K-12 Students, Parents & Educators Speak Up about Mobile Learning. New research from Project Tomorrow

K-12 Students, Parents & Educators Speak Up about Mobile Learning New research from Project Tomorrow Speak Up 2009 National Findings Julie Evans Project Tomorrow jevans@tomorrow.org

New report released today: Learning in the 21st Century: Taking it Mobile!

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Today s Discussion: The Big Questions What are the expectations of today s students for the use of mobile devices within education? How does this student vision compare with the educators vision? What challenges or obstacles do educators face in implementing these technologies? What are the benefits?

Today s Agenda: What is Speak Up? Selected Data Findings Panel Discussion with our Experts Conversation Time Speak Up Research Project: Views of Students, Teachers, Parents, Administrators & Pre-Service Teachers

Introducing our Expert Panel from Arlington Public Schools Camilla Gagliolo Instructional Technology Coordinator Jamestown Elementary School Angela Foreman Special Education Teacher Jamestown Elementary School

Speak Up National Research Project 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 Services to help transform teaching and learning

Speak Up National Research Project Empowering authentic voices since 2003: 1.6 million K-12 students 142,000 teachers 82,000 parents 10,500 school leaders 1,900 pre-service teachers 23,000 K-12 schools from all 50 states, DC, American military base schools, Canada, Mexico, Australia, int l schools... 71 schools of education 1.85 million respondents

Speak Up is facilitated annually by Project Tomorrow (formerly known as NetDay) Project Tomorrow (www.tomorrow.org) is the leading education nonprofit organization dedicated to the empowerment of student voices in education.

Speak Up survey question themes Learning & Teaching with Technology 21 st 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 Educational Games, Web 2.0 tools and applications Designing the 21st Century School

Participate in Speak Up 2010! Online surveys available for: K-12 students Parents (in Spanish too!) Teachers Administrators Pre-service teachers Surveys open for input: Oct 18 Dec 17 No fee to participate. No limit on the # of surveys submitted. 100% confidential. Free online report for all Speak Up participating districts w/ your local data: Feb 2011 Release of National Speak Up Findings in Congressional Briefings: Spring 2011

Saluting our Speak Up Sponsors:

Thank you to our K-12 National Champion Outreach Partners: And the 75+ other national education and business associations & nonprofit groups that promote Speak Up to their stakeholders, members & affiliates.

National Speak Up 2009 Participation: 370,565 K-12 Students 299,677 Teachers 38,642 Parents (in English & Spanish) 26,312 School/District Administrators 3,947 Schools / Districts 5,757 / 1,215 Pre-Service Teachers 1,987 Schools of Education 71 Participating States = all 50 states Top 12 (# of participants): TX, AZ, AL, CA, FL, MD, PA, NC, AR, MO, NY, IL

National Speak Up 2009 Participation: 370,565 About our K-12 Schools: 97% public, 3% private 38% urban, 31% suburban, 32% rural 54% Title 1 eligible indicating community poverty 42% majority-minority student population About our Schools of Education/Aspiring Teachers 89% four year public institutions 2/3 undergraduates; 1/3 graduate students

Release of two national reports March 16 and May 5, 2010 Creating Our Future: Students Speak Up about their Vision for 21st Century Learning Speak Up 2009 National Findings: K-12 Students & Parents Unleashing the Future: Educators Speak Up about the Use of Emerging Technologies for Learning Speak Up 2009 National Findings: Teachers, Aspiring Teachers & Administrators Both are available at www.tomorrow.org

Introducing the Digital Advance Team Today s K-12 Students Adopting/adapting technologies for learning Tech trend setters Their use predicts widespread acceptance Out of school use drives in school use Pace car for others Teachers ultimately catch up

Key Findings: Speak Up 2003 2010 Students function as a Digital Advance Team Students regularly adopt and adapt emerging technologies for learning Students frustrations with the unsophisticated use of technologies within education Lack of relevancy in education exacerbated Persistent digital disconnect between students and adults

What can the Speak Up findings tell us about the future of learning?

What can the Speak Up data tell us about the future of learning? Increasingly, students aspirations around the use of emerging technologies within education is a reflection of their desired vision for learning in general.

Result: A new uniquely student vision for leveraging emerging technologies to drive achievement and educational productivity

Creating Our Future: Students Speak Up about their Vision for 21st Century Learning Three Essential Elements in the Student Vision Social based learning Digitally rich learning Un tethered learning

Creating Our Future: Students Speak Up about their Vision for 21st Century Learning Three Essential Elements Social based learning Students want to leverage emerging communications and collaboration tools to create personal networks of experts

Creating Our Future: Students Speak Up about their Vision for 21st Century Learning Three Essential Elements Digitally rich learning Students see the use of relevancy-based digital tools, content and resources as key to education productivity

Creating Our Future: Students Speak Up about their Vision for 21st Century Learning Three Essential Elements Un tethered learning Students envision technology-enabled learning that transcends classroom walls

New report released today: Learning in the 21st Century: Taking it Mobile!

Taking It Mobile! Report Methodology Analysis of Speak Up 2009 Data 370,000 K-12 students, teachers, administrators and parents Profiling of current mobile learning users Interviews with educators and students Focus on activities, attitudes and aspirations

Taking It Mobile! Report Methodology Interviews with educators and students Xavier College Preparatory, Phoenix AZ Paradise Valley Unified School District, Phoenix AZ St Marys School District, St Marys OH Jamestown Elementary School, Arlington VA Osseo Area Schools, Maple Grove MN Onslow County School District, Jacksonville NC

K-12 students have a lot of personal devices that they would like to use for schoolwork

Students face obstacles using technology at school Top responses from students: 1. I cannot use my mobile device (56%) 2. School filters and firewalls block websites I need (53%) 3. Teachers limit our technology use (37%) 4. Too many rules! (30%) Cannot access my communications tools Rules that limit use of my school s technology

How schools could make it easier to use technology the student point of view Students say: 1. Let me use my own mobile device (60%) 2. Let me use my own laptop (47%) 3. Access my school projects from any computer home or at school (47%) 4. Give me unlimited Internet access on campus (43%) 5. I want to access my social networking site and communications tools (36%) 6. Give us more electrical outlets (28%)

How schools could make it easier to use technology the student point of view

Audience response Students: How would using mobile devices at school help you with your schoolwork? Besides communications and research, what do students say?

Audience response Besides communications and research, how do students say that using mobile devices in school will help them with schoolwork? Choose top response: A. Access social networking site B. Access online textbooks C. Learn about school activities D. Share documents, videos and podcasts E. Receive reminders and alerts F. Take videos of class presentations or labs to review later

Besides communications and research, how do students say that using mobile devices in school will help them with schoolwork? Access social networking site 35% Access online textbooks 44% Learn about school activities 41% Share documents, videos and podcasts 36% Receive reminders and alerts 55% Take videos of class presentations or labs 39%

Student Value Proposition for Mobile Learning?

Unleashing the Future: Educators Speak Up about the Use of Emerging Technologies for Learning What is the value proposition for technology in education? The Educators Perspective

Audience response Who do you think is most bullish on the importance of effective use of technology for student success? (Besides students!)

Audience response Who do you think is most bullish on the importance of effective use of technology for student success? (Besides students!) Parents District administrators School principals Teachers

What is the value proposition for technology in education? Importance of effective tech use in instruction Extremely important Important Somewhat important Not important Teachers Parents District Administrators Principals 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

The Educator Perspective A new cohort of educators are pushing the envelope for mobile learning.... Introducing the Mobile Learning Explorer

Introducing the Mobile Learning Explorer 2X as likely as other educators to have a smart phone; 4X as likely to have a netbook Technology is extremely important to student success: 100% agree! Administrators see value of mobile devices as part of their ultimate school Teachers currently using mobile devices within instruction

Introducing the Mobile Learning Explorer

Introducing the Mobile Learning Explorer Teachers with smart phones: their concerns about mobile devices in school Distraction Digital equity Use for cheating Need training No curriculum Loss of control 16+ years 11-15 years 4-10 years 1-3 years 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

The parent perspective: value on mobile learning

Imagine you are designing the ultimate school. Which technology tools and services would have the greatest positive impact on learning?

Imagine you are designing the ultimate school. Which technology tools and services would have the greatest positive impact on learning? Are we all on the same page?

Creating Our Future: Students Speak Up about their Vision for 21st Century Learning Three Essential Elements in the Student Vision Social based learning Digitally rich learning Un tethered learning

The Ultimate School: Are we on the same page? Ultimate School: Elements of Social Based Learning Communications tools Principals Parents Aspiring Teachers Students Gr 6-12 Collaboration tools 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

The Ultimate School: Are we on the same page? Ultimate School: Digitally Rich Learning Environments E-portfolios Online textbooks Games Principals Parents Aspiring Teachers Students Gr 6-12 Digital media tools 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

The Ultimate School: Are we on the same page? Ultimate School: Elements of Un-tethered Learning Online classes Mobile devices Laptops Principals Parents Aspiring Teachers Students Gr 6-12 Internet access 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

New report released today: Learning in the 21st Century: Taking it Mobile!

Leveraging a unique asset the ideas of your students! 82% of students would like to be more involved and share their ideas Give input through Speak Up Have class discussions Share ideas online with other students Be part of a club that researches problems & presents ideas Be part of a student advisory group for the principal Set up a blog and wiki to share ideas Make presentations to the school board

More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org National Speak Up Findings Additional data analysis from Speak Up 2009 Presentations, podcasts and webinars Reports and white papers Information about other services Information about Speak Up 2010

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Thank you. Let s continue this conversation. Julie Evans Project Tomorrow jevans@tomorrow.org 949-609-4660 x15 Copyright Project Tomorrow 2010. This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author.