Primary Goals

To promote and support media literacy education at the community, state, and national levels

To provide teachers with ongoing pre-service and in-service training and mentoring in media education

To work with teachers to create new or revised teaching materials and pedagogical strategies that incorporate media literacy and enhance classroom practice

To develop and publish curriculum materials that infuse media literacy into core content

To evaluate the effectiveness of media literacy as a pedagogical approach to education

To develop a model for including media literacy in the school curriculum at all grade levels and in all instructional areas, and to show how media literacy can help teachers address new and existing learning standards

To work in collaboration with other entities at Ithaca College to promote and support media literacy integration at the College