Ithaca College

On Monday, 8/10, Project Look Sharp's Executive Director, Professor Cyndy Scheibe, and Director of Curriculum, Chris Sperry, delivered a virtual presentation, "Prescription for the Current Infodemic: Engaging and Empowering Students through Media Literacy" for educators across India as part of the Transformational Training Week hosted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the IC3 (International Career and College Counseling) Institute. 

The presentation introduced thousands of educators to instructional strategies for teaching the media literacy and critical skills necessary to judge credibility in all types of media messages. This included guidelines for using synchronous and asynchronous approaches to engage students in both face-to-face and online learning formats. In addition to the 150+ educators who joined the live Google Meet presentation, a YouTube video of the presentation has received over 6,000 views to date. If you are interested in watching the presentation, you can do so at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yiAcl6gOPM.