Setting+Objectives+S217

Group 2 Setting Objectives Dr. Jen, I was having trouble this week getting into the wikispaces.com this week so I posted to the discussion board. Greg Burchard

Tawanna: Setting Objectives March 19, 2017, EDU 590 Spring II 2017 Week 2: Evaluate an Educational Website, Software Program or App in Wiki Inspiration
 * Name of the Resource **: Setting Objectives—Organizing and Brainstorming Software
 * Type of Resource **: Education Software
 * Rating **: 8
 * Description of Resource **: Inspiration is an education software tool that allows teachers and students to organize and display instructional learning in visual formats. Some of those visual formats include graphic organizers, mind maps, and concept mapping. Teachers and students can convert those visual mappings into outline for studying and note taking. Teachers can create visual outlines of course concepts to be taught during the semester. Teachers can easily create links to other educations tools, such as Google Docs and Google Books, allowing students to assess course content with ease.
 * Alignment with Instructional Strategies: ** Inspiration can easily be aligned and used to create graphic organizers to support student learning. For example, the KWHL chart we created this week allows us, the opportunity to create and organize what we know about technology in the classroom, what we want to know, and how we can explore additional educational technology resources to support instruction in and outside the classroom.

__**Toni: Database and reference resources: [|McRel]**__ McRel. (2017). Who are we? Retrieved from McREL: https://weibleedu590f16.wikispaces.com/Setting+Objectives+S217 McREL. (2017). Products. Retrieved from McREL: [] Hubbell, E. R., Kuhn, M., & Pitler, H. (2012). Using technology with classroom instruction that works (2nd ed.). Alexandria, Virginia: Assoc. for Supervision & Curriculum Development.
 * Resource and Rating: ** McREL International is an online database that provides content standards for educators as well as resources to help with formulating lesson objectives and overall curriculum. I would rate McREL a nine out of ten, because it is easy to use and an extremely helpful resource for teachers, but not all services are free.
 * Description and use in classroom instruction and professional development: ** McREL not only provides information, but applies decades of research on effective teaching strategies to all constructed curriculum, to include structuring lesson plans to meet content objectives (McREL, 2017). A nice feature about McREL is that they don’t limit their services to the US alone, but also work with other regions of the world, such as Australia and the Pacific region, creating a widespread of useful information that promotes learning on a more global scale and allows course objective to be properly created for those that use their products and services (McREL 2017). To help with student success and teacher effectiveness, McREL offers a variety of products. The Leadership Module product is designed to recognize areas that are critical to student achievement, while the Power Walkthrough product is made to help administration and teachers analyze data to create the best teaching strategies, based on classroom observation (McREL, 2017). Finally, McREL offers profession development by means of research and analysis in order to provide evaluations of teachers as well as administrative evaluations (McREL 2017).
 * Alignment with strategy: ** McREL provides educators with the necessary resources that are meant to help them set objectives that meet the Common Core standards (McREL, 2017). The database is especially useful for instructional strategy, because McREL continues to research effective strategy methods that are directly transferrable to the classroom (McREL, 2017). McREL's contribution to education has proven to be useful as stated in our text, “Its database of K-12 content standards and other valuable standards tools is used by district and state-level educators across the nation” (Pitler, Hubbell, & Kuhn, 2012, p. 30).
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__**Alexa: Setting Objectives Application: Lifetick**__ =**References **= Lifetick. (2015). How does sharing work in Lifetick? Retrieved from Lifetick: https://lifetick.com/helpCentre_sharing.html Lifetick. (2015). How it works. Retrieved from Lifetick: https://lifetick.com/helpCentre.html Pitler, H., Hubbell, E. R., & Kuhn, M. (2012). Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works (2nd ed.). Alexandria, Virginia: Assoc. for Supervision & Curriculum Development.
 * Resource:** The name of my setting objectives resource is Lifetick and it is an educational website combined with an app that can be used on various devices such as IPhone or Android (Lifetick, 2015).
 * Rating:** 8/10. I chose to give this resource this rating because it is a very nice product that is very use friendly, however there is a high cost for instructors to use this within the classroom setting. On top of a higher price point there are still some issues with the instructor side of the app which may force instructors to only access the resource through a desktop computer, which might not always be accessible.
 * Description:** While Lifetick offers different versions of their product aimed at different areas of life, I will be focusing on the educational version. Lifetick is a goal setting application that allows students and instructors to keep tabs on the student’s progress of meeting educational goals (Lifetick, 2015). Lifetick teaches students to set S.M.A.R.T. goals for themselves through identifying educational core values (Lifetick, 2015). Once the goals have been set, students must also record tasks that are the stepping-stones to meeting their goal, which the instructor may view at any time (Lifetick, 2015). Students and instructors can each view the goals and can add comments, goal updates, or even assign tasks (Lifetick, 2015).
 * Alignment with Strategy:** This resource aligns with the instructional strategy that is examined this week (setting objectives and providing feedback) by focusing objective setting. Lifetick, much like a KHWL chart, “encourages students to personalize and track progress toward learning objectives” (Pitler, Hubbell, & Kuhn, 2012, p. 21). Lifetick can also serve as a data collection and analysis tool by allowing both the instructor and the student to view the student’s current goals and progress. As state earlier, Lifetick allows instructors to also add goals to the student’s account which would allow instructors to create standard-based objectives; creating steps would be similar to creating objectives for the student to meet (Pitler, Hubbell, & Kuhn, 2012).

Type: Online software program that is free to use for any student (over the age of 13) or teacher **Rating**: 8/10. I chose this resource because it is free and easy to use. Students do not need to buy a program and this program is easy to use and saves information automatically. Internet is required and if you have a bad internet service it can be slow and frustrating to use. Teachers can set up template that can be easily copied by students. The downside is that you would have to go through each of these documents which can be time consuming and students are not great about renaming documents. This could lead to not being able to find which document goes which student. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">K-W-L (Know, Want to Know, Learned). (n.d.). Retrieved March 10, 2017, from [] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ormrod, J. E. (2015). Essentials of Educational Psychology: Big Ideas to Guide Effective Teaching (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education. Chapter 4 Pitler, H., Hubbell, E. R., & Kuhn, M. (2012). Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works (2nd ed.). Alexandria, Virginia: Assoc. for Supervision & Curriculum Development.
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Michele: KWL Chart in [|Google Docs] __**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Description and use in the classroom: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> KWL charts are used to help students think about what they already know about a topic, label things that they want to know (or think they should know) and then what they have learned after an activity. Many times this chart is used to help with reading comprehension. I find that in my teaching experiences many students do not have good ways of identify and labeling what they are thinking or learning so I think that this can also be used as a technique that helps promote student thinking about what they are learning and as a study tool (Ormond, 2015). This could be used individually or collaboratively in the classroom. I have started to use it more collaboratively as a way to help students talk about what they have been learning and comparing it with the objectives to determine if they understand the objectives of a lesson.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">How it aligns with setting objectives: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Students can measure what they have learned with the set objective of the classroom. Teachers can use this as formative assessment as they see what is written by the students at the end of a learning process.
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 * __ Kelly: [|Toodledo] __**


 * Resource: ** Toodledo is a learning tool that students and educators can utilize in either the form of an application on an iPhone or Android phone for a one-time purchase of $2.99, or one can register for the program on the Toodledo website for free.

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 * Rating: **** 9/10. ** I think Toodledo is a very functional and easy application to use and helps the student/teacher relationship by providing feedback and setting clear and concise goals. More so, Toodledo is a helpful tool to show not only the student, but also parents and teachers, the progress one is making through graphs and daily charts. Toodledo allows you to synchronize multiple devices, so one can access progress in the classroom. In addition, Toodledo can customize to fit the individual, can import and export data from other sources, and allows people to collaborate, which I find beneficial for teacher/student communication and feedback.
 * Description**: Toodledo has many features that are helpful for the classroom environment and allows students to stay on track. Toodledo allows students to create lists and share lists with friends, parents, and teachers, which also helps students stay accountable and achieve their goals. The application also allows students to create “hotlist” of the most important goals or assignments coming up. Toodledo records notes about students’ progress and offers a scheduler, so students can set reminders and view all goals in a calendar. All of these features are beneficial to the classroom because teachers can track where students are at with assignments and their personal learning goals. It provides a helpful guide for teachers to focus on students who need extra attention or to provide more assignments to high achievers. I think this application can be very useful for teachers to reach all their students on a more individual level and will allow them to curtail their assignments and teaching methods to the individual student.


 * Alignment: ** Setting clear and concise objectives for the classroom is vital to the success of the student and the educator. That is why Toodledo is a a great tool for both parties to use to outline goals and stay on track. Toodledo allows students and educators to track progress and provides feedback. Toodledo coincides with the outcomes of Chapter one in “Using Technology with Classroom Instructions that Works” because the application provides tools for students to set objectives and allows instructors to track their progress. More so, Toodledo, is similar to Kidspiration and Inspiration/Webspiration, which is discussed by Pitler, Hubbell, & Kuhn (2012), and that the Toodledo website allows students to “plan and organize their thoughts at the beginning of the unit, during instruction, and after a unit… <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">encourages students to personalize and track progress toward learning objectives.” Toodledo is a great tool to set clear and concise objectives.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Pitler, H., Hubbell, E., & Kuhn, M. (2012). Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;"> Works. //ASCD: Alexandria, VA.//
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Toodledo. Retrieved from **__<span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">[|http://www.toodledo.com/#] __**


 * Hillary Bailey** - Finish
 * Resource:** The Finish app allows either teacher or students, or whomever wishes to use it, to set up goals and to do lists and get things done in a timely manner. It is free and you can download it from the app store.
 * Rating:** I would give this app a 7 out of 10. I like that you can set up to do lists and decide the time frame in which you would like it to be done. You can also put in a due date and set up reminders but it is not very in depth to your goals and does not really track your progress, it just lists your tasks that you have accomplished.
 * Description:** Finish allows you to "get satisfied and get finished" (Finish 2014). The app also allows you not to worry about long lists that feel overwhelming. (Finish 2014). The Finish app lets you set up goals and puts them in order by the due dates. It lets the user set up different time frames and it lets you be descriptive by letting you add notes. For example, if one of your items was a test you had to take in class, you could put that and add a note about what the test is about and what you should be studying (Finish, 2014). The app also lets you see what you have accomplished after the tasks are finished. The app will also send notifications and reminders of things on your list and when they are due.
 * Alignment:** The strategy this aligns with is Setting Objectives. This app allows you to set goals and lets you keep up with what you need to get done. A student can set the goals for themselves or a teacher could use it to keep up with what is coming up next in the classroom.
 * References:** Finish. (2014). Retrieved from https://www.getfinish.com.

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 * __ Resource __** : Edmodo is an educational website and mobile app, set up as a social network designed to help teachers and students connect and collaborate. “Edmodo is a global education network that helps connect all learners with the people and resources needed to reach their full potential.” (Edmodo, 2016). =====

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__ **Rating**: __ 8/10 Edmodo support team offers a lot of user-friendly tutorials and instructions to help educators get set up. After spending a bit time navigating the website, I found it fairly simple to use and I have no doubt my students would figure it out in a snap. One of my favorite things about Edmodo is that not only are educators able to collaborate other teachers in the school or district but all over the world. =====

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__ **Description:** __ There is so much you can do with Edmodo! Teachers can create groups based on their classes where students can collaborate together. Educators can post questions or topics for class discussion and students can comment and share their ideas with one another. Students can set their own individual or classroom goals and objectives and receive immediate feedback. Students can complete assignments, take online quizzes and track their progress. Teachers can assess their students’ understanding based on their engagement in the collaborative chats, assignments, and quizzes through Edmodo Snapshot. “Snapshot gives you the power to regularly gauge student progress and take the guessing out of assessing.” (Edmodo, 2016)Parents can be a part of the online learning after they log in with a personal code to privately view their child’s online classroom conversations and happenings. =====

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 * __ Alignment with strategy: __** Edmodo aligns with the goal of setting objectives because educators can easily communicate with their students and parents all in one place. Teachers and students can collectively set objectives or take a more independent approach by setting personal objectives and tracking their own progress and learning. Edmodo provides a unique environment where students can take an initiative in their own learning and understanding. =====

** Kathy Thompson: Setting Objectives: [|Nearpod] **

 * __ Resource and Rating: __ Nearpod is an educational website and mobile app that teachers can use. I would rate it a 8 out of ten when it comes to setting objectives. Nearpod does not require a subscription. It is free, however, you can purchase already made nearpods. **

__** Description and use in the classroom: **__** Nearpod works similar to keynote, but it allows student interaction. Nearpod offers virtual tours that you can insert your lesson. It allows you to give a quiz and take a poll. **** I use Nearpod to introduce new objectives. It give the students a visual and it also allows me insert questions throughout my lesson to see if the students are understanding the new objectives. **

__** Alignment with strategy: **__ ** Nearpod aligns with the goal of setting objectives because it allows the teacher to easily communicate with their students. It also allows the teacher to set clear objectives and it provides immediate feedback for the students. **


 * __Maria Jandernoa - Setting Objectives with Rubistar__**
 * [|__Rubistar__]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Educational website
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Rating: I would rate this website a 8 out of 10. Rubistar makes it very easy to create clear expectations through the use of rubrics.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Rubistar is a rubric generating website. When using Rubistar, you are able to choose from template rubrics or customize to make your own. This website could be used to communicate objectives and provide students with clear expectations of how the they can demonstrate understanding of the listed objectives.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Rubistar aligns with setting objectives. The purpose of setting objectives is to guide students’ learning by creating a concise goal. This can be accomplished by setting clear expectations. Rubistar can be used to illustrate these outcomes associated with learning objectives.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Dustin Hunter - Setting objectives: Classcraft > Hubbell, E., Kuhn, M., & Pitler, H. (2012). Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works (2nd ed.). Alexandria, VA: ASCD. =**__<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Dayna Winczner- Setting Objectives with [|Rubric Maker] __**=
 * The resource is called classcraft
 * This is an educational website that creates a game for students to play which teachers use as a classroom management tool.
 * I would rate this website as a 9 out of 10. I have found classcraft to be extremely engaging for my students. It can be used to promote cooperation, improve student behavior through rewards and punishments, review material, set learning objectives, and generally have fun in class. The only negative is that though it is free, in order to have full access to everything that class craft offers you need to pay a fee to create a premium account.
 * Classcraft is a game in which students create an avatar and choose various skills for themselves. Teachers can use the default settings or create any level of custom skills and challenges based on their classroom rules. If students are meeting expectations teachers can reward them by giving their characters experience points and access to more spells that allow them to do things like gain an additional hall pass or receive an extra credit point on a quiz. If students are not meeting expectations for behavior or assignments the teacher can deal damage to the avatar, if enough damage is dealt the students must face a consequence chosen by the teacher. Additionally students can go on quests including fighting against bosses. When students fight bosses they can either be on their own or with their team. In order to defeat the boss the students must answer questions correctly. Each correct answer deals damage to the boss, each incorrect answer deals damage to the student's avatar.
 * "Setting objectives is the process of establishing a direction to guide learning" (Pitler, Hubbel, and Kuhn). Class craft aligns with setting objectives because students see the expectations as well as the positive and negative consequences surrounding those expectations clearly laid out in the game. Teachers can use this both for classroom management expectations and for the expectations of student achievement on specific units and assignments.
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 * This resource is called [|Rubric Maker]
 * This is an Educational website for educational professionals.
 * I would rate this website an 9/10. It is for any grade level and every subject. It has some rubrics already made for certain projects.
 * You could use this website for any type of project within your classroom setting. At the higher grade levels, you can include more details and expectations in the criteria. At the lower grade levels, you can make the wording for each category at the readers level so that they know what is expected to receive what grade. It makes expectations very clear for everyone and teachers can make it clear what they are looking for in any assignment.
 * Rubric Maker aligns with setting objectives because you can make it clear for each assignment exactly what you are looking for to receive a perfect grade. When you are setting objectives on projects/assignments, you are setting the standard for what grade would look like. A rubric makes it very clear what the expectations are for a mastery goal. The rubric allows to room for argument on why someone may have received a certain grade and this website can do that.

Monique Sims - Setting Objectives: [|Math Playground]
 * Resource: ** It’s an educational website for children and educators.
 * Rating: ** I rate this site a 9 out of 10. I appreciate the inviting layout of the site. It’s a very kid friendly site to navigate and it encourages children to become scholars in mathematics.
 * Description: ** Math playground is a known educational website that bases it’s curriculum around math. The cite mentions “A favorite of parents and teachers, Math Playground provides a safe place for children to learn and explore math concepts at their own pace.” (King, 2002) The creator of the site was a teacher that initially created the site for her students and it has developed into a resourceful tool for children and educators focusing on math.
 * Alignment: ** This site provides instructional objectives through essential skills such as problem solving. "The action packed site for K-6 students provides engaging games that encourages students to challenge themselves." (Kuhn, Hubbell, E.R, Pitler, 2012) Allowing the child to explore through play as the site explains different mathematical learning strategies.
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 * King, C. (2002). Math Playground. Retrieved March 16, 2017, from ** [|**http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html**]


 * Kuhn, M., Hubbell, E. R., & Pitler, H. (2012). Using Technology with Classroom Instruction That Works. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. **

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//Learning Works for Kids//. (2017). Retrieved from Kidspiration: learningworksforkids.com/apps/kidspiration/
 * Resource ** : [|Kidspiration]
 * Rating ** : 8/10
 * Description ** : Kidspiration (Learning Works for kids) is an app where kids can utilize and enhance their organization and planning skills by creating their own webpages as well as learning writing and mathematics. Through Kidspiration kids can create concept maps and can also plan out projects (Learning Works for kids, 2017).
 * Alignment with Strategy ** : This particular app aligns with Setting Objectives because the app allows teachers and kids to create an organizational plan and their progress can be tracked. This app is also a good app for kids with learning disabilities, like ADHD (Learning Works for kids, 2017).
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<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">XMind (Version 8 Update 1) [Computer software]. (2016). Retrieved from http://www.xmind.net/
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Shelly - Setting Objectives: __**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Resource **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">: [|XMind]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Rating **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">: 9\10
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Description **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">: XMind is a robust mind mapping tool available for the most common operating systems (Mac, Windows, iOS). The free version has limited features and functionality while the subscription version offers a wider range of features. Brainstorming, compatibility with Office & PDF, Gannt chart views, and a slide-based presentation functions are available. You can begin with a blank canvas or can check out one of the templates (i.e. Fishbone, Matrix, Tree Chart, Org Chart)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Alignment with Strategy **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">: Xmind quickly allows you to brainstorm all thoughts, goals, and objectives in one place. You can then take those thoughts and transform them into your lesson plans. XMind is a pretty powerful tool and can be used in a variety of careers, teaching being just one.
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**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Kelsey Kennedy Setting Objectives Resource **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">**Name of the Resource:** ClassDojo [|__https://www.classdojo.com/__]


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Identify the Resource: **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">App & Website

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">**Rating:** 8/10 This app is very user friendly for teachers, as you can download it on your phone, tablet, or can use the website provided above. Students and parents are able to see what is happening in the classroom as soon as a teacher posts the information. The only problem with this app/website is that not all students and parents are connected to the internet at home. I imagine this can be frustrating for families if they are trying to keep up with a class.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">**Description:** This app/website is designed to allow teachers to connect with families and other classrooms. To create your own classdojo, you must input the names of your students. Each student is then given a code in which they, and a parent, must enter into the app in order to retrieve information. To me, this is almost a type of social media, as you can post pictures, events, important reminders, calendars, and information about your classroom. It is a perfect way to communicate with parents as well, as there is a message option.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">**Alignment with Instructional Strategy:** With classdojo, teachers are able to post and update the objectives of their classrooms for all students and parents to view at any time. Like a group chat, students are able to ask questions for everyone to see, send messages directly to their teachers, and answer questions that might be posted. Teachers also have the ability to post questions for students and parents to discuss at home with regards to their lessons in class.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__**Name of the Resource:**__ [|Illuminate Education] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**__Identify the Resource:__** Educational Website <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**__Rating:__** 7/10 - This educational website is user friendly and allows teachers to set goals for themselves and for their students. This website gives teachers many different visuals that help to show progress and demonstrate what a student has learned and the progress they have made. I have used this resource for two years and it is growing more and more on me. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__**Description:**__ This educational website allows teachers to use different pre-created or self-created assessments to monitor student progress. Scores are inputted either through a "scantron" like sheet or put in manually. These scores help to look at the overall picture of a student, or group of students, progress in any given area. Scores are broken down by standard or by question, and benchmark, strategic, and intensive scores are categorized by student and percentage of the class struggling. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**__Alignment with Instructional Strategy:__** With Illuminate Education, students can review their results and relate their progress and what they have done to assessments and information that they may come across in the future. Students can review the charts for both themselves and their classmates, and they can set goals that they hope to reach on the next assessment or assignment. It is important that students have an opportunity to set goals and review their goals and using graphs, like the ones provided on this educational website, will help students to visually see their progress and the progress they want to make. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**__References:__** Illuminate Education <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11.7px;">Pitler, H., Hubbell, E. R., & Kuhn, M. (2012).Using technology with classroom instruction that works. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Alli Minor - Setting Objectives __**