{"id":1239,"date":"2017-02-02T16:19:45","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T23:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningdesign\/?p=1239"},"modified":"2023-12-07T17:39:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T00:39:09","slug":"i-can-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningdesign\/2017\/02\/02\/i-can-statements\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I can statements&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many teachers frame learning plans around learning intentions or &#8220;I Can&#8221; statements can help shift from learning objectives framed as &#8220;Students will be able to&#8221; (SWBAT). Using language that helps your students understand the learning intention will help them achieve that learning intention and may help the teacher stay &#8216;focused&#8217; or connected to the objectives. Many teachers also record these on the board or slides so that students can see them and achieve them! For older students, the term &#8216;learning target&#8217; or &#8216;learning intention&#8217; may help them connect to the objective. I&#8217;ve even seen teachers have a visual &#8216;target&#8217; drawn on the board or on a poster, physically tapping or pointing to it when stating learning intentions during class. A nice kinesthetic prompt!<\/p>\n<p>Benefits of developing your objectives in student-friendly language include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>supports students taking some ownership or agency over learning<\/li>\n<li>more student centered<\/li>\n<li>makes the learning intentions &#8216;visible&#8217; and understandable to learners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is one perspective on crafting &#8216;I Can&#8217; statements from an arts educator including some samples and tips:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theartofed.com\/2013\/02\/21\/how-i-can-statements-can-work-for-you\/\">How to develop the &#8220;I Can&#8221; statement.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many teachers frame learning plans around learning intentions or &#8220;I Can&#8221; statements can help shift from learning objectives framed as &#8220;Students will be able to&#8221; (SWBAT). Using language that helps your students understand the learning intention will help them achieve that learning intention and may help the teacher stay &#8216;focused&#8217; or connected to the objectives. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21051,"featured_media":1242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3242,5114,1033567,2570],"tags":[3242],"class_list":["post-1239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assessment","category-diversity","category-learning-intentions","category-teaching-resources","tag-assessment","post-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21051"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1239"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1549,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1239\/revisions\/1549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}