I've found this quote while searching different PLNs to join, it struck me as a fundamental truth about success. You are only successful in the context that surrounds you. Technology coaches act as a medium between teachers, students and technology practices. When we acquire and share our knowledge we create positive changes around us. 
     Every learning environment is different, some are more supportive of exchange of practices with rewards and opportunities for professional sharing. I always think about people who have confidence and courage to share their successes as educators as movers and shakers.  The working environment that encourages collegial collaboration and exchange is the most successful one. 
   My way of learning from others is still lacking the sharing piece. I am always curious how my colleagues handle different challenges or create amazing learning experiences for students, but when I think about sharing my knowledge or successes with others, I am in a panic mode: what if people think that it's not good enough. I am still struggling to find courage and open myself to being vulnerable to people's opinions.  Cultural shift towards positive and supportive mindset amongst professionals, appreciation of our differences, tolerance of our growing pains would  foster exchange of experiences and creative solutions. 
To reach my goal in the above ISTE standard I participate in many PLN groups on twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms. My biggest goal is to start not only learning from those sources, but start sharing my own ideas as well. I follow a few amazing educators on twitter and would recommend every educator to follow PLN to stay current on pedagogical and technological trends in education. 

As a classroom teacher I am always looking for ways to engage my students with their learning. Since starting my educational program at Indiana State University Southeast, to become a technology instructional coach, I've learned about ISTE standards for Students and Teachers. The ISTE Standards for Students are designed to empower student voice and ensure that learning is a student-driven process. I will not be diving into standards in this post you can learn about them at iste.org. The main focus of this post is on how to use goal setting strategies with my students to improve learning outcomes. 
In my search for goal setting ideas, my first stop was to check my professional learning networks on twitter. Here Ms. Tiger's post caught my attention.

  Goal trackers can be helpful to students to set goals and track their progress towards those goals.
Goal tracking app should also break down your ambitious goals into smaller tasks. This way, you can work towards your ambitious goals in increments instead of trying to reach them all at once and not getting the best results.
I've decided to give it a try and create weekly goals template for my Algebra 1 class. Here students are supposed to create their individual goals for the week and track their progress. My goal is to increase student's ownership of their work and also reflect on gaps they need to work on as individual learners. 
ClickUp makes it easy to organize and track student's progress, I loved the available features as well as easy to navigate layout. 
I plan on trying this activity at the end of the term, but I am planning to use it on more consistent basis next term. It would also be useful to map student's way though the course. 
Here are some more Goal Setting Resources I've found helpful: Goal Setting Podcast  and a short video below. 
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