Setting+Objectives

** __ Setting Objectives __ **//...answers the question, What will students learn? What knowledge and skills do students need to have at the end of the lesson or unit? Setting Objectives helps to identify specific standards, benchmarks and supporting knowledge students should be learning.//

**__Overview of the Research: __** 1. Goal setting narrows a teacher's focus and helps students think about their are learning. 2. The teacher's goals should be specific, concrete and measurable, but flexible. 3. Students should be encouraged to personalize the teachers' goals for themselves.

__**What does this look like in the classroom? **__ 1. Implement learning contracts and progress logs with students ... this gives students ownership and control over their learning. 2. Teacher goals should be as general as possible so that students have some flexibility. 3. Students set personal goals and monitor their own progress toward achieving their goals, perhaps via portfolios.4. Goals and objectives are communicated to/reviewed with students and parents regularly.

__**Technology Connections:** __  online rubrics: [|Rubistar] [|Utah Education Network rubric tool]Microsoft Word: KWL charts, learning contracts saved as templates, newsletters outlining objectives [|Inspiration]software: adapted KWL charts [|Survey Monkey]: gather information for more personalized goal-setting/objectives [|Edublogs] and [|pbwiki]: blogs and wikis for communicating goals and objectives to students and families email: communication tool //** Now let's share...add your technology finds to the chart below. **////** What else have you come across that will enhance Setting Objectives? **// || **Brief Description** || || [|Google Docs] (form) || online survey for preassessing prior knowledge || <span style="background-color: rgb(245, 239, 239);"> || <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 247, 0);">[|bubbl.us] <span style="background-color: rgb(245, 239, 239);"> || <span style="background-color: rgb(225, 219, 219);">brainstorm online and create colorful mind maps <span style="background-color: rgb(245, 239, 239);"> || <span style="background-color: rgb(245, 239, 239);"> || <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 247, 0);">[|Webspiration] <span style="background-color: rgb(245, 239, 239);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(235, 230, 230);"> || <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 247, 0);"><span style="background-color: rgb(235, 230, 230);">online FREE version of Inspiration <span style="background-color: rgb(245, 239, 239);"> || <span style="background-color: rgb(245, 239, 239);"> || <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 247, 0);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(245, 239, 239);"> || <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 247, 0);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(245, 239, 239);"> || <span style="background-color: rgb(245, 239, 239);"> || <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 247, 0);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(245, 239, 239);"> || <span style="background-color: rgb(245, 239, 239);"> ||
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