ten things about digital learning and students
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Ten Things Everyone
Should Know about
Students and Digital Learning
Julie Evans
Chief Executive Officer
Project Tomorrow Speak Up 2013 National Findings
• Get introduced to Speak Up
• Take a test
• Learn ten things
• Discuss and share ideas
Ten Things Everyone Should Know about
Students and Digital Learning
Annual national research project
Using online surveys + focus groups
Surveys for: K-12 Students, Teachers, Parents,
Administrators, Community Members
Special: Pre-Service Teachers in Schools of Education
Open for all K-12 schools and schools of education
Schools, districts & colleges receive free report with their
own data
Inform policies, plans & programs
Local: your stakeholder data
State: state level data
Federal: national findings
Speak Up National Research Project
+ 3.4 million
surveys since
2003
Why do
schools and
districts
participate in
Speak Up?
.
Power of local data
Use data as input for planning
To justify budget and purchasing decisions
Inform new initiatives – as an evaluation tool
As a tool to engage parents
Demonstrate interest in students’ ideas
Use for grant writing and fund development
Content for professional development
As a competitive tool
To counteract mythology . . . . . . .
Commonly heard mythology
“New teachers don’t need any training in how to use
technology within teaching”
“Parents won’t accept online textbooks”
“Kids only want to use mobiles so that they can
text & play games in class”
“Online learning undercuts the role of the
teacher in learning.”
“There is so much great content online for teachers to use in the
classroom – so, what is the problem?”
“Put technology in the classroom and magically students will learn more!”
Examples of ed tech mythology
National reports and DC briefings
Available at www.tomorrow.org/speakup
Speak Up Goes to
Washington, DC
National Release of Speak Up 2013 National Findings
2014 Congressional Briefing Tuesday, April 8, 20
http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/speakup_congress.html
But just for you today …..
A special pre-release of the
Speak Up 2013 national data findings
K-12 Students 325,279
Teachers & Librarians 32,151
Parents (in English & Spanish) 39,986
School/District Administrators 4,530
Community Members (new this year!) 1,346
About the participating schools & districts o 9,005 schools and 2,710
o 90% public schools – 10% private/parochial/charter/other
o 32% urban / 31% rural / 37% suburban
o 30% school wide Title 1; 43% majority minority school
o All 50 states + DC + Guam + DODEA schools
National Speak Up 2013 Participation: 403,292
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
What have we learned over the past 11 years?
Students & Digital Learning
Personalized
Learning
Social–based learning
Un–tethered learning
Digitally–rich learning
Students & Digital Learning
• 4 Questions
• True or False
• Answered during the presentation &
in summary at the end
Good Luck!
Your Pre-Test
T or F
T or F
T or F
T or F
1. 2/3rds of students think flipped learning is a good way to learn
2. Students would rather use a tablet than a laptop for most academic tasks
3. Students would like to take math class online
4. Most students are not over concerned about what they post online about themselves or others
Ten Things Everyone Should Know about
Students and Digital Learning
The 21st Century Learner
Enabling technologies:
what tools and resources are
digital learners using?
Empowering opportunities:
how are they using these
tools for learning?
Engaging aspirations:
what are their expectations for
digital learning?
Mobile Devices
Enabling technologies:
Mobile Devices
Device K-2 Gr 3-5 Gr 6-8 Gr 9-12
smartphone 22% 50% 73% 89%
tablet 41% 69% 60% 50%
laptop 41% 61% 66% 67%
digital reader 18% 39% 47% 40%
Personal access – not school provided
Mobile Devices
Device K-2 Gr 3-5 Gr 6-8 Gr 9-12
tablet 11% 21% 20% 16%
laptop 30% 31% 33%
School provided – student reported
Internet
Enabling technologies:
Internet: measuring connectivity
beyond broadband
64% of students in grades 6-12 access the
Internet through a 3G/4G device
23% through a TV or Wii connection
Big issue : contention for access at home
Video
Enabling technologies:
Video
Over 1/3 of students are accessing online videos
on their own to get help with homework
23% are accessing videos created by their
teacher
Video
23% are accessing videos created by their
teacher
Flipped learning?
Almost 2/3 of students say this approach
would be good way for them to learn
Use of mobile devices for
schoolwork
Empowering
opportunities:
Use of mobile devices for
schoolwork – students say:
1. To do traditional school activities more efficiently
2. To transform the learning process
Use of mobile devices for
schoolwork to transform learning
Anytime research – info in their hands 60%
Access edu games 43%
Collaborate with classmates 40%
Receive reminders and alerts 33%
Take photos of assignments 24%
Participate in class polls 18%
Text teachers questions during class 12%
Different tasks
= different tools
Empowering
opportunities:
Different tasks = different tools
Academic Task Gr 6-8 Preferred Tool
Communications Smartphone
Create video Smartphone
Social media Smartphone
Read a book/article Digital reader
Write report Laptop
Take notes Laptop
Internet research Laptop
Create media presentations Laptop
Different tasks = different tools
Academic Task Gr 6-8 Preferred Tool
Communications Smartphone
Create video Smartphone
Social media Smartphone
Read a book/article Digital reader
Write report Laptop
Take notes Laptop
Internet research Laptop
Create media presentations Laptop
Tablet?
2nd or 3rd choice
for students
Digital footprints
Empowering
opportunities:
Digital footprints: students’ views
They are careful: about what they post about
themselves and others (64% of students Gr 9-12)
They advise friends to be careful
(39% of students Gr 9-12)
They stop interacting based upon online profiles
(32% of students Gr 9-12)
They believe a positive digital profile is important
(44% of students in Gr 9-12)
Engaging aspirations:
Aspirations:
Online learning
Online learning
41% of middle school students with no
online learning experience want to take an
online class
Why?
• Be in control of learning (52%)
• Work at own pace (51%)
• Get extra help (47%)
• Improve tech skills (47%)
Online learning
41% of middle school students with no
online learning experience want to take an
online class
And in what subject area?
Online learning
41% of middle school students with no
online learning experience want to take an
online class
And in what subject area?
MATHEMATICS
Aspirations:
Games within learning
Engaging aspirations:
Games within learning
Preferred devices today:
Laptop 60%
Smartphone 54%
Console 54%
Tablet 44%
Games within learning
Preferred devices:
Laptop 60%
Smartphone 54%
Console 54%
Tablet 44%
#1 Benefit of games
within learning:
Make it easier to
understand difficult
concepts
Games within learning
Preferred devices:
Laptop 60%
Smartphone 54%
Console 54%
Tablet 44%
#1 Benefit of games within
learning:
Make it easier to understand
difficult concepts
Desired way to learn about STEM careers?
Play game about careers
Aspirations:
Using social media in school
Engaging aspirations:
Would you include use of social
media tools in your ultimate school?
Aspirations:
Using mobile devices
within learning
Engaging aspirations:
Laptops, tablets & digital readers,
oh my!
What should be in the ultimate school?
Laptops? 56%
Digital readers? 51%
Tablets? 48%
Laptops, tablets & digital readers,
oh my!
What should be in the ultimate school?
Laptops? 56%
Digital readers? 51%
Tablets? 48%
Keyboards for mobile devices? 44%
Laptops, tablets & digital readers,
oh my!
What should be in the ultimate school?
Laptops? 56%
Digital readers? 51%
Tablets? 48%
Keyboards for mobile devices? 44%
Allow me to use my own device at school 62%
The 21st Century Learner
Enabling technologies:
what tools and resources are
digital learners using?
Empowering opportunities:
how are they using these
tools for learning?
Engaging aspirations:
what are their expectations for
digital learning?
Personalized
Learning
Social–based learning
Un–tethered learning
Digitally–rich learning
Students & Digital Learning
• 4 Questions
• True or False
Let’s score your Pre-Test
What is your “Students and
Digital Learning” score?
True
False
True
False
1. 2/3rds of students think flipped learning is a good way to learn
2. Students would rather use a tablet than a laptop for most academic tasks
3. Students would like to take math class online
4. Most students are not over concerned about what they post online about themselves or others
Your thoughts, comments, questions
National Speak Up Findings and reports Targeted and thematic reports
Online learning trends Mobile learning & social media Social learning Intelligent adaptive software New digital parent series
Presentations, podcasts and webinars Services: consulting, workshops, evaluation and
efficacy studies
More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org
National Release of Speak
Up 2013 National Findings
DC Congressional Briefing
Tuesday, April 8
Data release to Speak Up
participants
Wednesday, February 5
Speak Up 2014 surveys open in October
Thank you.
Let’s continue this conversation.
Julie Evans
Project Tomorrow
949-609-4660 x15
Twitter: JulieEvans_PT
and SpeakUpEd
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