Learning in the 21st Century: Mobile + Social Media = Personalized Learning

© Project Tomorrow 2011

Learning in the 21st

Century:

Mobile Devices

+ Social Media =

Personalized Learning

Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow CEO November 13, 2012

Speak Up 2011 National Findings


A big thank you to:


Today’s Discussion: The Big Questions

What are the expectations of K-12 students for

mobile learning?

How does that student vision compare with the

teachers’ & administrators’ reality? What is the

unique parent perspective on mobile learning?

How well are our K-12 schools meeting the

expectations of students?


Today’s Agenda

About the Speak Up National Research

Highlights from the new report

Panel discussion & audience Q&A

Invitation to participate in Speak Up!

Speak Up 2011 National Research Project:

Views of K-12 Students, Parents, Teachers,

Librarians and Administrators


Panel Discussion

Norrie Hamby Alita Walker 1st Grade Teacher 5th Grade Teacher

Most Blessed Sacrament School Liberty Elementary School

Berlin MD Baltimore MD

Bailey Mitchell Chief Technology and Information Officer

Forsyth County Schools

Forsyth GA


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

+ 2.6 million surveys since 2003


Learning & Teaching with Technology

21st Century Skills: Digital Citizenship

Science and Math Instruction

Career Interests in STEM and Teaching

Professional Development / Teacher Preparation

Internet Safety

Administrators’ Challenges

Emerging Technologies in the Classroom

Mobile Devices, Online Learning, Digital Content, E-textbooks

Educational Games, Web 2.0 tools and applications

Designing the 21st Century School

Speak Up survey question themes


K-12 Students 330,117

Teachers & Librarians 38,502

Parents (in English & Spanish) 44,006

School/District Administrators 4,133

About the participating schools & districts

o 5,616 schools and 1,250 districts

o 24% urban / 35% rural / 41% suburban

o All 50 states + DC

Honor Roll of States with highest participation:

TX, CA, AL, IN, AZ, NC, FL, WI, VA, MD

National Speak Up 2011 Participation: 416,758


Saluting our Speak Up 2011 Sponsors:


Speak Up 2011 Congressional Briefings

Washington DC

April 24 and May 23, 2012


Participate in Speak Up 2012!

Speak Up 2012 – 10th Anniversary Special online surveys to collect and report on the views of the

K-12 students, teachers, librarians, administrators and parents

on the role of technology within teaching and learning.

Online surveys open: Oct 3 – Dec 21 Learn more @ www.tomorrow.org


What can the Speak Up

findings tell us about the

future of learning?


Speak Up National Research Project

Key Findings: Speak Up 2003 – 2011

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


Social–based learning

Un–tethered learning

Digitally–rich learning

The New Student Vision for Learning

Personalized

Learning


“Learning in the 21st Century:

Mobile Devices

+ Social Media = Personalized Learning”

A special collaboration with

Blackboard, Inc.


Key Findings

Learning in the 21st Century: Mobile Devices + Social Media = Personalized Learning

1. Mobile devices combined with social media is enabling more personalized learning – for both students and educators


Key Findings



2. Increased parental support for mobile learning is changing the conversation


Key Findings




3. Changing teacher practice is still a critical challenge


Key Findings




3. Changing teacher practice is still a critical challenge 4. Many schools and districts are exploring the use of student

owned devices


Key Findings




3. Changing teacher practice is still a critical challenge 4. Many schools and districts are exploring the use of student

owned devices 5. Future of mobile learning depends upon a shared vision for

personalized learning


Students and their mobile devices

18% 17%

8%

33%

17%

25% 21%

9%

52%

18%

48%

37%

17%

77%

26%

49% 50%

13%

82%

21%

Cell phone (nointernet access)

Smartphone Digital reader MP3 Tablet device

Students’ personal access to mobile devices

K-2 Gr 3-5 Gr 6-8 Gr 9-12


Change in student access to mobile devices

– 2006 to 2011


What obstacles do students face using technology

@ school?

Students’ Top 5:

1. Websites that I need are blocked 59%

2. I cannot use my mobile device 55%

3. I cannot access social media tools 51%

4. Too many rules! 48%

5. Teachers limit our tech use 42%


Let me use my own mobile device!

Gr 9-12 59%

Gr 6-8 56%

Gr 3-5 27%

BTW: I need more outlets for re-charging (34%)!


Option #1: Let me use my own tools and devices at school

Option #2: Provide me with tools that replicate what I am already doing outside of school

Students have solutions!


How would you use a mobile device to help you with schoolwork?

A. Increase effectiveness of school:

Check grades 81%

Take notes for class 67%

Access online textbooks 62%

Write papers and do homework 56%

Use the calendar 50%

Learn about school activities 47%

Students and mobile learning


How would you use a mobile device to help you with schoolwork?

Students and mobile learning

B. Leverage capabilities to increase personalization of learning process:

Anytime, anywhere research 72%

Receive reminders & alerts 61%

Collaborate with peers & teachers 55%

Organize schoolwork assignments 53%

Access school network from home 51%



How likely are you this year to allow students to use their own mobile devices for instructional purposes at school?


How likely are you this year to allow students to use their own mobile devices for instructional purposes at school?

Will you allow students to use their own mobile devices?

65%

11% 22%

Likely Unlikely Unsure


“What is holding you back?”

Top challenges:

• Concerns about theft of devices

• Concerns about network security

• Digital equity issues

• Teachers are not trained

• Devices could be a distraction


Mobile learning visions

Parents offer a solution to the digital equity challenge

If your child’s school allowed for the use of mobile devices for educational purposes, how likely is it that you would purchase one for your child?



Parents: Willingness to Purchase a Mobile Device for Child

62%

13%

8%

15%

Likely

Unlikely

Unsure

School responsibility



Urban Suburban Rural Title 1

Likely 61% 59% 58% 57%

Unlikely 13% 15% 13% 14%


Parents’ Changing Views on the Benefits of Mobile

Learning – from 2009 to 2011


Parents & educators are also “mobilists!”

• 67% of parents of school aged children have a smartphone; an increase of almost 3X from 2006.

• In the past 3 years, teachers’ access to a smartphone has more than doubled from 20 percent in 2008 to 54 percent in 2011.

• District office administrators are almost 2X as likely now to be carrying a tablet computer (55 percent) than a simple cellphone that does not have Internet access (31 percent).

• Administrators with 1 to 3 years of experience only slightly more likely to use a smartphone or tablet than their peers with 16 or more years of experience as an administrator.


41%

13%

29%

19%

7%

13%

Currently evaluating a

BYOT approach

Currently piloting a BYOT

approach

Provide school owned

devices for student use

Different Views of BYOT by

District Administrators

District Administrators who use a smartphone or tablet

All District Administrators


Imagine you are designing the ultimate

school for today’s students,

what technologies would have the

greatest impact on learning?


Do we have a shared vision for the future of mobile

learning in our schools?

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

Student owned devices

School provided tablets

Schoolwide Internet access

Tools/apps for collaboration

Tools/apps for organization

Students Gr 3-5

Principals

Teachers

Parents

Students Gr 6-12


“Our students need to use the tools that are found in their world today and be ready to use

the tools of tomorrow. Social media, online classes, mobile devices and other tools will help

them become global communicators, digital learners and be able to adapt to the rapidly

changing world of technology.”

District CTO/CIO, California


Panel Discussion

Norrie Hamby Alita Walker 1st Grade Teacher 5th Grade Teacher

Most Blessed Sacrament School Liberty Elementary School

Berlin MD Baltimore MD

Bailey Mitchell Chief Technology and Information Officer

Forsyth County Schools

Forsyth GA


A big thank you to:


• 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


Inviting all K-12 schools and districts to

participate in Speak Up 2012!

Speak Up 2012 – 10th Anniversary Special online surveys to collect and report on the views of the

K-12 students, teachers, librarians, administrators and parents

on the role of technology within teaching and learning.

Online surveys open: Oct 3 – Dec 21 Learn more @ www.tomorrow.org


How to use your 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 . . . . . . .


Thank you.

Let’s continue this conversation.

Julie Evans

Project Tomorrow

[email protected]

949-609-4660 x15

Twitter: JulieEvans_PT

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