**8.2 VAS alignment with how teacher candidates learn**

GoReact aligns with how people learn particularly with content learned in classrooms. Teacher candidates' average scores from the GoReact Rubric were Proficient as were the scores on the single category of Culturally Relevant. Over the 4 years, 2020 showed the best rating for Distinguished, earning a rating of 130%. During the same year in the category of Proficient, the rating was 86%, and there was an increase in this category in 2022, 165%. In the category of Emerging, teacher candidates demonstrated an ability to work closely with students but were not able to demonstrate culturally relevant lessons. Over the 4-year period, only 8% of the teacher candidates scored Unsatisfactory. The overall scores on the GoReact Rubric correlate with the single category of Culturally Relevant, with both scores indicating Proficient performance (see **Table 3**).

Teacher candidates' performance from the rubric was consistent with the overall GoReact Evaluation and the GoReact Culturally Relevant Evaluation. Teacher candidates rated Proficient on the GoReact Rubric. The reflective statements by teacher candidates, such as respect for students' culture, help the way they learn content suggest an awareness of the importance of aligning content with learning.

*Teacher Candidates Using Annotated Technology Foster Cultural Responsiveness and Ethics DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.112310*


**Table 3.**

*GoReact rubric.*

#### **8.3 The educational quality of the technology**

There were 188 entries in which teacher candidates and supervisors made responses beyond simply clicking an icon by offering an explanation. There were other icon clicks that were not included in the count, but it was Culturally Relevant that addresses the educational standards to include ethics. The annotated digital operations in GoReact allowed teacher candidates to move through each icon function with simplicity, ease, and accuracy.

#### **8.4 The educational value of the technology**

The cost and benefits are consistent with accessibility of teacher candidates. There is not any cost to the students to download and use the software, nor is there a cost to the site or university supervisors. The process to record is simple and the icons are not complicated with clear and a click to navigate through the process. Teacher candidates complete recording responses without time restrictions and they have a choice to write a response or not. Teacher candidates as well as site and university supervisors received training prior to the application of GoReact.
