Speak Up Survey Insights for Private School Leaders

Speak Up Survey Insights
for Private School Leaders
Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow CEO
April 15, 2014

(c) Project Tomorrow 2014
Many thanks to:

ProjectTomorrow, a national
education nonprofit organization
Programs:
• Research & evaluation studies
• STEM education programs
• Advocacy for digital learning
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 schools
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

Why do private schools participate in
Speak Up?
.
 Power of local data
 Use data as input for planning
 To justify budget and purchasing decisions
 Inform new initiatives – as an evaluation tool
 As a tool to engage parents
 Use for fund development
 Content for professional development
 As a competitive tool
 To counteract mythology . . . . . . .

Commonly heard ed tech mythology
“New teachers don’t need any training in how to use
technology within teaching”
“Parents won’t accept online textbooks”
“Kids only want to use mobiles so that they can
text & play games in class”
“Online learning undercuts the role of the
teacher in learning.”
“There is so much great content online for teachers to use in the
classroom – so, what is the problem?”
“Just put technology XYZ in the classroom and magically students
will learn more!”

Released
April 8
2nd report
release on
June 2

K-12 Students 9,133
Teachers & Librarians 761
Parents 1,208
Administrators 144
National Speak Up 2013 Participation by
private/parochial schools: 11,246

Today’s Big Questions
How are private school students and teachers using
technology to support teaching and learning?
What obstacles or challenges are they facing?
Do parents have concerns around the use of
technology?
How does the private school environment for digital
learning compare to the public school environment?
How is digital learning preparing students for future
college and career success?

Let’s examine some
Speak Up data findings
as context for these big
questions!

Digital Activity
Elementary
School
Grades 3-5
Middle
School
Grades 6-8
High
School
Grades
9-12
Access class information
through online portal 32% 78% 90%
Take tests online 42% 57% 71%
Use online textbooks 11% 47% 51%
Watch teacher created
videos 14% 32% 34%
Use a tablet or laptop
assigned to me 35% 46% 43%
Students’ Use of Teacher-Facilitated Technology
in the Private School Classroom

High School Student-initiated Use of
Technology to Support Schoolwork
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
Follow people via Twitter
Skype or iChat with classmates
Use mobile apps to keep organized
Use Facebook to do project
collaborations
Watch video I found for homework help
Take photos of assignments
Text with classmates
Public Schools Private Schools

What digital learning solutions are having the
greatest impact?
Private school administrators say:
 Use of digital content
 Tablets and mobile devices
 One-to-one programs
 Digital media tools for student creation
 Teacher created content
 Flipped learning models

greatest impact?
 One-to-one programs
o 40% of private school administrators
o Only 23% of public school administrators

greatest impact?
 One-to-one programs ***
o 40% of private school administrators
o Only 23% of public school administrators
One-to-one classrooms – teachers’ report:
26% - BYOD environment
22% - provide devices to use at school
24% - provide devices to use at school and at home
o Only 9% of public school teachers report
the same

Administrators:
 Network security
 Distraction factor
 Internet safety
 Connectivity
 Teachers not trained
Teachers:
 Distraction factor
 Cheating potential
 Digital citizenship
issues
 Equity
 Need training
Concerns about mobiles in the classroom

51%
71%
90%
60%
56% 54%
70% 68%
57%
47% 49%
35%
Gr 3-5 Gr 6-8 Gr 9-12
Smartphone Laptop Tablet Digital Reader
Private school students’ personal access to
mobile devices – not school provided

Students: Obstacles to using technology at
school?
Websites are blocked
o 37% of private school students
o 56% of public school students
Cannot access social media sites
Cannot use my own mobile device
Less
frustration
for private
school
students

Aspirations for more technology at school
Private school students’ wish list includes:
Access to internet campuswide 73%
Ability to use their own mobile devices 62%
Online textbooks 54%
Digital media creation tools 51%
Online classes 37%

Teachers: Obstacles to using technology at
school?
For private school teachers – lack of PD is a major
obstacle
Need PD on classroom tech tools and tech integration
strategies
o 40% of private school teachers
o 29% of public school teachers
Students know more about technology than I do
o 20% of private school teachers
o 12% of public school teachers

Private school teachers’ wish list for
professional development
1. Using technology to differentiate instruction
2. Identifying high quality digital content
3. Identifying mobile apps to use with students
4. Using technology for formative assessment
5. Using games within instruction
6. Using tablets within instruction
7. Creating videos of my lessons
8. Implementing a blended learning model

What digital content are private school
teachers using in the classroom?
Most popular:
1. Powerpoints 61%
2. Videos that I find online 52%
3. Google drive for education 39%
4. Teaching aids – lesson plans, software 25%
5. Online textbooks 24%
6. Animations 22%
7. Videos I create myself 19%
8. Game based environments 18%

Flipped learning in private schools
Private School
Teachers
Public School
Teachers
Yes, with videos I find
online
13% 5%
Yes, with videos that
I create
8% 3%
Interested in trying
this year
20% 15%
Need more training
on this
20% 18%

Challenges with implementing digital
content within instruction
Private School Administrators say:
o Evaluating quality of digital content products (55%)
o Time constraints (42%)
o Providing appropriate devices and bandwidth
(34%)
o Concerns about student safety (34%)

Parents’ concerns about child’s Internet
usage
Concerns Private School
Parents
Public School
Parents
Child sharing too much personal
information online
70% 66%
Too much screen time 67% 61%
Online predators / meeting
strangers online
62% 64%
Going to inappropriate websites 60% 60%
Cyberbullying 56% 62%

Interactive Poll
*The poll will be open for 10 seconds
Does your school provide guidance or advice to
students about appropriately sharing
information on social websites?
• Yes
• No

Social media:
tools to connect, collaborate, create
Texting:
70% of private school students
Gr 6-12
Twitter:
1 of 3 students in Gr 9-12
Creating videos:
24% of students in Gr 6-8

Massively multi-player
online games (MMOG)
¼ of students in Gr 6-8
Facebook
37% of students in Gr 9-12
decrease of 41% since 2007
Social media:
tools to connect, collaborate, create

Digital Footprint Actions
Middle
School
High
School
I am careful about posting and texting
information about myself or others
67% 64%
I have advised friends to not post certain
things about me or others
44% 43%
I have stopped interacting with someone
based upon their online profile
30% 31%
I use digital footprints to find people to
connect with
27% 26%
I think it is important to have a positive
online profile
46% 49%
I don’t regularly post about myself online 36% 35%
Private School Students’ Views on their
Digital Footprint

5%
10%
16%
28%
35%
39%
13%
15%
17%
31%
22%
46%
Tweeted about an academic topic
Found an expert online to answer questions
Used online writing tools
Watched a video to help with homework
Played an online game to learn something
Researched a website to learn more about
a topic
Gr 9-12 Gr 6-8
Private School Students’ Use of Digital Tools for
Self-Directed Learning Outside of School

DigitalWriting Activities
High School
Students
Essays and school reports 72%
Email 64%
Creative writing, journaling and poetry 40%
Captions for photos 31%
Instant messaging or online chats 28%
Text for social media sites 26%
Blogging 22%
Text for multi-media presentations 22%
Tweets 21%
Gaming conversational text 11%
HTML coding 7%
Private School Students’ Digital Writing
Activities

High School Students’ Digital Writing Activities
Hours spend writing per week:
All students in grades 9-12: 14 hours average
High school girls: 15 hours
Advanced tech using girls: 17 hours

Impact of technology on writing quality
“Today’s students are better writers because
of their access to digital tools”
Private School
Parents
Private School
Teachers
Agree 57% 43%
Disagree 30% 49%
Not sure 13% 8%

As a result of using technology at school ….
Are students well prepared to use digital tools
in college or a future job?

As a result of using technology at school ….
Are students well prepared to use digital tools
in college or a future job?
Stakeholders who say
YES!
Private
Schools
Public
Schools
Students in grades 6-8 72% 64%
Students in grades 9-12 80% 65%
Parents 81% 68%
Administrators 88% 81%

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

What is
your new
digital
learning
playbook?

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
More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org

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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