Initial Assessment

a. Mentoring Agreement
b. Letter to the student
c. Guidebook
d. Verbal contract
a. Relate to participants’ real issues and concerns
b. Allow time for participants to integrate and reflect on information
c. Respect individual unique needs and cultural differences
d. Show flexibility and openness to new ideas
e. All of the above
a. Behaviors
b. Example
c. Wisdom
d. All of the above
a. The purpose, process, and product of mentoring
b. How you engage in mentoring
c. The benchmark for success
d. All of the above
a. You need to help them determine team and individual goals.
b. You need to help them determine team goals only.
c. You need to help them determine individual goals only.
d. You need to tell them what goals they should be achieving.
a. Determine if his/her idea is original
b. Understand what materials will be needed to create the innovation or model.
c. Test the innovation with target users.
d. All of the above
a. They set a good example.
b. Their values and behaviors align.
c. They keep a professional detachment.
d. Others want to emulate their behaviors and wisdom.
a. Groups of young innovators are taught together
b. Young innovators do not have adult mentors in school or at home
c. There is more than one school librarian at a school
d. The district hosts an annual invention convention
a. Both mentor and mentee share the passion for the mentee’s innovation project.
b. Both mentor and mentee share a passion for learning throughout the process.
c. Both mentor and mentee create the innovation together.
d. Both a & b
a. Martins and Terblanche
b. Tony Wagner
c. Lois Zachary
d. A group of mentor-librarians
a. True, emotions need to be the priority, even before learning.
b. False, while a relationship is important, mentor's should avoid addressing issues other than learning
c. False, a mentor should be sensitive to their mentee's feelings without those feelings undermining the mentee's learning.
d. False, the mentoring relationship should concentrate solely on learning
a. The mentee’s interests
b. The mentee’s innovation successes
c. The mentee’s challenges and failures
d. All of the above
a. At around 3rd grade, children’s curiosity and creativity increases drastically
b. At around 3rd grade, children’s curiosity and creativity decreases drastically
c. At around 3rd grade, children’s curiosity increases drastically
d. At around 3rd grade, children’s creativity increases drastically
a. Be established as part of the school’s or library’s vision
b. Be determined by the mentee’s parents
c. Be utilized uniformly across each mentoring relationship
d. Be determined through collaboration between the mentor and mentee
a. Benjamin Bloom
b. North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL)
c. Small, Costa, and Rothwell
d. Barbara Stripling
a. Share your personal stories, success, and challenges
b. Value, learn from, and appreciate your mentee’s innovative ideas and creations
c. Use real-life challenges and situations as “teachable” moments
d. Check out your assumptions when in doubt about what is going on with your mentee
e. All of the above
a. Creativity
b. Flexibility
c. Sustainability
d. All of the above
a. Take charge and tell your mentee what they should do.
b. Be fully present and give your undivided attention.
c. Show appreciation and demonstrate basic civility.
d. Fulfill your promises and commitments.
a. Lack of skilled, committed mentors
b. Excessive time spent with the same person
c. Lack of trust
d. Untested assumptions
a. Ask probing questions
b. Set up relatively easy tasks
c. Engage in discussion
d. Provide authentic problem solving experiences
a. Focus
b. Energy
c. Purpose
d. All of the above
a. Everyone has a voice in the process.
b. Determining immediately who has the best ideas.
c. Identify the resources they might use ahead of time.
d. Determining if an idea costs too much as soon as it is suggested.
a. Keep a journal of your thoughts and progress.
b. Create lists and memory aids.
c. Reflect on your habits and performance.
d. Accommodate for your mentee's comments and opinions.
a. You evaluate your mentee's emotions and experiences.
b. You dismiss your mentee's emotions and experiences.
c. You understand and share your mentee's emotions and experiences.
d. You record your mentee's emotions and experiences.
a. The process of mentoring
b. The outcome of mentoring
c. The purpose of mentoring
d. All of the above
a. Set the stage for feedback
b. Ask questions of the mentee to determine how and when to give feedback
c. Prepare for feedback
d. All of the above
a. Creating a clearly described connection to the learning by the instructor or mentor
b. Collaborating with the mentee’s classroom teacher to tie in learning standards and the general curriculum
c. Pointing out how many choices the mentee has during the process by identifying a personally-relevant problem to solve
d. All of the above
a. Martins and Terblanche
b. Tony Wagner
c. Lois Zachary
d. A group of mentor-librarians
a. Encourages your mentee to confidently speak up, ask questions, and even challenge your ideas
b. Promotes a sense of security that enables your mentee to feel secure enough to fully engage in the relationship
c. Breaks down barriers and demonstrates that you are approachable and real
d. All of the above
a. Check in at the end of the each meeting to gauge the satisfaction level of your
b. Avoid revisiting ground rules that have already been established
c. Revisit your ground rules from time to time to see if they are still in play
d. Review the project goals and discuss your mutual satisfaction with progress

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The Innovation Destination

 

The Innovation Destination was designed and evaluated by a team from the Center for Digital Literacy at the School of Information Studies, Syracuse University and developed by Data Momentum Inc, in partnership with the Connecticut Invention Convention, By Kids for Kids, New York On Tech, and over 70 school librarians and young innovators.

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