Summer! Great time to relax, research, and recharge. But wouldn't you like to come back in September with some training that will energize your students and enliven your teaching? Consider a four-and-a-half-day immersion course in integrating media analysis and production into any curriculum. This training is for teachers, technology/media specialists, librarians, community educators, and others interested in the field of media literacy, and as an IC faculty member, if there's still space available, you can take it free of charge!
Monday, July 10 - Thursday, July 13, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Friday, July 14, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
MORNING MEDIA LITERACY CLASS—THEORY AND PRACTICE
Learn to use media analysis and production to support, deepen, and enliven core curricula through the teaching of critical thinking skills, understanding bias in visual representation, evaluating credibility, using instructional media effectively, having students produce media, and more.
AFTERNOON MEDIA PRODUCTION TRAINING
Learn to use video camcorders, microphones, and digital editing to produce short video projects. Please note that hands-on training is Mac-based, with very limited support for PCs. Participants will also learn to integrate video, still images, and presentation programs like PowerPoint into your curriculum. Trainings will relate to the morning classes, encouraging curricular integration and student production. Extra lab hours will be available Wednesday and Thursday, 3:30 – 6:00 p.m.
CLASSROOM INTEGRATION PROJECT
Throughout the week participants will meet individually with a “coach” to develop and design a media literacy integration project for their classroom to implement during the coming year. Participants will make presentations on their media literacy integration projects on the final morning.
Media literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and produce media in a variety of forms, including learning to use mass media wisely and effectively. “Media” includes books, newspapers, magazines, radio, television, videos, advertising, recorded music, video games, and the Internet.
FACULTY
Cyndy Scheibe - executive director/associate professor of psychology at Ithaca College
Chris Sperry - director of curriculum and staff development/social studies teacher at the Lehman Alternative Community School in Ithaca
Roger Sevilla - technology coordinator/instructional technology staff developer with Ithaca City Schools
Karl Madeo - technology coordinator/teacher of English, social studies, and video production at the Lehman Alternative Community School in Ithaca
For more information, contact:
Project Look Sharp
(607) 274-3471
looksharp@ithaca.edu
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20060620111639433