Ithaca College

Workshops facilitated by Project Look Sharp continue throughout the Syracuse area. On January 22nd, Chris Sperry Director of Curriculum and Staff Development, and 35-year veteran humanities and media teacher at the Lehman Alternative Community School in Ithaca, New York, organized an interactive workshop promoting media literacy in the classroom. 

This workshop at OCM BOCES in Syracuse targeted the role of library media specialists and referenced resources for immediate application in K-12 classrooms and focused on constructivist decoding of diverse media documents. Theoretical frameworks and practical models for integrating including Project Based Learning, media and information literacy, Common Core literacy standards, and the new C3 framework for social studies were discussed. 

For more information visit http://www.projectlooksharp.org/commoncore

Project Look Sharp is Ithaca College’s Media Literacy Initiative. Project Look Sharp supports the integration of critical thinking through media literacy in school curriculum and teaching. They do this through developing and providing lesson plans, media materials, training, and support for educators at all education levels. The purpose of media literacy education is to help individuals of all ages develop the habits of inquiry and skills of expression they need to be critical thinkers, effective communicators, and active citizens in today’s world.