Common Media Artifact Assignment

Create a multimedia artifact that fulfills a common educational purpose.

1. Select a significant purpose typical of your discipline/grade level.

My name is: Shelby Sanders

My content area/discipline is: English

The grade level I plan to teach is:  8th grade

The typical educational purpose I will address is to advertise an event or special program, communicate with parents and students, and fundraise for this special program and event.

My reason for choosing this purpose is:

My educational purpose for advertising and informing students and their parents about Smithsonian Student Tours is it that it gives students an opportunity to travel to educational sites around the world. Traveling is one of the best forms of student's furthering their education, as students are immersed and have real life experience in what they are learning in class. They get to see first-hand the cultures, sites, and landmarks they are learning about in history or English class. One or two teachers and the Smithsonian organization helps direct this trip for students. On Smithsonian website it describes: "Smithsonian Student Adventures partners with schools and educators to create dynamic programs to destinations around the world." Traveling through this program provides an enriching and safe experience for students. It is also an educationally based program. It's goal is to offer travel programs across the world for high school students and give them a great learning experience through travel. There are many Smithsonian museums and sites throughout the world. We will hold fundraisers as a group throughout the year to help students and their families meet the costs of travel.

The multimedia artifact I used to achieve my purpose was a flyer. 

The technological tool I used to create this artifact was word processing. 

What have you done to try to evaluate sources for bias and avoid biased portrayals of diverse identities?  Why is this important? Is there an avenue for every student who would want to do it?

On my flyer I made sure to include fundraising information to show that this event/tour won't discriminate against students with different socio-economic classes. All students will be given the means to participate on the trip/tour event if they do the fundraising with our group. Fundraising gives every student an opportunity to join and participate.I also included an "If you are interested" section with contact and meeting information to help parents and their students know what to do if they want to get involved. I also gave them a link to the Smithsonian website so they can have more information on the actual tours, and be able to evaluate the Smithsonian program.

HERE IS MY FLYER:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WjmBO0BIWnQxqE99G9ztKelzVscM231U/view?usp=sharing

Smithsonian Student Adventures partners with schools and educators to create dynamic programs to destinations around the world. In order to provide our participants with a unique, adventurous, and safe experience