PLS September '23 Newsletter at a Glance:
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ML3: Librarians as Leaders of Media Literacy
Piloting our CMD Hybrid Course
New Lesson: The Chinese Exclusion Act
Lessons for Indigenous People's/Columbus Day
Lessons Tied to Current Issues
NAMLE News
Goodbye Dr. Ayşe Asli Sezgin Büyükalaca
Welcome Tracy Mack
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This month begins our 2-year IMLS: grant to plan how to expand our ML3 initiative across 50 sates. In partnership with AASL and in collaboration with NAMLE PLS will design a plan for teaching habits of questioning all media messages to all students through
the leadership of school librarians nationwide. The initiative will be directed by Project Look Sharp’s Director of Curriculum and Staff Development, Chris Sperry (csperry@ithaca.edu).
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CMD Hybrid Course |
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We have been hearing for quite some time from educators and administrators that they want/need a self-paced way to learn and practice Constructivist Media Decoding, PLS’s methodology for integrating question-based, student-centered, curriculum-driven media analysis into all subject areas and levels. Cyndy Scheibe and Louise Holmes led a team that developed and piloted a hybrid online class this summer to rave reviews. More than 100 New York State librarians applied to take the course, and 38 were
selected from across the state. The course started and ended with 90-minute live Zoom sessions led by Cyndy Scheibe and Chris Sperry. In between there were 4 self-paced units where participants learned the methodology, reviewed resources, designed and led a short practice CMD activity, and evaluated their own learning. To quote one participant: “CMD has changed the way that I approach teaching media with students. Having the option to do it virtually made it possible for me.”
Given the success of this pilot we will be offering it again this spring for librarians nationally as part of our IMLS grant work. In addition, ML3 librarian Bridget Crossman will pilot a hybrid version of the course that combines face-to-face interactions with self-paced activities for educators in her Lake George School District this year. This model would enable trained school librarians (and other trained PD providers) to facilitate the CMD course for their teachers with face-to-face practice decodings. We have found this collegial practicing to be most effective in providing engaging PD in both media literacy and quality teaching.
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New FREE Media Decoding Lesson |
The Chinese Exclusion Act - Media and Messages
Middle School through College
Students work in groups to analyze 18 media documents - including legislation, legal documents, political cartoons, a pamphlet and handbill, illustrations, and advertisements - for messages about Chinese immigrants and the Chinese Exclusion Act.
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What are the messages here
about the Chinese Exclusion Act?
How does this perpetuate and/or counter stereotypes?
What aspects of historical context are important to consider?
How might one’s ethnic identity impact their interpretation of these documents?
Editorial Cartoon, 1882
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Lessons for Indigenous Peoples/Columbus Day
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PLS has more than 40 free media decoding lessons that link to this holiday. You can filter this search by level, media type, duration and more. Here are just two examples:
Upper Elementary through CollegeStudents analyze three illustrations for messages about Columbus and the Tainos and reflect on changing perspectives on history.
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What are the
messages here about Columbus and about the Tainos?
How do the different views reflect their historical contexts?
How might different people interpret these messages differently?
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