Setting+Objectives

1. Setting instructional objectives helps to narrow the focus for students. 2. Students should personalize the goals for themselves. 3. Teacher goals should be somewhat broad so that students can write their own more specific goals. 4. Goals need to be communicated to students and parents.
 * Overview of the Research:**

**What Does This Look Like in the Classroom?** 1. Be flexible with goals and objectives. 2. Use learning contracts to help students work toward their goals.

**How Does Technology Fit In?** 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 [|Google Docs] (form): survey tool for preassessing knowledge email: communication tool