Digital Learning: the Views of North County Students, Parents & Educators

Leadership North County
April 17, 2014
Digital Learning:
the Views of North County Students,
Parents & Educators
Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow CEO

ProjectTomorrow, a national
education nonprofit organization
Programs:
• Research & evaluation studies
• STEM education programs
• Advocacy for digital learning
(c) Project Tomorrow 2014
Mission: To ensure that today’s
students are prepared to become
tomorrow’s leaders, innovators and
engaged citizens of the world.

Annual national research project
 Using online surveys + focus groups
 Surveys for: K-12 Students,Teachers, Parents,
Administrators, Community Members
 Special: Pre-ServiceTeachers 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

 Learning & Teaching with Technology
 21st Century Skills: Digital Citizenship & Global Awareness
 Math and Science Instruction / Digital Writing
 Students’ Career Interests in STEM
 Professional Development / Teacher Preparation
 Internet Safety / Digital Footprints
 Administrators’ Challenges / Bandwidth Capacity
 Emerging Technologies both in & out of the Classroom
 Mobile Devices, Online Learning, Digital Content, E-texts
 Educational Games, Social Media tools and applications
 Flipped Classroom, Print to Digital, Online Assessments
 Designing the 21st Century School
Speak Up survey question themes

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 districts
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

Released
April 8
Washington
DC
Congressional
Briefing

K-12 Students 12,433
Teachers & Librarians 1,197
Parents 1,701
Administrators 197
National Speak Up 2013 Participation by
North San Diego County stakeholders:
15,528

Social–based learning
Un–tethered learning
Digitally–rich learning
Students & Digital Learning
Personalized
learning
Student Vision for Digital Learning

© 2013 Project Tomorrow
TopTenThings 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

26%
50%
73%
89%
43%
63%
70%
68%
53%
68%
64%
52%
12%
36%
43%
36%
Gr K-2
Gr 3-5
Gr 6-8
Gr 9-12
Digital Reader Tablet Laptop Smartphone
North County K-12 Students’ Personal Access
to Mobile Devices

Parents are mobilists also – and believe in
potential of mobile learning
6 out of 10 North
County parents want
their child in a class
where they can use a
mobile device for
learning

Internet

Out of School Internet Access
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
High speed, broadband access
Access thru 3G/4G mobile device
Access thru TV/Wii system
Only access at school
National Gr 6-8 CA Gr 6-8 No County Gr 6-8

Social Media

Social media:
tools to connect, collaborate, create
Texting:
2/3rds of North County
students Gr 9-12
(growth of 37% since 2008)
Twitter:
17% of students in Gr 9-12
(28% nationally)
Creating videos:
only 15% in 2007

Massively multi-player
online games (MMOG)
¼ of North County Gr 6-8
students
Facebook
decrease of 41% since 2007
Social media:
tools to connect, collaborate, create

Games

.
2007 2013
K-2 students 60% 68%***
Gr 3-5 students 47% 60%***
Gr 6-8 students 40% 48%***
Gr 9-12 students 23% 30%
*** no gender differentiation in frequency of game playing
Who is playing games for learning?

What do North County students say are the
benefits of playing educational games?
.
Benefits of Games Students
K-2
Students
Gr 3-5
Students
Gr 6-8
Students
Gr 9-12
Helps me understand
difficult learning
concepts
43% 42% 56% 48%
School would be
more fun
28% 37% 51% 43%
Games engage me in
learning
27% 33% 44% 42%
Learn more about a
subject
35% 37% 37% 31%

Use of digital tools for
schoolwork
Empowering
opportunities:

Digital Activity
Elementary
School
Grades 3-5
Middle
School
Grades 6-8
High
School
Grades
9-12
Access class information
through online portal 18% 62% 72%
Take tests online 38% 41% 37%
Use online textbooks 10% 25% 27%
Use a mobile device
provided by school 24% 22% 15%
Watch teacher created
videos 18% 21% 14%
North County Students’ Use of
Teacher-Facilitated Technology in the Classroom

North County Student-initiated Use of
Technology to Support Schoolwork
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Follow people via Twitter
Skype or iChat with classmates
Use mobile apps to keep organized
Use Facebook for school projects
Watch video I found for homework
Take photos of assignments
Text with classmates
Gr 9-12 Gr 6-8

Use of digital tools for
writing
Empowering
opportunities:

DigitalWriting Activities
High School
Students
Essays and school reports 64%
Email 47%
Creative writing, journaling and poetry 31%
Captions for photos 26%
Instant messaging or online chats 25%
Text for social media sites 22%
Blogging 17%
Text for multi-media presentations 17%
Gaming conversational text 14%
HTML coding 8%
North County Students’ Digital Writing Activities

Obstacles to tech use at
school
Empowering
opportunities:

North County Students: Obstacles to using
technology at school?
Websites are blocked 55%
Internet is too slow 43%
Too many rules! 42%
Cannot access social media sites 37%
Teachers limit tech use 36%
Cannot use my own mobile device 33%
o

Aspirations:
Different tasks = different
mobile devices

“What mobile device I use depends upon the task”
Read a book? Take notes in class?
Use social media?
Create content?
Different tools for different tasks

Aspirations:
Online learning

North County middle school students’ interest
in online learning
Advantages of personalized learning:
To work at my own pace 50%
I would be in control of my learning 50%
To get extra help in a tough subject 47%
It will make it easier for me to succeed 42%
I could review materials whenever I needed 40%
I would be more motivated to learn 37%

North County 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 30%
To learn new skills 29%
For traffic school 20%

What subject would students prefer
to take as an online class?

Aspirations:
My ultimate school

“Imagine you are designing the
ultimate school for today’s
students, what technologies would
have the greatest impact on
learning?”
Favorite Speak Up Question:
Superintendents & School Boards

.
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
Online classes
Tablets
Digital textbooks
Games
Schoolwide Internet
Principals Teachers Parents Gr 6-8 students
Do we have a shared vision around digital
learning in North County?

National Speak Up Findings and reports
Targeted and thematic reports
Online learning trends
Mobile learning & social media
Print to digital migration
Social learning
Intelligent adaptive software
New digital parent series
Presentations, podcasts and webinars
Services: consulting, workshops, evaluation and efficacy
studies
Speak Up 2014 opens in October
(special survey for community members!)
More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org

Speak Up Goes to
Washington, DC
National Release of Speak Up 2013 National Findings
2014 Congressional Briefing:
Impact of Digital Learning Tools to Support
College and Career Readiness
Monday, June 2, 2014 from 2-3:30PM
Rayburn House Office Building, Gold Room

Other ways to partner with Project Tomorrow
Future Educators Conference
 Friday, May 2 @ Saddleback College
 High school students interested in teaching
Youth Leadership Summit for Math & Science
 Saturday, October 25 in Irvine
 High schools students learn about
careers in math and science
Girls Rule in Math & Science Summit
 Saturday, January 24 @ Chapman University
 Middle and high school girls explore math &
science careers

Thank you.
Let’s continue this conversation.
Julie Evans
Project Tomorrow
jevans@tomorrow.org
949-609-4660 x15
Twitter: JulieEvans_PT
SpeakUpEd
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