Mobile Learning

“It’s in Your Pocket”

6th Graders Today

• 65% own a “smart” phone• 73% own an MP3 player• 25% using eTextbook• 22% participate in 3D reality worlds• 47% involved in educational gaming

Turn & talk: What will the 6th grade look like 5 years from now in 2016?

What Can We Learn?

What can we learn today about our students’ aspirations, adoption, and adaption of emerging technologies that will help us in planning for the future?

un-tethereddigitally-rich learning

free agent learnerssocial learning

The 3 E’s of Education

EnablingEmpowering

Engaging

Speak Up 2010

• 294,399 K-12 students• 42,267 parents• 35,525, teachers• 2,125 library media staff• 3,578 administrators• 6,541 public & private schools

Key Trends

• Mobile Learning – leveraging anytime, anywhere, un-tethered learning

• Online & Blended Learning – self study, blended/hybrid learning

• eTextbooks – digital textbooks

It’s in Their Pocket

How can these devices change the learning paradigm?

Potential Benefits

High school students report they would use a mobile device at school:• check grades (74%)• take notes in class (59%)• use the calendar (50%)• access online textbooks (44%)• communicate via e-mail (44%)• learn about school activities (40%)

Tap into Uniqueness

• WiFi, 3G/4G - Internet research anytime, anywhere (68%)

• Text messaging – communicate & collaborate with teachers and peers (53%)

• Video/audio – create & share (37%); record & review (35%)

Parents Speak Up

Do You Speak The Language?• brb be right back• bytm better you than me• ctn can’t talk now• idk I don’t know• imho in my humble opinion• lho laughing head off• rofl rolling on floor laughing• tmrw tomorrow• f2f free to talk?• g2g got to go

Biggest Obstacle

• Students’ inability to use their own cell phone, smart phone, MP3 player in school (53%)

• “Power down” at the door

A Shared Vision?

Digital Learning EnvironmentStudents are…

• Working independently• Working in small groups• Intellectual activity

generating noise• Debating meaning if content• Experimenting & collecting

data• Creating video with images

and music to explain concepts

Teachers are…

• Orchestrating the environment

• Personalizing instruction• Working with individual

students, small groups• Facilitating learning• Resource to help students’

achieve independent goals

Where is the Technology?

Digital Disconnect

“Is your school doing a good job using technology to enhance learning and/or student achievement?”• Teachers – 74%• Principals – 72%• Parents – 62%• Students – 47%