Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow CEO
February 5, 2013
2013 Campus Leadership Academy
What are the expectations of K-12 students for digital learning?
How does that student vision compare with the teachers’ & administrators’ reality?
What is the unique parent perspective on digital learning?
How well are our K-12 schools meeting the expectations of students?
What are the key trends on the horizon?
Big Questions
Discussion Agenda
Speak Up National Research Project
Student Vision for Digital Learning
Parent, Teacher & Administrator Perspective
Speak Up 2012 National Findings
Views of K-12 Students, Teachers,
Parents and Administrators
Project Tomorrow, a national education nonprofit organization
Programs:
• Research & evaluation studies
• School and community programs
• Events for students
Mission: To ensure that today’s
students are prepared to become
tomorrow’s leaders, innovators and
engaged citizens of the world.
Annual national research project
Online surveys + focus groups
Open for all K-12 schools and schools of education
Institutions receive free report with their own data
Collect ideas ↔ Stimulate conversations
K-12 Students, Teachers, Parents, Administrators
Pre-Service Teachers in Schools of Education
Inform policies & programs
Analysis and reporting of findings and trends
Consulting services to help transform teaching and learning
Speak Up National Research Project
+ 3 million surveys since 2003
Learning & Teaching with Technology
21st Century Skills: Digital Citizenship & Global Awareness
Math and Science Instruction
Students’ Career Interests in STEM
Professional Development / Teacher Preparation
Internet Safety
Administrators’ Challenges
Emerging Technologies both in & out of the Classroom
Mobile Devices, Online Learning, Digital Content, E-textbooks
Educational Games, Social Media tools and applications
Flipped Classroom, Print to Digital, Online Assessments
Designing the 21st Century School
Speak Up survey question themes
Learning & Teaching with Technology
21st Century Skills: Digital Citizenship & Global Awareness
Math and Science Instruction
Students’ Career Interests in STEM
Professional Development / Teacher Preparation
Internet Safety
Administrators’ Challenges
Emerging Technologies both in & out of the Classroom
Mobile Devices, Online Learning, Digital Content, E-textbooks
Educational Games, Social Media tools and applications
Flipped Classroom, Print to Digital, Online Assessments
Designing the 21st Century School
Speak Up survey question themes
Activities Value Propositions Aspirations
K-12 Students 364,233
Teachers & Librarians 56,346
Parents (in English & Spanish) 39,713
School/District Administrators 6,011
About the participating schools & districts
o 8,020 schools and 2,431 districts
o 30% urban / 43% rural / 27% suburban
o All 50 states + DC
Honor Roll of States with highest participation:
TX, CA, OH, IN, AL, NC, WI, AZ, FL, PA
National Speak Up 2012 Participation: 466,303
What can the Speak Up
findings tell us about the
future of learning?
Students function as a “Digital Advance Team”
Students regularly adopt and adapt emerging
technologies for learning
Students’ frustrations focus on the unsophisticated use of
technologies within education
Persistent digital disconnect between students and
adults
Exacerbation of lack of relevancy in current education
Students want a more personalized learning
environment
Speak Up National Findings: 2003 - 2012
The New Student Vision for Learning
Personalized
Learning
Social–based learning
Un–tethered learning
Digitally–rich learning
Three Essential Elements
Social–based learning
Students want to leverage
emerging communications
and collaboration tools to
create personal learning
networks of experts
The New Student Vision for Learning
Three Essential Elements
Un-tethered learning
Students envision
technology-enabled learning
that transcends classroom
walls
The New Student Vision for Learning
Three Essential Elements
Digitally-rich
learning
Students see the use of
relevancy-based digital
tools, content and
resources as key to
education productivity
The New Student Vision for Learning
Let’s set some context . . . .
School Site Administrators’ Realities
28%
30%
35%
40%
40%
44%
45%
48%
0% 20% 40% 60%
Adequate technology
Using data to assess achievement
School safety
Student behavior
Adequate funding
Curriculum standards
Staff morale
Test scores
Wake Up in the Middle of the Night Issues
Administrators’ Realities
What has the greatest potential to enhance
student achievement?
School Site District Level
Enhancing teacher effectiveness 57% 58%
21st century skills integration 49% 54%
Leveraging technology 37% 49%
Common Core Standards 49% 48%
Engaging parents as co-teachers 37% 31%
Administrators’ Realities
What tech solutions are you considering to help
with your budget situation?
1. Tablets instead of laptops for students 42%
2. Online teacher PD 40%
3. Cloud computing solutions 28%
4. Blended online classes for students 28%
5. Allowing student use of personal devices 26%
6. Digital textbooks 25%
7. Online classes for students 20%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Teachers
Parents
Principals
District Admin
ExtremelyimportantImportant
Somewhatimportant
Different views on value of ed tech
How important is the
effective use of
technology to student
success?
Key Trends:
Mobile Learning
Virtual/Online Learning
Digital Content &
Social Media
The New Student Vision for Learning
Your assignment:
Debunk myths
Uncover hidden digital divides
Evaluate your vision
Do you have a shared vision of
the future?
Key Trends: Mobile Learning
The New Student Vision for Learning
19% 18%
26%
12%
47% 45%
48%
36%
59%
65%
52%
45%
58%
80%
45%
38%
Cell Phone Smartphone Tablet Digital Reader
K-2 Gr 3-5 Gr 6-8 Gr 9-12
Students’ personal access to mobile devices
A. Increase effectiveness of school:
Check grades 78%
Take notes for class 69%
Access online textbooks 64%
Write papers and do homework 56%
Use the calendar 56%
Learn about school activities 47%
Students’ plans for using mobiles at school
How would you use a mobile device to help you with schoolwork?
How would you use a mobile device to help you with schoolwork?
B. Leverage capabilities to increase personalization of learning process:
Anytime, anywhere research 73%
Receive reminders & alerts 63%
Collaborate with peers & teachers 61%
Organize schoolwork assignments 54%
Access school network from home 52%
Students’ plans for using mobiles at school
Students: different devices for different tasks
Create a presentation? Laptop
Communicate with classmates/teacher? Smartphone
Read a book or article? Digital reader
Take notes in class? Tablet
Students say:
1. Websites that I need are blocked 58%
2. I cannot access social media tools 47%
3. I cannot use my mobile device 46%
4. Too many rules! 46%
5. Teachers limit our tech use 41%
What obstacles do you face using
technology at school?
Let me use my own mobile device!
Gr 9-12 55%
Gr 6-8 55%
Gr 3-5 31%
The BYOD/BYOT trend – what a difference
a year makes!
Policy/Position Admin 2011 Admin 2012
Do not allow 52% 37%
Discretion of building
principal 16% 21%
Discretion of teacher 21% 32%
We provide devices 13% 18%
Evaluating BYOD/T 19% 28%
BYOD/T in place 17% 30%
Key Trends:
Virtual/Online
Learning
The New Student Vision for Learning
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%
Fee based online summer school
Building your own online courses
Fully online classes for students
Blended learning classes for students
Virtual conferences and webinars
Online teacher professionaldevelopment
District Administrators
Districts are tapping into many types of
online learning
Who is learning online?
Types of online learning experiences
Students: Gr 6-8
Students: Gr 9-12
100% online school 6% 7%
Online self study class 8% 15%
Teacher led online class 9% 15%
Online class for personal interests
8% 10%
Students Gr 9-12 46%
Students Gr 6-8 41%
Students Gr 3-5 38%
Parents 36%
Administrators 51%
Online classes for students: A “must have”
for the ultimate school
Parents have first hand experience with
online learning
I have taken an online class:
For work or job training 43%
For an academic/college program 29%
To learn new skills 22%
To explore a hobby 13%
For traffic school 7%
23% who have not taken an online
class would like to!
Why take an online class?
For high school students, traditional reasons:
scheduling and college credit.
For middle school students, it’s about changing the
learning paradigm.
Get extra help in a tough subject
More comfortable asking questions
In control of my own learning
More motivated to learn
Work at my own pace
Review class materials whenever I want
Share ideas with my classmates
Key Trends: Digital Content & Social Media
The New Student Vision for Learning
17% have sent out a Tweet about an academic topic
14% have taken an online class they found on their own
1 in 5 took an online assessment to find out how they
compared to other students
1/4 have used a mobile app to help organize their school
work
29% have used a video that they found online to help them
with homework (i.e. Kahn Academy effect)
30% have sought homework help thru their Facebook site;
38% regularly use Facebook as a collaboration site
Student “DIY Learning” at work ….
Social media for learning
New question area for Speak Up this year –
who is flipping?
Experience with flipped learning Teachers Principals
(about their
teachers)
Did this – with my own videos 3% 27%
Did this – with online videos 6% 19%
I’m interested in this 18% 27%
Concern: student home access 53% 47%
Concern: need PD in creating videos 27% 33%
Concern: need PD in finding videos 21% 31%
Concern: need PD in what to do in class 17% 31%
And what do students think?
Good way for me to learn:
Students Gr 9-12 63%
Students Gr 6-8 59%
What do you prefer to read?
Online digital text
Printed text
Pixel vs. Print Preferences
Gr 6-8 Gr 9-12
Personal
reading:
digital 37% 27%
Schoolwork
reading:
digital 36% 29%
The New Student Vision for Learning
Personalized
Learning
Social–based learning
Un–tethered learning
Digitally–rich learning
Continuing “digital disconnects”
Spectrum of digital native-ness
24/7 access redefined
Inadequacy of the 1-to-1 paradigm
Everyone needs a personal learning network
Responsible use vs. acceptable use
Blurring of informal & formal learning lines
Other key trends we are watching
Collaborations driving 21st century skills
Game-ification momentum – learning as
process
Students as content producers
Changing ideals for assessment
It’s really all about productivity!
Maximizing personalized learning
Emergence of Free Agent Learners!
Other key trends we are watching
How to use Speak Up data
.
Input for planning
Justify budget and purchasing decisions
Inform new initiatives – as an evaluation tool
Tool to engage parents
Demonstrate interest in students’ ideas
Use for grant writing and fund development
Content for professional development
As a competitive tool
And more . . . . . . .
National Speak Up Findings and reports Targeted and thematic reports
Online learning trends Mobile learning & social media Print to digital migration Social learning Intelligent adaptive software
Presentations, podcasts and webinars Services: consulting, workshops, evaluation and efficacy studies
More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org
School and district data release – February 6 ◦ In conjunction with Digital Learning Day
National 2012 Speak Up Reports ◦ Congressional Briefings in Washington DC ◦ Reports available on our website ◦ April and May
New targeted reports ◦ Pre-service teachers report - Thursday ◦ Online learning trends report – ISTE ◦ More to come ….
Next up for us
How to participate with us
.
Focus groups with students, parents and educators
Evaluation and research projects
Participate in mini surveys
Follow us via social media and thru our listserv
Sharing ideas and best practices
Speak Up 2013 – sign up in spring, surveys in the fall
www.tomorrow.org
Thank you.
Let’s continue this conversation.
Julie Evans
Project Tomorrow
949-609-4660 x15
Twitter: JulieEvans_PT
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