Goal I.b
Students demonstrate effective communication skills.
Artifact 1: Copyright Professional Development
Artifact Overview
This professional development presentation was created as a practical copyright guide for teachers. The presentation explains why copyright matters in schools, clarifies the difference between copyright and fair use, introduces the four fair use factors, and addresses common myths such as assuming that anything used for education is automatically allowed. It also identifies risky practices, such as showing movies as rewards or copying consumable materials, while offering safer alternatives connected to direct instruction, commentary, critique, analysis, licensed resources, public domain materials, and Creative Commons materials.
I selected this artifact for Outcome I.b because it demonstrates effective professional communication. The assignment required me to take a topic that can easily become dry, confusing, or overly legalistic and present it in a way that would be useful to teachers. The presentation uses clear language, practical examples, and direct takeaways rather than overwhelming staff with legal detail. It demonstrates my ability to communicate professional guidance in a format that is accessible, relevant, and connected to everyday school practice, which is an important part of the media specialist’s instructional and leadership role.
Artifact 2: Media Center Teacher Orientation
Course: LIS 6303 - Preparing Instructional Media
Artifact Overview
This teacher orientation presentation was created during the summer before I began serving as the media specialist at Kenly Elementary School. Designed for use with my new faculty, the presentation introduces the media center’s mission and explains how the space and its services can support students, teachers, and the broader school community. It includes information about student and teacher services, instructional collaboration, research and technology support, scheduling procedures, family engagement, communication tools, and opportunities for student participation in the media program.
I selected this artifact for Outcome I.b because it demonstrates my ability to communicate a substantial amount of information to a specific professional audience in a clear, organized, and visually engaging format. Rather than presenting the media center simply as a place for book checkout, I designed the orientation to help teachers understand the range of instructional, technological, collaborative, and community services available to them. Creating the presentation required me to consider what information a new faculty would need, how best to organize that information, and how visual design and concise language could make the material easier to understand and use. The project also demonstrates how the instructional media skills developed in LIS 6303 could be applied immediately to my professional practice.
Project Note: The original presentation was designed in Canva. For ease of viewing and long-term portfolio access, I have downloaded and presented it here as a PDF. The PDF preserves the content and visual design of the original presentation.