techassessments


 * Designing Quality Student Assessments in the Library **


 * 1) **Tied to school's curriculum; no library skills in isolation**
 * 2) **Incorporates information literacy, literacy, and technology skills**
 * 3) **Rigorous - Academic; aligned to school priorities**
 * 4) **Manageable - Keep assignments targeted, aligned to lesson, appropriate length**
 * 5) **Collaborative - Coordinate with the classroom teacher; co-assess, as possible**
 * 6) **Adaptive - Options for special needs students**

**Technologies That Provide Alternate Assessment Platforms**
 * Make digital movies and posters at the National Archives Digital Vaults
 * Create technical drawings, maps, floor plans, and illustrations with Google Drawing
 * Create digital stories with Storybird
 * Make screencast videos with the [|iPad ScreenChomp] app
 * Create short exit quizzes with Google Forms here and [|here]. Add a Flubaroo script to make the form self-grading | Ideas for librarians
 * Edit audio files with Audacity
 * Make instructional videos with Doodle Buddy.
 * Do collaborative writing projects with Google Docs.
 * Create avatars at Otaku. Follow up with writing and speaking activites.
 * Make comic strips at Stripgenerator.com
 * Build word clouds at Wordle or Tagxedo | 45 Interesting Ways to Use Wordle
 * Share an online bulletin board at Padlet
 * Make Livebinders to hold research resources
 * Create literacy-based digital posters with PicLit