17/rationale-for-educational-blogging/

24. Quality

25. Experience

26. Digital Multitasking

27. http://www.flickr.com/photos/beth19/4721798240/
Learning Curve

28. fast
pens t o o
eHap
Chang

29. Can you Trust Everything you Read?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goddessparkle/364068850/

30. Learning How to
Learn

31. One
Step at a Time

32. What About...

33. What About...

34. What About...

35. What About...

36. diss
em
ina
te
investigate
reco
rd film write
draw docum
ent
read colla
bora
te
create
visualize
g

37. Blogging

38. refl http://langwitches.org/blog/2012/04/03/hyperlinked-writing-in-the-classroom/
ecti
ve mult
imed
exp ia
ect
ing
ac
onv
ers
ati
on
Sup
hyperlinked
connected
por
tiv
e
Writing

39. Tweeting

40. in The
Twitter Classroom
http://langwitches.org/blog/2012/09/19/twitter-hots-establishing-a-twitter-routine-in-the-classroom/

41. @sixwordstories

42. Twitter Stories
Collaborative

43. RSS Personaliz ed Re ad ing

44. Colla
borati
ve No Goo
te Ta
king
gle Docs
Pe er Editing

45. Wikis Collabo rative Writing

46. CrowdSourcing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810

47. Question
Traditional Reading & Writing
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48. Authentic Assessment
Global Connectedness
http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/08/08/the-next-step-amplification-amplify/
Comments
Curation
Remix by others
Amplification
http://www.flickr.com/photos/larimdame/2575986601/

49. http://www.naafoundation.org/Research/Youth-Media-Consumption.aspx
Fitting into their lives
Gap
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fkehren/312080587
Widening

50. Buying
Storing
Accessing

51. Reading
Annotating

52. p ublis hing
crea ting

53. Fluid Reading

54. Writing: to be read

56. Reconsider
How You think about
Reading & Writing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/swamibu/2868288357/

57. Develop
Authentic Learning &
Assessment
opportunities

58. Upgrade &
Amplify