the real scoop: what the speak up data tells us

The Real Scoop:

what the Speak Up data tells us about

the state of ed tech today

Julie Evans

Chief Executive Officer

Project Tomorrow

Today’s Discussion: The Big Questions

What are some realities about ed tech in our schools

today – from the perspective of the student, the parent

and the educator?

What are the enabling technologies that are propelling

a new vision for digital learning?

But, what about those “sticky wickets” that pose serious

challenges to realizing that vision?

What do you need to know to make sound investments

and craft successful plans?

Discussion Agenda

Speak Up National Research Project

K-12 Landscape and Trends

Enabling technologies

“Sticky wickets” – one in particular

Preview: Speak Up 2012 National Findings

Views of K-12 Students, Teachers,

Parents and Administrators

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


+ 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

National Speak Up 2012 Participation: 466,303

Too many surveys!

What can the Speak Up

findings tell us about the

future of learning?


Key Student Findings: Speak Up 2003 – 2012

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

Enabling Technologies

Digital content

Online classes

Mobile devices

Social media

Video

The Real Scoop: what the Speak Up data tells us

about the state of ed tech today

Real Scoop Pre-Test

• 4 Questions

• True or False

• Answered during the presentation & in

summary at the end

Good Luck!

Real Scoop Pre-Test

1. Students’ preference is to use a tablet to read a

book or communicate with classmates &

teachers.

2. 37% of parents want their child’s teacher to

communicate with them via text messages.

3. 46% of teachers say that they are doing some

kind of “flipping” in their classroom this year.

4. ¼ of administrators say that a major barrier to

more online learning is still the lack of teachers

interested in teaching online.

T or F

T or F

T or F

T or F

Be a Speak Up Analyst!

Your assignment:

• Debunk myths

• Uncover hidden digital divides

• Evaluate your vision

• Do you have a shared

vision of the future?

Teachers’ Use of Digital Content

Types used in the classroom:

Videos found online 47%

Games 30%

Skill-based software 30%

Online curriculum 21%

Online textbooks 21%

Animations 20%

Real time data 20%


Why games?

1. Engage students in learning

2. Address different learning styles

3. Differentiate instruction

4. Reinforce understanding or skills

5. Provide opportunities for student practice


How often do you assign Internet-based homework?


How often do you assign Internet-based homework?

41%

26%

20%

10%

4%

Never Few times ayear

Once amonth

One a week Almost daily

41%

26%

20%

10%

4% 4%

8%

22%

37%

29%

8%

12%

27%

33%

19%

Never Few times a year Once a month One a week Almost daily

Teachers HS Students MS Students

Comparing student and teacher values Students, how often do you access Internet content

to help you with homework?

Online classes

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 professional development

District Administrators

Districts are tapping into many types of online learning

Increasing demand for online classes

A “must have” for the ultimate school:

Students Gr 9-12 46%

Students Gr 6-8 41%

Students Gr 3-5 38%

Parents 36%

Administrators 51%

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

Increasing demand for online classes

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!

We are mobilists!

Students: access at home, usage at school?

40%

40%

35%

10%

12%

17%

48%

42%

10%

18%

Personal, use @ school

Personal, don't use @ school

Personal, don’t use @ school

Personal, use @ school

School provided

Gr 6-8 Gr 9-12

Tablets

Smartphones

We are multi-mobilists!

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


Top obstacles to using technology at school?

• I cannot use my own mobile devices 50%

• I cannot access my social media 47%

• Too many rules! 44%

95% of students say they know their school’s policies on

mobiles and social media


Top obstacles to using technology at school?

• I cannot use my own mobile devices 50%

• I cannot access my social media 47%

• Too many rules! 44%

95% of students say they know their school’s policies on

mobiles and social media

1/3 say their school policy is “NO ACCESS” but they

use their tools anyway!


The mobilist parents – are you ready?

Smartphones 73%

Tablets 49%

Digital readers 37%

37% of parents want their school or child’s teacher to

communicate with them via text message



What if there were two classes – one allowed use of

student owned devices and one did not.

How likely is it that you would want your child in the

class that allowed the devices?



What if there were two classes – one allowed use of

student owned devices and one did not.

How likely is it that you would want your child in the class

that allowed the devices?

66% of parents said it was likely – they want

their child in that “mobile using class”

(42% said very likely!)


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%

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

Meet the New Free Agent Learner ….

Social media for learning

Disconnect between the two worlds in a student’s life


The “No-Internet Test”

Big impact on my personal life 77%

Big impact on my school life 52%

Students’ wish list for their ultimate science classroom


Opportunities for collaboration with classmates 61%

Access to online tutors 32%

Texting my teacher during class 28%

Class blogs or wikis for exchanging ideas 24%

Video – who’s flipping?

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%

Video – who’s flipping?

And what do students think?

Good way for me to learn:

Students Gr 9-12 63%

Students Gr 6-8 59%

Enabling Technologies

Digital content

Online classes

Mobile devices

Social media

Video

So, what is holding back these visions of the future?

Sticky Wickets

Print to digital migration

Free Agent Learner

Shared Values

Online Assessment

Teacher Adoption

The Real Scoop: what the Speak Up data tells us

about the state of ed tech today

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Teachers

Parents

Principals

District Admin

Extremely important

Important

Somewhat important

Not important

Reality: Value proposition

How important is

the effective use

of technology to

student success?

Reality: Challenges

Administrators acknowledge criticality of teacher training

Enabling Technology Administrator Concern

Mobile learning Teachers don’t know how to incorporate

mobiles within instruction – 35%

Online classes Cannot find teachers interested/skilled in

teaching online classes – 26%

Digital content Teachers need training on how to leverage

digital content effectively – 42%

Teachers are reluctant to use digital content

we have – 20%

Reality: Opportunities

What teachers say they need: their wish list for PD

• Preparing for Common Core standards 46%

• Using technology to differentiate instruction 45%

• Use technology for formative assessments 27%

• Using a tablet within instruction 32%

• How to id mobile apps for classroom use 31%

• How to id quality digital content for classroom 31%

• How to use games within instruction 26%

• How to create videos of my lessons 20%


Teacher: If your school or district adopted a 100% digital

curriculum, what would you need?


Teacher: If your school or district adopted a 100% digital

curriculum, what would you need?

1. PD for integration into instruction

2. Ability to manage digital resources and lesson plans

3. Appropriate formative and summative assessments

4. Digital resources in standards based units

5. Onsite support for the technology components

Sticky Wickets


Free Agent Learner

Shared Values

Online Assessment

Teacher Adoption

And others

How do you leverage the opportunities to

mitigate the challenges?

What does the Speak Up

findings tell YOU about the

future of learning?

Real Scoop Pre-Test



teachers.








T or F

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Real Scoop Pre-Test



teachers.








False

True

False

True

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


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 – TCEA next week

– 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

http://www.tomorrow.org/

Thank you.

Let’s continue this conversation.

Julie Evans

Project Tomorrow

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949-609-4660 x15

Twitter: JulieEvans_PT

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