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=Welcome!= **Library & Science Teachers Alliance (LSTA)** Welcome to LSTA initiative to integrate 21st century information literacy skills into the science curriculum. This pioneering project brought together 19 teams of secondary science teachers and librarians during the 2010-11 school year and will bring together up to 40 elementary teams in the 2011/12 school year. The teams will be trained by Project Look Sharp directors Chris Sperry or Cyndy Scheibe during fall and winter workshops at each of 4 Central New York State BOCES (Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga, Broome-Tioga, Cayuga-Onondaga, and Otsego-Northern Catskills). Each team will receive online coaching from Chris or Cyndy as they develop and implement an integration project. In the spring each team will give a short presentation about their project at a symposium. Your projects and the evaluation of the initiative will be part of an ongoing effort to effectively integrate media literacy, critical thinking and information literacy into the science curriculum.

**Founder and Executive Director of Project Look Sharp **at Ithaca College, Cyndy Scheibe has been working with K-12 teachers and teacher education faculty around issues of media literacy integration for 10 years. She is an associate professor in developmental psychology at Ithaca College, and teaches courses in media literacy. She is co-author with Faith Rogow of the upcoming book, //The Teacher's Guide to Media Literacy// (Corwin Press, 2011) || **Director of Curriculum and Staff Development** for Project Look Sharp, Chris Sperry has taught social studies, visual sociology and media production for the past 30 years. He is the author or producer of a dozen media literacy kits for science and social studies and ELA. He is the winner of the 2005 PTA and Cable //Leaders in Learning Award for Media Literacy// and the 2008 National Cpuncil for the Social Studies //Award for Global Understanding.// ||
 * [[image:scheibe.png width="153" height="150" caption="scheibe@ithaca.edu"]] || == **Cyndy Scheibe** ==
 * [[image:Chris_Sperry.jpg width="138" height="138" caption="csperry@ithaca.edu"]] || ==**Chris Sperry** ==
 * [[image:Sherrie_2.jpg width="158" height="104" caption="sszeto@ithaca.edu"]] || ==**Sherrie Szeto**==
 * Programs and Operations Coordinator for Project Look Sharp**, Sherrie has taught middle school and high school English and English media. She has also designed middle and high school English curriculum and was a technical writer for many years prior to teaching. ||