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Engaged, Empowered and Enabled:
The New K-12 Student Vision
for Learning

Copyright Project Tomorrow 2010.
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© Project Tomorrow 2010

Engaged, Empowered and Enabled:
The New K-12 Student Vision
for Learning

Julie Evans
Speak Up 2009 Project Tomorrow
National Findings jevans@tomorrow.org

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?

How well are today’s K-12 schools meeting the
expectations of students? What does this mean for
higher education institutions?


Today’s Agenda:

Speak Up National Research Project
Student Vision for 21st Century Education
Meet the Free Agent Learner!
Conversation Time

Speak Up Research Project:
Views of Students, Teachers, Parents,
Administrators & Pre-Service Teachers


Defining 21st century education . . .

“I believe that the purpose of education is not to make men
carpenters, but to make carpenters men. To be competitive in a
workplace that is changing and will change continuously throughout
our careers, my peers and I need to be able to read and
understand new information at a level never before prevalent.
This should be, however, a familiar aim for the forces of academia,
however, since what we must learn, in essence, is to learn.

I would ensure a broad and balanced education that exposes every
student to rigorous inquiry in every discipline, from physics to pottery
and makes them active participants in the process of inquiry and
learning.”

11th grade student
Pittsburgh PA



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



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 survey question themes

Learning & Teaching with Technology
21st 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


Voices of K-12 Students
Speak Up 2009

Activities, Attitudes & Aspirations

Disconnects & Differences

Trends & Leverage Points

Other data available on K-12 Teachers, Administrators, Parents
& College Students in Teacher Prep Programs


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
Available at: www.tomorrow.org

Creating Our Future: Unleashing the Future:

Students Speak Up Educators Speak Up
about their Vision for about the Use of
21st Century Learning Emerging Technologies
for Learning
Speak Up 2009 National Speak Up 2009 National
Findings: K-12 Students & Findings: Teachers, Aspiring
Parents Teachers & Administrators


Speak Up Data Findings

Who am I?

Interactive Exercise


Who am I? Profile characteristics:
Access to mobile devices:
MP3 player (50%)
Handheld game player (52%) Participates
Smartphone (12%) in immersive
virtual reality
Downloads music (35%) environments
and uses Internet for (41%)
online assessments (40%)

Wishes for their ultimate school:
Online classes (40%)
High tech science tools (55%)
E-textbooks (43%)

Audience Response: Who am I?

1. 3rd Grade Girl – 8 years old
2. 7th Grade Boy – 13 years old
3. 10th Grade Girl – 16 years old
4. College Student – 1st year
5. K-12 Teacher


Who am I?

3rd grade girl
with average
tech skills
from a rural
community


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
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




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




Social–based learning
Communication and collaboration tools


Students’ use of technology for communication
and collaboration outside of school

Communicate: IM, email, text

Update Facebook profile

Communicate: Facebook, discussion
boards, chats
Gr 9-12
Contribute to blog
Gr 6-8
Gr 3-5
Contribute to wiki

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%


Students’ use of collaboration and
communications tools for school work

Communicate w/peers

Collaborate thru Facebook

Communicate w/teachers

Post to blogs/wikis Gr 9-12
Gr 6-8
Tweet/micro-blog Gr 3-5

Online tutoring

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%


Students’ use of social networking sites – for
schoolwork and personal activities

Primary communications vehicle 59%
Use it to get help on schoolwork 34%
When I get home, first thing I check 30%
Helps me keep better organized 20%


Students’ use of social networking sites – for
schoolwork and personal activities

Primary communications vehicle 59%
Use it to get help on schoolwork 34%
When I get home, first thing I check 30%
Helps me keep better organized 20%

Friends with parents thru site 35%
Friends with teacher(s) thru site 18%




Un–tethered learning
Using mobile devices

Online learning


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

Personal device K-2 Gr 3-5 Gr 6-8 Gr 9-12

Laptop 27% 32% 53% 70%

Cell phone 17% 29% 59% 67%

Smart phone 14% 17% 24% 31%

MP 3 35% 55% 80% 85%


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%)


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%


Students believe that mobile devices can enhance
personal productivity

Communicate with classmates
Receive reminders & alerts
Organize schoolwork
Communicate with teachers
G9-12
Access social networking
G6-8
Create/share documents or media
Upload/download to portal
Coordinate calendars

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%


Students’ suggested use of mobile devices for
learning purposes

Internet research

Take notes or record lectures

Work on projects with classmates
G9-12
Access online textbooks
G6-8

Video class presentations or experiments

Play educational games

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%


Teachers’ biggest concern about using
mobile devices at school

While 56% of teachers say that the greatest
benefit to using mobile devices:
increases student engagement in
school and learning

76% say their biggest concern however
is students will be distracted doing
other things (texting, surfing, games)


Parents’ willingness to purchase mobile devices
for their child to use at school

Parents Evaluate Mobile Devices Purchase

11%
11%

16% 62%

Likely
Unlikely
Not sure
School responsibility


Who is learning online today in K-12 schools?

Growth in student participation in online classes

6th- 8th 9th-12th
grade grade

2009 2008 2009 2008

Took an online class for school 13% 9% 18% 10%

Took an online class for personal reasons 8% 7% 9% 4%



Do you know someone who has taken an
online class?
Yes: 65% of high school students
Yes: 53% of middle school students



Do you know someone who has taken an
online class?
Yes: 65% of high school students
Yes: 53% of middle school students

1/3 of parents have taken an online
class for work or personal reasons



Types of online learning environments

Online class led by
20%
teacher
13%
9%

5%
Self-study online class 12%
9%

17%
Blended online class 8%
8%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%

6th-8th grade students 9th-12th grade students District Administrators


Students’ value proposition on online learning

Productivity

Earn college credit (49%)
Take class not offered (44%)
Fits schedule better (37%)
Get extra help (35%)
My technology skills will improve (31%)
Easier to review class materials (29%)


Students’ value proposition on online learning

Learning

Work at own pace (51%)
In control of my learning (40%)
Easier for me to be successful (28%)
Greater sense of independence (28%)
More motivated to learn (24%)
Feel more connected to school (20%)


What is holding back greater adoption?

Students say they face barriers in
accessing online classes.

“I don’t know about the classes offered at my school” (28%)

“My school does not offer online classes” (25%)

“I don’t know how to find information about online classes”
(20%)

“I don’t know how to sign up for online classes” (21%)




Digitally–rich learning
Online textbooks
Games
Simulations and animations
Creating using digital media


Students’ desires for the features and
functionality of online textbooks

Three themes emerge from the data:

Students want interactivity and relevancy
They want tools to facilitate collaboration
They want ways to personalize learning


Students want their digital textbooks to facilitate
collaboration

Communicate w ith
classmates

Create
podcasts/videos Students
Gr 9-12
Collaboration Tools Students
Gr 6-8
Parents
Webcams/Video
Conferencing

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%


Students want to use their digital textbooks to
personalize learning

Electronic notes

Calculator

Search terms

Self directed quizzes
Students
Dow nload to phone Gr 9-12
Students
Presentations Gr 6-8
Parents
Organizational tools

Self -paced tutorials

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%


Students want their digital textbooks to be
interactive and relevant

Games

Onl i ne tutors

Real ti me data

Ani mati ons

Vi deo cl i ps
Students
Gr 9-12
Vi rtual l abs Students
Gr 6-8
Parents
Expert Podcas ts

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%


Students’ interest in games transcends ages and
gender
What do you like most about playing video/online games?

Competing with
others

Play on own

Gr 9 Boy
Make new friends
Gr 9 Girl
Gr 3 Boy
Interactivity
Gr 3 Girl

Customize to my
interests

Role play

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%


And interest in games within learning increases
with age – but without gender bias
What would be the benefits of games within learning?

Learn more

Understand difficult concepts

More engaged

Go beyond assignment Gr 9 Boy
Gr 9 Girl
Self-directed Gr 3 Boy

Real world relevancy Gr 3 Girl

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%


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: Elements of Social Based Learning

Communications tools Principals
Aspiring Teachers

Students Gr 6-12

Collaboration tools

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%



Ultimate School: Elements of Un-tethered Learning

Online classes
Principals
Mobile devices
Aspiring Teachers

Laptops Students Gr 6-12

Internet access

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%



Ultimate School: Digitally Rich Learning Environments

E-portfolios

Online textbooks Principals

Aspiring Teachers
Games
Students Gr 6-12

Digital media tools

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%


Key trends we are watching:

Continuing “digital disconnects”
Spectrum of digital native-ness
Multiple “computers” in the backpack
Adaptation trumps adoption
Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, any pace
learning
Developing personal expert networks


Key trends we are watching:

Self directed learning for student & teacher
Everyone is a content developer
Make it relevant to me!
Blurring of informal & formal learning lines
Beyond engagement: it’s really about
productivity!
“Long tail” of training & education


Speak Up 2009 National Data Findings

The era of the technology-enabled

Free Agent Learner



Key Characteristics:
Self directed learning
Un-tethered to traditional education
Expert at personal data aggregation
Power of connections
Creating new networks of experts
Experiential learning is key – make it real
Everyone is a content developer
Process as important as knowledge gained



Sampling of activities

Searched online for self-directed learning 37%
Found podcasts/videos to learn about something 23%
Took an online test or assessment on their own 18%
Used cell phone apps to self organize 17%
Used online writing tools to improve writing skills 14%
Found experts online to answer questions 12%



Sampling of activities:

Searched online for self-directed learning 37%
Found podcasts/videos to learn about something 23%
Took an online test or assessment on their own 18%
Used cell phone apps to self organize 17%
Used online writing tools to improve writing skills 14%
Found experts online to answer questions 12%

Who is this?

Say hello to the
Free Agent
Learner –

a typical middle
school student!


Recommendations from the
K-12 “Digital Advance Team”

Learning that is

• Enabled
• Engaging
• Empowered


New Questions

What does this mean for your institution?

Are you ready to address the needs of the Free Agent
Learner?

How well does your current business model support this
student vision for learning?

Do you adjust your culture, or expect the students to do the
adapting?

How will your faculty support this new student vision for
learning?

What is your vision for the future of teaching and learning?


The Future of Learning?
What do K-12 education leaders
say schools will look like in 2019?


A vision for education in 2019

“School will become a 24 hour around the clock opportunity
with students logging into school from “home.” The role of the
teacher will be to lead and assist students in “discovering”
the uses for the technology and information. Every student
from Pre-K through twelfth grade will have access to learning
through the most advanced IT devices available. Learning will
occur online at least 80% of the time. School buildings will
be open on evenings and Saturdays for remediation, recreation
and community activities for the purpose of socialization.”

Principal from Michigan


Speak Up 2010
Online surveys available for:
K-12 students
Parents (in Spanish too!)
Teachers Surveys open for input:
Administrators October 18, 2010
Pre-service teachers

No fee to participate. No limit on the # of surveys
submitted. 100% confidential.

Free online report for all Speak Up participating
institutions w/ your data: Feb 2011

Release of National Speak Up Findings in
Congressional Briefings: Spring 2011


Speak Up 2010

School of Education / Teacher Prep Program?
Have your students participate in Speak Up 2010

Encourage your regional schools to participate

Work with regional schools to enhance their vision for 21st
century education

Share Speak Up data and reports with your faculty

Stimulate new discussions

Be the leadership agents of change


More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org

National Speak Up Findings

Additional data analysis from Speak Up 2009

Presentations, podcasts and webinars

Evaluation services

Reports and white papers
Release October 29: New report on mobile learning


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.


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