
Workshops
We collaborate with schools, districts, BOCES, Teacher Centers and organizations to host highly effective, well received and engaging professional development. We customize our PD for specific audiences ranging from small grade level and department teams, to large and diverse audiences.
Give educators the motivation, frameworks, models and resources to begin integrating media literacy into their teaching.
This foundational session introduces the core constructivist media decoding approach found throughout Project Look Sharp curriculum. It can be tailored to incorporate examples and specific teaching strategies best suited for particular grade levels and subjects. Free resources and example activities will be shared.
Democracy requires an educated and literate citizenship. This workshop provides guidelines and strategies for training our students to not only assess the credibility, accuracy, and bias of various news sources, but also to reflect on their interpretations and build their capacity to meaningfully take action online and in their communities.
This workshop, informed by the more extensive course described below, helps educators become more confident in addressing controversial issues with their students through media literacy, metacognition, and critical thinking.
Duration | 6-8 Hours |
Mode | In Person or online |
Price | $1,725 |
Max Participants | 35 |
During the Covid-19 related shutdown – Project Look Sharp can work with PD hosts to adapt any of these workshops to online delivery at no additional cost.
We will leverage our experience with distance learning to deliver dynamic media literacy PD that models and teaches best practices for online instruction including:
For instance, our most popular full-day workshop – Analysis, Reason and Reflection: Integrating Media Literacy and Critical Thinking into the Curriculum – can be broken down into four 90-minute online sessions (within a single day, or across multiple days) that give educators:
"Project Look Sharp has far exceeded my expectations with concrete materials that I can start using right away in my classroom. It's the best PD I've taken so far in my 8-year career." - High School Social Studies Teacher
Fully support educators in implementing a media literacy lesson with ongoing support to create, execute and reflect on their classroom integration with feedback and revisions from trainers and peers along the way.
This robust course helps educators become more confident in addressing controversial issues with their students through media literacy, metacognition, and critical thinking.
By participating in this course, educators will learn how to:
This engaging course provides the theory, models, materials, practice, and support needed to make inquiry-based media decoding a core component of the curriculum.
By participating in this course, educators will learn how to:
Duration | 6 sessions (1.5hrs each) |
Mode | Hybrid or fully online |
Price | Please inquire for custom cost dependent on delivery mode, duration and participants |
Max Participants | 35 |
We have had great success delivering these courses fully online using both Synchronous and Asynchronous methodologies. Throughout the workshop participants will reflect on best strategies for online instruction as they are modeled.
"I have been gifted with new strategies for teaching with tenderness, and how to address bias. I have also learned new and effective ways to ensure that every student actively participates. Rigor, relevance, and student buy in! This course has reaffirmed for me that I create a safe, collaborative learning environment. I now have new, vibrant methods that are immediately applicable. I have faith in my own teaching abilities and strategies again - No more self-doubt!" - High School Teacher, Challenging Topics Course
Inform and inspire a wide audience on the importance of media literacy for preparing learners to take part in today's world.
We can present our inspirational, informative and useful keynotes virtually.
Duration | 30 - 90 minutes |
Mode | In Person |
Price | $1,150 |
Max Participants | 500 |
"Project Look Sharp created a wonderful & engaging learning experience. Our participants from all grade levels were involved in decoding media in ways that they will be able to incorporate into their teaching practice whether it is in-person, remote or hybrid." - School Library Supervisor
Ensure educators are confident in the new skills they learn by providing them time to create engaging media literacy activities and an integration plan, practice with peers, and receive feedback from trainers (may include a media production component).
Can be delivered fully online with participants reflecting on best strategies for online instruction as they are modeled.
Duration | 3-5 days |
Mode | In Person and / or Hybrid |
Price | Please inquire for custom cost dependent on delivery mode, duration and participants |
Max Participants | N/A |
“It was fantastic! Both Chris and Cyndy made the application of media literacy education real and plausible. The sample videos, the class discussions, and the kits were all very useful in demonstrating media literacy education, and it made me feel more confident in applying these methods in my own classes.” - Middle School Teacher, Summer Institute