Project Look Sharp Ithaca College 1119 Williams Hall Ithaca, NY 14850

1. Division of Interdisciplinary & International Studies Summer Institute 2010 Day 1 The mission of Project Look Sharp is to provide materials, training and support for the effective integration of media literacy with critical thinking into classroom curricula at all educational levels. Project Look SharpIthaca College1119 Williams HallIthaca, NY 14850 Phone: 607-274-3471 Fax: 607-274-1925 looksharp@ithaca.eduwww.projectlooksharp.org

2. “Media”

3. “Media” Radio Internet Cell Phones, i-Pods TV Newspapers, Magazines Advertising in All Forms Clothing, Food Packaging Recorded Music (MP3, CD, etc.) Videos, DVDs, Films Computer & Video Games Books (e.g., Textbooks)

4. “Media” Radio Internet Cell Phones, i-Pods TV Newspapers, Magazines Advertising in All Forms Clothing, Food Packaging Recorded Music (MP3, CD, etc.) Videos, DVDs, Films Computer & Video Games Books (e.g., Textbooks)

5. “Media” • Messages conveyed through visuals, language and/or sound • (Mass) produced for a (mass) audience mediated by a form of technology • The producer of the message is not in the same place as the receiver of the message

6. New Media(since 1993):the Web, e-mail, IM, chat roomsDVDs, PDAs, digital cameras

7. New Media(since 2000):the Web, e-mail, IM, chat roomsDVDs, PDAs, digital camerasWeb 2.0Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, TextingFaceBook, YouTube, Napster, Flickr, Second Life, Twitter

8. Maps Mercator PetersProjection Map

9. African Money Madagascar Sierra Leone Somalia Central African Republic

10. United States Money

11. Cohortpeople born about the same time in history, who experience the same historical influences at around the same age

12. Digital Nativesvs.Digital Immigrants- Marc Prensky, 2001

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15. The average time 8-18 year-olds spend with media (not school related) per day?____ hours per day

16. The average time 8-18 year-olds spend with media (not school related) per day?7:38hours per day

17. The average time 8-18 year-olds spend with media (not school related) per day?7:38hours per day___hours of media exposure per day

18. The average time 8-18 year-olds spend with media (not school related) per day?7:38hours per day10:45hours of media exposure per day

19. What are the dominant media forms? print movies computer video games music/audio TV content

20. What are the dominant media forms? print :38 movies computer video games music/audio TV content

21. What are the dominant media forms? print :38 movies :25 computer video games music/audio TV content

22. What are the dominant media forms? print :38 movies :25 computer 1:29 video games music/audio TV content

23. What are the dominant media forms? print :38 movies :25 computer 1:29 video games 1:13 music/audio TV content

24. What are the dominant media forms? print :38 movies :25 computer 1:29 video games 1:13 music/audio 2:31 TV content

25. What are the dominant media forms? print :38 movies :25 computer 1:29 video games 1:13 music/audio 2:31 TV content 4:29

31. Media Literacy

32. Media Literacy: the ability toaccess, analyze, evaluate, and produce communication in avariety of media formats.- Aspen Institute, 1992

33. Traditional Literacy Quantitative Literacy Information Literacy Media Literacy Multiple Literacies Health Literacy News Literacy Visual Literacy Technology Literacy

34. 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.

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36. A great cup of coffee deserves to be complimented with a great, fresh, chewy bagel. Serendipity awaits. Purchase a Medium-sized cup of freshly brewed Starbuck’s coffee with a Bagel, and save on your next serendipitous experience. Only at LaVincita at Ithaca College.

37. Critical Thinking

38. Asking Critical Questions • Awareness of Manipulation Techniques, Bias • Desire to Question, Seek “Truth” • Skepticism + Open-Mindedness, Flexibility Critical Thinking

39. Weak Sense Critical Thinking vs. Strong Sense Critical Thinking

40. Weak Sense - asking questions about things that don’t seem right, defend existing beliefs & knowledge

41. Strong Sense - being open and ready to question everything, even your own beliefs; being able to modify beliefs in light of new information Weak Sense - asking questions about things that don’t seem right, defend existing beliefs & knowledge

42. Strong Sense and Weak Sense Critical Thinking

43. Strong Sense and Weak Sense Critical Thinking

44. Where did we go to get quick access to information… 35 years ago? 60 years ago? 90 years ago? 20 years ago? Where do you go today?

45. A wiki <WEE-kee>[1]) is a website that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove, and otherwise edit and change available content, typically without the need for registration. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for mass collaborative authoring.

46. A wiki <WEE-kee>[1]) is a website that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove, and otherwise edit and change available content, typically without the need for registration. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for mass collaborative authoring. Wikipedia receives approximately 14,000 hits per second (2006, Schiff, New Yorker )