Electronic Portfolio

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Electronic Portfolio

• Designed by Robert O. Case II

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Table of Contents

• Introduction and Resume
• Statement of Purpose
• Role of the Media Specialist
• Projects and Standards
• Portfolio Matrix
• In Conclusion

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Robert O. Case II

• This portfolio was designed as my culminating
  project for my Masters of Education and
  Certification program in School Library Media at
  The University of West Georgia.
• All projects that are linked within this
  portfolio are tied to curriculum standards
  designed by the American Association of School
  Librarians (AASL) and the College of Education at
  The University of West Georgia (CoE).
• To view my qualifications and contact
  information, please click on the link below to
  view my current resume
• Robert O. Case II Resume

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Statement of Purpose

• The purpose of this electronic portfolio is to
  compile and display the work I have completed in
  my Masters of Education program in Media at The
  University of West Georgia. The projects located
  within the electronic portfolio represent all
  facets of the program including my own personal
  vision of school library media center programs
  and activities.

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The Role of the Library Media Specialist

• This narrated presentation was created in my MEDT
  6487 class in an effort to illustrate my own
  personal vision of the collaborative role of the
  school library media specialist of today.
• Click here to view the presentation
• The Role of the Library Media Specialist

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Projects and Standards
The following projects are included within my
portfolio. Click on the project title in order
to read my reflection as well as the relationship
between the standards and the project. You will
also be able to link to the project for review.

• Media Center Orientation
• Student Instruction Project
• In-Service Module
• Current Topic Paper
• Policies Procedure Handbook

• Principals PowerPoint
• Dewey Decimal PowerPoint
• School Wide Program
• Two Year Plan
• Volcanoes Pathfinder
• Technology Tip

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Principals PowerPoint

• This PowerPoint was created in MEDT 6466 - Media
  Program as a means of informing the Principal and
  other stakeholders of the positive effects of a
  strong media program on student academic
  achievement as well as illustrating the media
  specialists role as a school leader.
• Fulfills the following standards
• ALA/AASL 3.1 and 3.3 Translate the ways in which
  the library program can enhance school
  improvement efforts.
• CoE 2 and 5 Demonstrate leadership skills and
  work effectively with various stakeholders
  involved in the educational process.
• This PowerPoint presentation was created during
  my second semester of my masters program. When
  I look at this presentation now, I can
  immediately see how far I have come. Although I
  did a good job presenting the research
  information, I dont really hear my voice due
  to lack of experience working in a media center.
  Now I feel like I can add Ive seen to my
  research.
• View my Principals PowerPoint

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Dewey Decimal PowerPoint

• This PowerPoint was created in MEDT 6463 -
  Cataloging as a means of introducing students to
  Melville Dewey as well as providing an
  instructional tool that teachers and the media
  specialist can use to train students on how to
  use the Dewey Decimal Classification System. The
  presentation is reinforced further through a
  series of internet related review activities and
  games included on a concluding slide.
• Fulfills the following standards
• ALA/AASL 4.1 Illustrate that the library media
  facility is organized utilizing the Dewey Decimal
  Classification System.
• CoE 4 Demonstrate flexible and strategic
  planning.
• Although this PowerPoint was created only a week
  after the Principals PowerPoint, I feel like I
  have begun to show growth. I am more comfortable
  with the subject matter being delivered and I was
  able to evaluate and contribute review activities
  that I found helpful to the presentation.
• View my Dewey Decimal PowerPoint

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School Wide Program

• This word document was created in MEDT 6466 -
  Media Program as a means of developing a media
  program activity that incorporates the entire
  school. The goal of the school wide media
  program is to address all levels, subject areas,
  and special populations of the school community.
  
• Fulfills the following standards
• ALA/AASL 2.1 and 2.2 Work with classroom teachers
  to co-plan, co-teach, and co-assess instruction
  and support the learning of all students,
• CoE 6 and 7 Develop understanding of individual
  and group differences as well as sensitivity for
  individual, family, and institutional needs.
• Hitting my stride! Although completed as a
  group, I really felt like I was grasping the
  material and making viable contributions to this
  project. I entered the masters in media program
  to be exposed to a larger demographic of student.
  This project had me engaging the whole school!
• View my School Wide Program

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Two Year Plan

• This word document was created in MEDT 6466 -
  Media Program as a means of developing a plan
  that a new media specialist would implement
  during their first two years in the media center.
  The goal of the two year plan is to detail the
  timeline in which these eight programs will be
  implemented and the program advertisements
  developed to stir interest in them.
• Fulfills the following standards
• ALA/AASL 1.1 and 1.2 Access, communicate and
  interpret intellectual content as well as use a
  variety of strategies to promote leisure reading.
  
• CoE 3 and 9 Improve knowledge, disposition, and
  skills as well as advocate for the removal of
  barriers that impede life long learning.
• The creative juices are flowing! Although
  compiled as a group, I felt like I took charge of
  the sections I was assigned and began to
  incorporate my vision of a quality media
  program. I really enjoyed collaborating with my
  classmates to develop what we envisioned as a
  great starting plan!
• View my Two Year Plan

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Volcanoes Pathfinder

• This online reference source guide, or
  pathfinder, was developed as an Wiki in MEDT 6464
  Reference Sources and Services. Pathfinders
  help make your collection, both print and
  electronic resources, more valuable to the staff
  and students by assimilating them all in one
  place. Our pathfinder is focused around
  volcanoes for the 6th Grade Earth Science
  student.
• Fulfills the following standards
• ALA/AASL 1.1 and 1.3 Identify and address student
  interests.
• CoE 1 Demonstrate knowledge and skills when
  making decisions.
• Its all coming together! This may be my
  favprite project of the entire program. Even in
  retrospect, I feel that this project did a great
  job of assimilating everything we have been
  learning in one Wiki. Information technology,
  content standards, and peer collaboration all
  delivered in a groundbreaking technological
  format! I could not have been prouder
• View my Volcanoes Pathfinder

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Technology Tip

• This word document was created in MEDT 6467
  Technology for Media Services as a means of
  exposing the learning community to a new
  technology that would be useful in a media center
  or classroom environment. This technology tip
  introduces the online tutorial program
  SkillsTutor to teachers and students alike by
  indicating where the program can be accessed as
  well as how it can be used to enhance student
  learning.
• Fulfills the following standards
• ALA/AASL 2.3 Employ strategies to integrate the
  information literacy curriculum with the content
  curriculum.
• CoE 1 and 8 Demonstrate advanced knowledge in
  content areas as well as skills when making
  decisions.
• This project allowed me to use my role as teacher
  to assist the media specialist. I am a huge fan
  of SkillsTutor, but it was being horribly
  underutilized by the teachers at my school. I
  developed this technology tip for the media
  specialist at my school to assist in bringing up
  its usage.
• View my Technology Tip

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Media Center Orientation

• This PowerPoint was created in MEDT 6467
  Technology for Media Services to serve as a
  stand alone orientation to the media center by
  providing photos and narrated descriptions of
  different areas, resources, materials, and
  activities that make up the media program.
• Fulfills the following standards
• ALA/AASL 1.3 and 1.4 Support open access to the
  media center as well as organize the media center
  according to their use by the community.
• CoE 1 and 4 Demonstrate knowledge, skill, and
  flexibility when making decisions as well as
  strategically planning.
• I really enjoyed executing this project and I am
  proud to say that it is still being utilized at
  Wheeler High School to this day. The media
  specialists enjoyed my media center orientation
  so much that it has been placed on the common
  network drive for review by students and teachers
  alike.
• View the Media Center Orientation PowerPoint

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Student Instruction Project

• This word document was created in MEDT 7461
  Instructional Design as a means of illustrating
  the planning process from the perspective of the
  media specialist in collaboration with teachers.
  The goal of the student instruction project was
  to take an existing lesson plan and develop the
  roles of the media specialist, technology
  specialist, and teacher using the standards.
• Fulfills the following standards
• ALA/AASL 4.3 Collaborate with teachers and
  administrators to develop a media program that
  aligns with the schools goals and objectives.
• CoE 10 Demonstrate critical thinking skills in
  prescribing change.
• I enjoyed both the material and the challenge of
  this project. The Giving Tree is one of my
  favorite books of all time. However I was faced
  with the challenge of making it applicable to all
  grade level standards, including high school. I
  have to say that I feel like I accomplished the
  task creatively!
• View my Student Instruction Project

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In-Service Module

• This word document was created in MEDT 7461
  Instructional Design in an effort to design a
  professional development in-service that focuses
  on the information literacy, technology and
  content standards. The focus of this
  professional development in-service is to expose
  teachers to Atomic Learning and detail what role
  this technology training website could play in
  the instructional development process.
• Fulfills the following standards
• ALA/AASL 3.2 Participate in faculty staff
  development opportunities.
• CoE 8 Demonstrate specific knowledge in
  professional education.
• I enjoy working with technology, but I realized
  very quickly how much of a time drain technology
  can present for the media specialist. I
  developed this professional development
  in-service module on the Atomic Learning website
  in an effort to buy back some technology time
  for the media specialists at Wheeler High School.
  I hope it has met the goal!
• View my In-Service Module

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Current Topic Paper

• This word document was created in MEDT 6463
  Cataloging as a result of my research and
  interviews regarding social networking and the
  media program. The goal of my current topic
  paper was to explorer the educational
  opportunities that might exists through the use
  of social networking toward academic achievement.
• Fulfills the following standards
• ALA/AASL 3.3 Articulate the relationship of the
  media program with current educational trends and
  issues.
• CoE 3 Continually improve knowledge, disposition,
  and skills.
• Ive found my voice! The use of social
  networking as a collaborative tool to improve
  critical thinking skills and in turn academic
  achievement is something I feel very strongly
  about. Unfortunately, most district level
  internet filtering policies serve to
  indiscriminately block all social networking
  sites regardless of their potential. I hope to
  change that!
• View my Current Topic Paper

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Qwik Start Guide

• This word document was created in MEDT 6468
  Automating School Library Media Centers in an
  effort to create a how to manual for the
  Destiny 9.5 automation system. This guide is a
  section of my policies and procedures handbook
  which was developed throughout my media program
  course work over the past two years.
• Fulfills the following standards
• ALA/AASL 4.2 Develop policies and procedures that
  support the mission of the school as well as the
  library media program.
• CoE 3 Continually improve knowledge, disposition,
  and skills.
• This guide is designed to serve all patrons of
  the media center including students, teachers,
  administrators, and media center workers. As a
  result, I was required to analyze the automation
  system from the perspective of many different
  users. If one piece of evidence is designed to
  show my growth throughout this program, this is
  it. Although not the most exciting subject
  matter, this guide is essential to a quality
  media program.
• View my Qwik Start Guide

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Portfolio Matrix

• The portfolio matrix is the overall organizing
  grid that lists all of the ALA/AASL Standards as
  well as the College of Education Conceptual
  Framework and how they are directly related to my
  portfolio projects.
• View my Portfolio Matrix

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In Conclusion

• Thank you for viewing my electronic portfolio for
  my Masters of Education and Certification in
  School Library Media. I hope the projects
  included within my portfolio illustrate my growth
  throughout this program as well as exhibit the
  knowledge I know that I have gained.