Initial Assessment

a. Appropriate “short cuts”
b. Productivity strategies
c. Tips for effective time management
d. All of the above
a. Keep track of what you say and do as a mentor
b. Record your impact on your mentee’s innovation process
c. Document what you are learning from the experience
d. All of the above
a. Every mentee trusts in the same way, at the same speed
b. You do not need to trust the mentee for them to trust you
c. Trust must be continuously worked at
d. A mentoring relationship does not require trust
a. Wonder
b. Evaluate
c. Connect
d. Reflect
a. Emphasize good listening skills
b. Create challenges for the mentee that may be too difficult to complete
c. Demonstrate empathy with the mentee with the challenges faced throughout the innovation process
d. Guide the mentee to reflect on the innovation process afterwards
a. Having a warm and friendly expression
b. Establishing certain times in your schedule that you’re available
c. Expressing enthusiasm
d. Asking questions without judgement or threats
Directed only towards students with ASD
Directed towards students with ASD, but open to all
Directed towards teenagers
Just like traditional storytimes
a. Multiple means of engagement
b. Multiple means of representation
c. Multiple means of creation
d. Multiple means of action and expression
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. A greater emphasis on the importance of the school librarian within the school community
b. Other teachers are educated about the activities/lessons/resources that are available, leading to a more teacher/librarian collaboration
c. A substantial increase in the financial support of the school library
d. The role of the library is redefined, allowing the library to break away from its traditionally viewed services
a. Limit conversations to pre-determined meeting spaces
b. Ask probing questions instead of telling or assuming meaning
c. Use your time well
d. Check in and check things out
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. Beginning, development, and product
b. Beginning, middle, and end
c. Purpose, process, and product
d. Origin, development, and result
a. Structure
b. Support Mechanisms
c. Open communication
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. Tell your mentee what is required for the two of you to work well together
b. Provide lots of encouragement rather than constructive feedback so as not to dispirit the mentee
c. Talk about a time when you had to face a similar challenge or develop a similar project and what you did to handle it
d. Let your mentee know that you plan on giving them feedback when you are disappointed in their performance.
a. Mentors
b. Mentees
c. Your library and school
d. All of the above
a. When you listen, your mentee is more likely to listen to you.
b. You learn about your mentee's needs and concerns.
c. It diffuses potential conflict.
d. All of the above.
a. Remembering
b. Understanding
c. Analyzing
d. Applying
a. Mentoring relationships often fail.
b. Mentoring relationships often succeed.
c. Mentees can be more independent.
d. Mentors find mentoring satisfying.
a. Hand-holding
b. Formal teaching
c. Shadowing
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. Prepare
b. Establish Agreements
c. Facilitate Learning
d. Come to Closure
a. Learning, trust-based, partnership, goal-focused, and development
b. Trust-based, individuality, goal-focused, and development
c. Partnership, project-focused, development, and learning
d. Trust-based, individuality, project-focused, learning and development
a. Starting, Establishing Agreements, Facilitating Learning and Coming to an End
b. Preparing, Establishing Learning, Facilitating Closure and Coming to Agreements
c. Preparing, Establishing Agreements, Facilitating Learning and Coming to Closure
d. Starting, Establishing Learning, Facilitating Closure, and Coming to
a. Planning to teach critical inquiry skills
b. Taking advantage of teachable moments
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
a. 5% from the Web, 75% from school librarians, 20% from other sources
b. 75% from the Web, 5% from school librarians, 20% from other sources
c. 20% from the Web, 5% from school librarians, 75% from other sources
d. 75% from the Web, 25% from other sources, 0% from school librarians
a. School librarians reach every child in the school
b. School librarians often have flexible schedules to accommodate just-in-time learning
c. School librarians collaborate with STEM teachers and other educators in their schools and districts
d. All of the above
a. Hard work
b. Innovation
c. External awards or rewards
d. Presentation skills
a. Build confidence and competence to ask questions
b. Accept defeat
c. Avoid taking risks
d. Never pursue new ideas

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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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