Congressional Briefing (Students & Parents)

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Speak Up 2010 National Findings:
K-12 Students & Parents
Speak Up 2010 Congressional Briefing
Washington DC
April 1, 2011

Welcome
Julie Evans
Chief Executive Officer
Project Tomorrow

Today’s Discussion: The Big Questions
• What are the expectations of K-12 students for 21st century
learning?
• How does that student vision compare with the educators’
reality? What is the parent perspective on emerging
technologies?
• How well are today’s K-12 schools meeting the expectations
of students?
• What technologies are key in the “ultimate school” for
today’s learners?

Today’s Agenda:
Welcomes Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow
Remarks Dale Orth, Senator Rockefeller’s office
Release of National Julie Evans and students
Findings
Panel Discussion Elementary, middle and high school
students and parents from Maryland
and Virginia
Q & A All

• 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, Librarians, Parents,
Administrators
• Inform policies & programs
Analysis and reporting
Services to help transform teaching and learning
Speak Up National Research Project

Learning & Teaching with Technology
21st Century Skills: Digital Citizenship
Science and Math Instruction / STEM Career Interests
Professional Development / Teacher Preparation
Internet Safety
Administrators’ Challenges
Emerging Technologies in the Classroom
Online Learning, Mobile Devices, Digital Content
Educational Games, Web 2.0 tools and
applications
Designing the 21st Century School
Speak Up survey question themes

• Empowering authentic voices – since 2003:
1.9 million K-12 students
180,000 teachers and librarians
124,000 parents
15,500 school and district leaders
30,000 K-12 schools – from all 50 states, DC,
American military base schools, Canada, Mexico,
Australia, int’l schools . . .
Speak Up National Research Project
2.2 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.

Saluting our Speak Up 2010 Sponsors:

Thank you for the use of the
21st century learning tools

Many thanks to our K-12 National Champion
Outreach Partners:

Remarks
Dale Orth
ACS/AAAS Fellow
Office of Senator John D. Rockefeller IV

Speak Up 2010 National Findings:
K-12 Students & Parents
Speak Up 2010 Congressional Briefing
Washington DC
April 1, 2011

Meet our panel of experts
Students:
Jake Smith Anna Guttman
4th Grade Student 5th Grade Student
Bled Aliu Lyric Hatcher
Mark Miller Disrael Sylvester
Parents:
Chris Guttman Dana Shell Smith
Lydia Hatcher Bix Aliu

K-12 Students 294,399
Teachers 35,525
Librarians 2,135
Parents (in English & Spanish) 42,267
School/District Administrators 3,578
Technology Leaders 1,391
Schools / Districts 6,541 / 1,340
Participating States for Student Surveys: 48 states
Top 12 (# of participants):
TX, CA, AL, AZ, FL, NC, IL, MD, IN, NV, PA, WI
National Speak Up 2010 Participation: 379,355

About our K-12 Schools:
– 34% urban, 29% suburban, 37% rural
– 51% Title 1 eligible – indicating community
poverty
– 34% majority-minority student population
National Speak Up 2010 Participation: 379,355

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

The Student Vision for 21st Century Learning
Social–based learning
Un–tethered learning
Digitally–rich learning

The New 3 E’s of Education:
Enabled, Engaged, Empowered
How today’s students are leveraging
emerging technologies for learning
Speak Up 2010 National Findings
1st of two reports

You are invited:You are invited:You are invited:You are invited:
National Release of the 2010 Speak Up Data Findings
from K-12 Teachers, Librarians and Administrators
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
12 noon – 1:30 pm
Rayburn House Office Building - Room B339
Presentation of Findings and 2nd Report
Panel of Educators
Interactive Discussion
Bring your smart phone!

Key Trends to Watch:
Mobile Learning
Online and Blended Learning
E-Textbooks and Digital Content

Key Trends: Mobile Learning

10%13%8%10%Tablet device (iPad)
85%79%55%37%MP3
67%60%42%37%Laptop
44%34%19%16%Smart phone
56%51%29%21%
Cell phone (without internet
access)
Gr 9-12Gr 6-8Gr 3-5K-2Device
Table 1: Personal Access to Mobile Devices

Students: How would you use your mobile
device to help you with schoolwork?
1. Increase effectiveness of school:
Check grades 74%
Take notes for class 59%
Use the calendar 50%
Access online textbooks 44%

Students: How would you use your mobile
device to help you with schoolwork?
2. Leverage capabilities for greater impact:
Internet research – anytime, anywhere 68%
Collaborate with peers & teachers 53%
Create and share documents 37%
Record lectures/labs to review again later 35%

Administrators: So, what prevents you from
allowing students to use their own devices at
school?
Administrators say:
1. Teachers are not trained
2. Concerns about network security
3. Concerns about theft
4. Devices could be distraction
5. Digital equity issues

Administrators: How likely are you this year to
allow students to use their own mobile devices
for instructional purposes at school?
Administrators say:
Likely
22%
Unlikely
63%

Would parents purchase a mobile device for
their child to use at school?
Parents say:
Likely
67%
Unlikely
11%

Parents’ willingness to support mobile learning
Parents: Would you buy a mobile device for your
child to use at school? (by grade of child in school)
10%
11%
14%
63%
8%
10%
13%
69%
7%
8%
12%
70%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Unsure
Unlikely
School
responsibility
Likely
K - Gr 5 Gr 6-8 Gr 9-12

Would parents purchase a data plan to support
their child’s use of the mobile device at school?
Parents say:
Likely
54%
Unlikely
16%

Data from specific states and districts
Views of our student and parent panelists

Key Trends: Online and Blended Learning

Who is learning online?
Growth in student experiences with academic online learning
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%
2008
2009
2010
Students Gr 9-12
Students Gr 6-8
Includes:
• Online class taught by a teacher
• Self-study online class
• Blended class environment

Why take an online class?
Benefits of Online Learning
(views of students who have taken an online class)
33%
42%
43%
47%
41%
39%
44%
43%
45%
44%
25%
31%
35%
36%
36%
45%
50%
57%
60%
61%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Share ideas
More motivated
Ask more questions
Get extra help
Easier to succeed
Review class materials
College credit
Work at own pace
Control of learning
Scheduling
Gr 6-8 Gr 9-12

Info and media literacy skills: what’s important?
47%69%
Understand how to evaluate the authenticity of
resources
46%54%Know how to detect bias in resources
51%48%Know how to analyze and interpret media stories
40%29%
Ability to produce digital media
reports
55%64%Ability to prepare written/verbal research reports
55%74%Ability to identify information sources for research
High School
Students
TeachersInformation and Media Literacy Skill
Table 2: Teachers and Students differ on the relative importance
of developing information and media literacy skills

Key Trends: Online and Blended Learning

Key Trends: E-Textbooks & Digital Content

Designing the Ultimate E-Textbook
Un-tethered Learning Enabled bythe E-Textbook
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Chat rooms with video
Online tutors
Collaboration tools
Communications tools
Gr 6-8 Girl Gr 6-8 Boy Middle School Parents

Engaging Social-based Learning with the E-Textbook
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Download to phone
Mobile apps
Self assessments
Online classes
Middle School Parents
Gr 6-8 Boy
Gr 6-8 Girl

Empowering Digitally-rich Content through the E-Textbook
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Access to 3D content
Animations and simulations
Games
Links to real time data
Video clips
Virtual labs
Gr 6-8 Girl Gr 6-8 Boy Middle School Parents

Key Trends: E-Textbooks & Digital Content

The use of technology in schools today
Important questions we ask students:
What obstacles do you face using technology at
your school?
How would you improve technology access and
use at school?
Is the use of technology better utilized within
some subject areas? Which ones?

The use of technology in schools today
Do you agree with this statement?
“My school is doing a good job
of using technology to
enhance learning and student
achievement.”

“My school is doing a good job of using
technology to enhance learning and student
achievement.”
Yes!
• 74% of high school teachers
• 72% of high school principals
• 62% of parents of high school aged children

“My school is doing a good job of using
technology to enhance learning and student
achievement.”
Yes!
• 74% of high school teachers
• 72% of high school principals
• 62% of parents of high school aged children
But only 47% of high school students agree!

Key Trends: Parental Digital Choice

Parental Digital Choice
22%Videos and podcasts of lectures from my child’s teacher
32%
Tools to facilitate collaboration and communications between my child,
their teacher and me
42%Updates from the teacher about current class activities and topics studied
51%
Special alerts when my child is missing assignments, has low grades or
is failing a class
53%Information updated daily about my child’s grades and progress in school
62%
Information updated daily on my child’s homework assignments, projects
and upcoming tests
74%
Access to curriculum materials and online textbooks that we can use at
home
ParentsDesired features for the ultimate online school portal
Table 3: Parents value a interactive, collaborative relationships
with their child’s teacher(s)

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?

Ultimate School: Are we on the same page?
Ultimate School: Enabling Mobile Learning
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Bring own device to school
Laptops
Smart phone
iPad
Gr 6-8 Students Gr 9-12 Students Parents Administrators

Ultimate School: Engaging Online Learning
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Chat rooms for students
Colloboration tools
Online classes
Online tutors

Ultimate School:Empowering Digital Content
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Adaptive software
Games and virtual simulations
Online or e-textbooks
Campus wide internet access

Let’s get you involved in this discussion!
Audience Q & A

So, what do students say “going to school” will
be like in 2015?
“In 2015, school will be on the phone. Teachers will text message students
their lessons and send videos of lectures. School will be ‘to go.’”
10th grade girl, Vallejo High School (Vallejo, CA)
Teachers would be greatly affected as well, having less to do with reciting
boring lectures and giving assignments and more to do with looking at
effective, safe sites for students to use and creating digital simulations for
certain subject matter.” 8th grade girl, Liberty Middle School, (Madison, AL)
“Students in the future will take all classes online from home at their own pace.”
12th grade boy, Weslaco High School (Weslaco, TX)
“I would like to have the internet free to explore at school so we could
interact with other students via Skype, iChat, Facebook, Twitter, etc. It
would be great to have that to work with.” 8th grade girl, Skowhegan Area
Middle School (Skowhegan, ME)

What is the bottom line?
Today’s students
want learning that is:
Enabled
Engaging
Empowered

National Speak Up Findings
Presentations, podcasts and webinars
Evaluation services
Reports and white papers
Want more Speak Up?
www.tomorrow.org

Thank you for your participation in
today’s Congressional Briefing.
Julie Evans
Project Tomorrow
jevans@tomorrow.org
949-609-4660 x15
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