Using Rubrics in Designing Information Literacy Lessons Peter G. Mohn, LMS WLMA 2004 Conference October 8, 2004

Today’s Activities Introduction Exploring Rubric websites Types of Rubrics Creating Rubrics Using WLMA Benchmarks Developing Research Rubric for Your School

Introduction F Planning lessons F What is a rubric? F Why use rubrics?

Rubric Web Sites Project Based Learning Rubistar TeAch-nology EZ Rubric School Discovery Google Microsoft Word or Excel Ranking Names

How Not to Do a Rubric Difficult to measure Less than four categories Students can’t evaluate their work Scoring rubric not possible

Types of Rubrics Graphic Organizers Scoring Rubrics

Create a Rubric Use Appendix B - WLMA IL benchmarks Select one benchmark from the list Change benchmark to a measurable rubric Share your rubric with your neighbors Use feedback to re-write rubric

Developing Research Rubric  Think about a research project  Select 4-6 rubrics from Appendix A  Adapt them to your project  Feedback from neighbors  Re-write rubric  Share your work with other librarians

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