Ithaca College

With support from the Park Foundation, Project Look Sharp has created a new, online media literacy tool to bring the organization and educators closer together. The Park Foundation’s grant will allow those who have previously used Project Look Sharp’s tools for simple media literacy curriculum integration to involve themselves in a unique, collaborative process in developing activities for others. Though the user submission feature is currently in beta testing, many lessons already exist in this program.

An example of CAP set “Throwaway Culture: To Buy or to Reuse?” is linked below. This example contains four short video clips of commercials to analyze and information on food waste for context. From these materials, educators may base a media literacy activity for their curriculums. The example is linked here: https://www.projectlooksharp.org/front_end.php?resource_id=402

To view a list of CAPS resources, see: https://projectlooksharp.org/blog/2017/10/04/master-list-caps-resources/

For more information on Project Look Sharp please visit: projectlooksharp.org.

Further questions may be sent to Curriculum Designer Sox Sperry at: soxsperry@twcny.rr.com

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.