This is a fine app to help students define their immediate and long-term high school and college goals, but students may need guidance to benefit from the app. There are no instructions or tutorial. Users start by choosing to set either personal or academic goals. The app proceeds to walk the user through Wish Outcome Obstacle Planning technique (WOOP) by asking a series of questions: What is your wish in 3-6 words? Time frame for fulfilling wish? Best outcome? What is your obstacle? The app creates a WOOP/if-then plan which is saved to the app. "If I am nervous for my interview, then I will calm down." Limiting the goal to 3-6 words will help the students focus on what their true goals are, creating a time limit can help with time management, and defining an obstacle might help identify what needs attention. However, adult support might be necessary to monitor if goals and plans are feasible for the student. Also, an adult could ensure the student follow up to see if the wish is fulfilled within the proposed time limit. Overall, with appropriate supervision, this could be a useful app to help overwhelmed high school students set realistic college planning goals.

• Provides sufficient and varied types of practice problems to maximize understanding and generalization of the targeted skill/concept
• Manufacturer claims alignment with Common Core/Known Standards
• Presents educational concepts accurately
• Explains answers so students can learn from mistakes
• Better for teaching the skill to new or struggling learners
• Better for practicing or refreshing the skill
• Skills are practiced through authentic, meaningful problems (not just rote practice)

• Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
• Subject matter and problems are relevant, interesting and authentic to students
• Visually appealing to children in the target age range
• Provides virtual rewards or incentives after meeting specified goals or objectives
• Provides a "break activity" between academic problem sets
• Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
• Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option

• Has a free or trial version
• Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
• Provides an age-appropriate tutorial/first time users can work independently
• Student should be able to use independently after first use
• Has a multi-player option to foster in-person collaboration or cooperation
• Multiple users can save a profile
• Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
• Can play without sound and not distract others
• Students can save work between sessions
• Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
• Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
• Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
• Overall - Easy to use

WOOP is a practical, evidence-based mental strategy that you can use to find and fulfill your wishes and change your habits. The app guides you through the four steps of WOOP (Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan) and allows you to save as many WOOPs as you like!

For more information visit woopmylife.org