Technology –What Do Students
Want!
February 16, 2012

Sandy Miller, Ed.D
smiller2@laverne.edu

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© Project Tomorrow 2011

Speak Up Research Project
National and California Findings
K-12 Students, Parents, Teachers,
Administrators
Julie Evans - 2011

Project Tomorrow
jevans@tomorrow.org


Project Tomorrow (www.tomorrow.org)
is the leading education nonprofit
organization dedicated to the
empowerment of student voices in
education.


Speak Up 2011 Report
Congressional Briefing April 1, 2011

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:
From Julie Evans


National Speak Up 2010 Participation: 379,355

 K-12 Students 294,339
 Teachers 35,525
 Parents (in English & Spanish) 42,267
 Librarians 2,125
 School/District Administrators 3,578
 Technology Leaders 6,541/ 1987
 Schools / Districts 5,757/ 1,215

Top Participating States (# of participants)
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


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

What are the implications
for Higher ED?


Students say, “emerging technologies….
hold great promise for
• creating a new learning environment
• engaging them in contextually-based
content
• enabling greater personalization of the
learning process
• empowering them to explore knowledge
in new ways


The Student Vision for 21st Century Learning

Social-based learning
Un-tethered learning
Digitally-rich learning


Three Essential Elements

 Social–based
learning
Students want to leverage emerging
communications and collaboration
tools to create personal networks of
experts



 Un–tethered
learning
Students envision technology-enabled
learning that transcends classroom walls

(mobile devices and on-line learning)



 Digitally–rich
learning
Students see the use of relevancy-based
digital tools, content and resources as key
to education productivity


Speak Up Data Findings

Who am I?

Interactive Exercises


Who am I?

1. Kindergartener
2. 2nd Grader
3. 6th Grader
4. 11th Grader
5. Administrator


2010 Characteristics

 34% have smart phones
 73% have MP3 Players/iPods
 25% are using an e-book
 50% of girls and 33% of boys update their social
networking site.
 22% participate in 3D virtual reality worlds


6th Grader


2010 Characteristics

 34% have smart phones
 73% have MP3 Players/iPod
 25% are using an e-book
 50% of girls and 33% of boys update their social
networking site.
 22% participate in 3D virtual reality worlds


Savvy and Fluent Sixth Graders
More so than their older siblings in high school

6th - 11th

Participate in #-D virtual reality worlds 22% 15%

Use educational games at home and school 47% 29%


Who am I?

1. Kindergarten Boy
2. 3rd Grade Girl
3. 7th Grade Boy
4. 10th Grade Girl
5. Teacher


Who am I? Profile characteristics:
Access to mobile devices:
MP3 player/iPod
(44%) Participates
Game player (53%) in immersive
Laptop (44%) virtual reality
Uses Internet for research environments
(51%) and online (39%)
assessments (35%)

Wishes for their ultimate school
Online textbooks (29%)
High tech science tools (39%)
Online tools for organization (35%)

Who am I?
3rd Grade Girl with Average Tech Skills


The New 3 E’s of Education
Enabled, Engaged, Empowered

Social-based learning
Un-tethered learning
Digitally-rich learning



Key Trends to Watch: 

• Mobile Learning 

• Online and Blended Learning

• E-Textbooks and Digital Content



Key Trends: Mobile Learning


If you were going to spend a month on an isolated island,
what one mobile device would you absolutely need to have?

ipad
Smart phone
Digital reader
Hand-held game player
MP3/iPod
Latte frother

http://tinyurl.com/isolatedisland




Instructional potential
Lower price tags
Wide range of devices



Smart phone jump of 42% from 2009 – 2010 & Little demographic difference



• How can these mobile
devices engage, empower
and enable students?

• What do students say about
using these devices?


Students: How would you use your mobile
device to help you with your 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 your 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%


53 % Students said they wanted to
Collaborate with peers & teachers

What is the # 1 collaboration tool they want to
use?
1. Email
2. Social Networking
3. Instant or text message


53 % Students said they wanted to
Collaborate with peers & teachers

What is the # 1 collaboration tool they want to
use?

• Email

• Social Networking

• Instant or text message


CA Teachers’ biggest benefit and concern about
using
mobile devices at school…

48% of teachers say that the greatest benefit to using mobile
devices:
 increases student engagement in school and
learning

68% of teachers say their biggest concern
is students will be distracted doing other things
(texting, surfing, games)


Administrators: How likely are you this year
to allow students to use their own mobile
devices for instructional purposes at school?

Administrators say:


Would parents purchase a mobile device for
their child to use at school?

Parents say:


Would parents purchase a data plan to support
their child’s use of the mobile device at school?

Parents say:


Bottom line for Trend 1:

Educational experiences that are enabled by mobile
devices and applications provide a multitude of
un-tethered opportunities for students to be more
engaged in learning and extend the learning process
beyond the classroom.

Mobile
Learning



Key Trends: Online and Blended Learning


Who is learning online?

Growth in student experiences with academic online learning

Includes:
• Online class taught by a teacher
• Self-study online class
• Blended class environment


Who is learning online?

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1. How many of you have taken an online course?

2. Do you know someone who has taken an online course?

3. Does your school offer online courses?

Includes:
• Online class taught by a teacher
• Self-study online class
• Blended class environment


Administrator: Model of Online
Learning provided to Students


What is propelling this new level of
interest for online learning?

1. Increased personal familiarity by teachers and
administrators.

2. Intensified demand by students and parents

3. Emergence of a new value proposition for
administrators

54

Benefits of an online class?

Views of students who have taken an online class



Online and blended learning enables a greater
personalization of the learning process and facilitates
opportunities for students to collaborate with peers and
experts, thus empowering a new sense of personal
ownership of the learning process by the student.

Online
and
Blended
Learning



Key Trends: E-Textbooks & Digital Content


Speak-Up Survey results:
Current use of Online textbooks or Curriculum
as part of regular work:
27 % of middle school students

37% of high school students

Student’s Ultimate school would use e-textbooks
as a key component:
Gr 3-5 48%
Gr 6-8 53%
Gr 9-12 55%


Higher Education Textbooks
• 1 in 4 texts will be digital by 2014*

• Apple’s iBook 2 (purchase texts with this App)
-- $14.99
--interactive, immediate feedback
--currently 20,000 education apps
-- companies that control 90% in US
(Pearson, McGraw-Hill, Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt)

--New app for teachers to write their own texts

* http://Blog.xplana.com/reports/


Designing the Ultimate E-Textbook

Engaging Social-based Learning with the E-Textbook



Un-tethered Learning Enabled by the E-Textbook



Empowering Digitally-rich Content through the E-Textbook



The use of e-textbooks and other digitally rich content
engages students by providing a real world context for
the learning process and allowing learning to extend
beyond the classroom walls.

e-
textbooks
and Digital
Content


Parents are a strong force

57% of parents today
consider instructional
technology to be
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
for their child’s success.

That is compared to 37% of
teachers.


Parental Digital Choice
Parents value a interactive, collaborative relationships with
their child’s teacher(s)


Parental Digital Choice
Parents’ top 10 factors for evaluating the quality of
computer based games, websites or online classes


 Enabling Mobile Technology
Smart phone, ipad, Laptops, Bring Your Own Device

Engaging Online Leaning
Online tutors, Online classes, Collaboration tools,
Chat rooms for students

Empowering Digital Content
Campus wide internet access, Online or e-texts,
Games and Virtual Simulations, Adaptive Software


Ultimate School: Are we on the same page?

Ultimate School: Enabling Mobile Learning



Ultimate School: Engaging Online Learning



Ultimate School: Empowering Digital Content


The future of learning?

What Students
Want…

Learning that is:
Enabled
Engaging
Empowered

Speak Up!
.

Julie Evans
Project Tomorrow
jevans@tomorrow.org
949-609-4660 x15
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Web Resources
Show your students you are “technology savvy”

 LiveBinders http://www.livebinders.com

 QR Readers: http://qrcode.kaywa.com
http://www.i-nigma.com

 Drop Box http://www.dropbox.com


Flipped Classrooms
http://www.thedailyriff.com/articles/the-flipped-class-manifest-823.php

 Actively transferring the responsibility and ownership of
learning from the teacher to the students in a Flipped
Classroom

 Students have control over how they learn content, the
pace of their learning, and how their learning is
assessed

 Teachers become guides to understanding rather than
dispensers of facts


21 Things that will Become
Obsolete in education by 2020
http://www.thedailyriff.com/articles/21-things-that-will-become-obsolete-in-education-by-
2020-474.php

 1. Desks
The 21st century does not fit neatly into rows. Neither
should your students. Allow the network-based concepts
of flow, collaboration, and dynamism help you rearrange
your room for authentic 21st century learning.


2020-474.php

 5. The Role of Standardized Tests in College
Admissions
The AP Exam is on its last legs. The SAT isn't far behind.
Over the next ten years, we will see Digital Portfolios
replace test scores as the #1 factor in college
admissions.


2020-474.php

 7. Fear of Wikipedia
Wikipedia is the greatest democratizing force in the
world right now. If you are afraid of letting your students
peruse it, it's time you get over yourself.


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 8. Paperbacks
Books were nice. In ten years' time, all reading will be
via digital means. And yes, I know, you like the 'feel' of
paper. Well, in ten years' time you'll hardly tell the
difference as 'paper' itself becomes digitized.


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 12. Centralized Institutions
School buildings are going to become 'homebases' of
learning, not the institutions where all learning happens.
Buildings will get smaller and greener, student and
teacher schedules will change to allow less people on
campus at any one time, and more teachers and
students will be going out into their communities to
engage in experiential learning.


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 14. Education School Classes that Fail to Integrate
Social Technology
This is actually one that could occur over the next five
years. Education Schools have to realize that if they are
to remain relevant, they are going to have to demand
that 21st century tech integration be modeled by the very
professors who are supposed to be preparing our
teachers.


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