Artifact 1: ACES Pillar Film Project

This is a PowerPoint presentation that was made as a group about the documentary Playground which discussed the topic of child sex trafficking. It was created during my first semester of college at The Ohio State University for the ACES Scholars Program class. It was created as part of an assignment to analyze how the documentary relates to the pillars of the ACES Program. It was created by our group via the Google Drive application so that we could all work on it at the same time. I selected this artifact because it was a large part of the ACES class and the ACES Scholars Program is an important part of my academic career at Ohio State. It is worthy of inclusion in my e-portfolio because it represents how I can connect current events to the pillars of ACES. This artifact represents my experience of learning more about the sex trafficking business because before watching the documentary I did not know too much about it. It is significant to me because it reminds me that we need to make a change to stop the business and get all the kids involved out and to safety. Something I learned that I did not already know is that once kids get out of the business, sadly it is easy for them to go back into the business. By working with a group to complete this project I will be able to use my skills of dividing up work equally among members when I need to complete group projects for other classes. Lastly, this work was challenging because the topic at hand was very sad and at times it was emotionally taxing, although I have learned to persevere through hardships in order to complete the task at hand.

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Artifact 2: Design a Lesson Plan

This is a lesson plan to teach first graders about the base-ten system that I designed completely by myself. It was created during my first semester freshman year of college at The Ohio State University for my Educational Psychology class. It was created via Microsoft Word for my final assignment of the class to demonstrate how we could relate the psychology behind teaching and learning principles to an actual lesson plan that could be taught. I selected this artifact because I feel it is a great demonstration of my creativity and organization skills, both of which were needed to create a thorough lesson plan. This artifact represents my experience of acting like a real teacher to create my lesson plan. It is significant because being an educator interests me a lot and I love helping kids grow through learning. Something I learned that I did not already know is that it is very difficult to divide the lesson into the perfect time increments to make sure that every part of the lesson is covered. If I do decide to become a teacher then the process I used to create this lesson plan will come in handy throughout my career. Lastly, this work was challenging because I wanted to make sure that I was able to organize the lesson in a way that gave the clearest explanation to the kids.

Artifact 3: Analytical Research Paper on How Gender Stereotypes are Portrayed in Food Advertisements

This is a research paper that analyzes how gender stereotypes are used throughout food advertisements. It was created during my first semester freshman year of college at The Ohio State University for my English 1110.01 class. It was created via Microsoft Word for my final assignment of the class to demonstrate how we could integrate primary and secondary sources into an analytic research paper. I selected this artifact because I feel it is a great demonstration of my analytical and organization skills, both of which I used to craft this cohesive essay. This artifact represents my experience of in-depth research and a lot of personal growth in my analytical thought processes. It is significant because being able to clearly analyze something is a strength that I need to have in order to succeed throughout the rest of my college career. Something I learned that I did not already know is that it is very difficult to analyze instead of summarize and that I need to continue to work on that when it comes to my writing style. Lastly, this work was challenging because I wanted to make sure that my thoughts were coming across in the most concise way without being too broad or repetitive.