Successful Mobile Strategies 2012

Successful Mobile
Strategies:
Closed & Open
Cell Phone Districts

Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow CEO
Speak Up 2011 National Findings
December 5, 2012

© Project Tomorrow 2011

Today’s Discussion: The Big Questions

 What are the expectations of K-12 students for
digital learning and in particular, mobile learning?

 How well are today’s K-12 schools meeting the
expectations of students? What are the views of
teachers and administrators?

 What are the expectations of parents? What does
this mean for our nation’s schools?

 What strategies for mobile devices are most
effective?


Discussion Agenda:

 Speak Up National Research Project
 Student Vision for Mobile Learning
 Mobile Learning Data Findings + Case Studies
 Discussion

Speak Up 2011 National Findings
Views of K-12 Students, Teachers,
Parents and Administrators


Project Tomorrow, a national education
nonprofit organization
Programs:

• Research & evaluation
• School and community programs
• Events for students

Mission: To ensure that today’s
students are prepared to become
tomorrow’s leaders, innovators and
engaged citizens of the world.

Speak Up National Research Project

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 of findings and trends
 Consulting services to help transform teaching and learning

+ 2.6 million surveys since 2003

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, E-textbooks
 Educational Games, Web 2.0 tools and applications
 Designing the 21st Century School


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

Activities Value Propositions Aspirations


Participate in Speak Up 2012!

Speak Up 2012 – 10th Anniversary
Special online surveys to collect and report on the views of the
K-12 students, teachers, librarians, administrators and parents
on the role of technology within teaching and learning.

Online surveys open:
Oct 3 – Dec 21
Learn more @
www.tomorrow.org


National Speak Up 2011 Participation: 416,758

 K-12 Students 330,117
 Teachers & Librarians 38,502
 Parents (in English & Spanish) 44,006
 School/District Administrators 4,133

 About the participating schools & districts
o 5,616 schools and 1,250 districts
o 24% urban / 35% rural / 41% suburban
o All 50 states + DC

 Honor Roll of States with highest participation:
TX, CA, AL, IN, AZ, NC, FL, WI, VA, MD

Speak Up 2011 Congressional Briefings
Washington DC
April 24 and May 23, 2012


“Learning in the 21st
Century:
Mobile Devices
+ Social Media =
Personalized Learning”
A special collaboration with
Blackboard, Inc.


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


Speak Up National Research Project
Key Findings: Speak Up 2003 – 2011

 Students function as a “Digital Advance Team”

 Students regularly adopt and adapt emerging technologies
for learning

 Students’ frustrations focus on the unsophisticated use of
technologies within education

 Persistent digital disconnect between students and adults

 Exacerbation of lack of relevancy in current education

 Students want a more personalized learning environment


Warm Up
Interactive Exercise


A
STUDENT’S
LIFE


In my life, I ……..
Play games on handheld devices (51%)
Take tests online for school (38%)
Have a cell phone or smartphone (38%)
Read books on my mobile device (33%)
Want more internet access at school (48%)
and want to take an online class (50%)


Who is . . . . . ?

1. 3rd Grade Girl
2. 6th Grade Boy
3. 9th Grade Girl
4. 12th Grade Boy


Who is a 3rd
Grade Girl
from
California?


The Student Vision for Learning

Social–based learning
Mobile
Un–tethered learning
Learning
Digitally–rich learning


Be a Speak Up Analyst!
Your assignment:
• Debunk myths
• Uncover hidden digital divides
• Evaluate your vision
• Do you have a shared vision
of the future?


Key Trends: Mobile Learning


Taking it Mobile!

Access
Obstacles
Aspirations
Opportunities


Access: Students and their mobile devices

Students’ personal access to mobile devices
K-2 Gr 3-5 Gr 6-8 Gr 9-12

82%
77%

50% 52%
48%49%

37%
33%
25% 26%
21% 21%
18% 17% 17% 17%18%
13%
8% 9%

Cell phone (no Smartphone Digital reader MP3 Tablet device
internet access)


Change in student access to mobile devices
– 2006 to 2011


Access outside of school

High School Student Internet Access Outside of School –
Broadband vs. Mobile

77%
75%
72%

59%
55%
53%

Urban Suburban Rural
My home computer has fast internet access (such as DSL)
I access the internet through 3G/4G mobile device


Snapshot: High Tech High Flex Project

Objective:
• Provide 3G netbooks to 94 low
income students w/o home access

• Provide access to digital content
and projects

• Close digital equity gap


Snapshot: High Tech Flex Project
Impact:
24/7 access for these students

• Increased student engagement in learning
• Improved student productivity
• Improved student performance
• Development of workforce ready skills
• Improved parent-teacher relationship
• Stimulated new teacher practice


Obstacles
What obstacles do students face using technology
@ school?

Students’ Top 5:
1. Websites that I need are blocked 59%
2. I cannot use my mobile device 55%
3. I cannot access social media tools 51%
4. Too many rules! 48%
5. Teachers limit our tech use 42%


Students have solutions!

Option #1: Let me use my own tools and
devices at school


Let me use my own mobile device!

Gr 9-12 59%

Gr 6-8 56%

Gr 3-5 27%


Students have solutions!

Option #1: Let me use my own tools and
devices at school

Option #2: Provide me with tools that replicate
what I am already doing outside of
school


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


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

Will you allow students to use their own mobile devices?

11% 22%

65%

Likely Unlikely Unsure


“What is holding you back?”

Top challenges:

• Concerns about theft of devices
• Concerns about network security
• Digital equity issues
• Teachers are not trained
• Devices could be a distraction


Teachers’ views on students’ using mobile
devices in class

“What are your concerns?”

Top concerns:

• Devices will distract students
• Digital equity
• Students will cheat on tests
• How to reach responsible use
• I don’t know to use them in instruction


Snapshot: TLINC Project

Objective:
• To provide student teachers with 24/7
access to professional resources via a mobile
device

• To facilitate greater cooperation between
student teachers, mentor teachers & faculty


Snapshot: TLINQ Project

Impact:
Mobile use by student teachers

• Greater use of emerging tools for
professional learning
• Use of social networking “on the go”
• Creation of a mobile community
• Increased experimentation with the tools


Aspirations
Students and mobile learning
How would you use a mobile device to help you
with schoolwork?
A. Increase effectiveness of school:
Check grades 81%
Take notes for class 67%
Access online textbooks 62%
Write papers and do homework 56%
Use the calendar 50%
Learn about school activities 47%

Students and mobile learning

How would you use a mobile device to help you
with schoolwork?

B. Leverage capabilities to increase personalization
of learning process:
Anytime, anywhere research 72%
Receive reminders & alerts 61%
Collaborate with peers & teachers 55%
Organize schoolwork assignments 53%
Access school network from home 51%


Views of parents, teachers & administrators

Why Mobile Learning?

Increases student engagement

Extends learning beyond school day

Personalizes learning

Access to online textbooks

Way to review materials after school

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

Parents Teachers Principals


Parents’ Changing Views on the Benefits of Mobile
Learning – from 2009 to 2011


Parents & educators are also “mobilists!”

• 67% of parents of school aged children have a smartphone;
an increase of almost 3X from 2006.
• In the past 3 years, teachers’ access to a smartphone has
more than doubled from 20 percent in 2008 to 54 percent in
2011.
• District office administrators are almost 2X as likely now to
be carrying a tablet computer (55 percent) than a simple
cellphone that does not have Internet access (31 percent).
• Administrators with 1 to 3 years of experience only slightly
more likely to use a smartphone or tablet than their peers
with 16 or more years of experience as an administrator.


Mobile learning visions

Parents offer a solution to the digital equity challenge

If your child’s school allowed for the use of mobile
devices for educational purposes, how likely is it
that you would purchase one for your child?


Parents offer a solution to the digital equity challenge

If your child’s school allowed for the use of mobile devices
for educational purposes, how likely is it that you would
purchase one for your child?

Parents: Willingness to Purchase a Mobile Device for Child

13%
8% Likely
Unlikely
Unsure
15% School responsibility
62%


If your child’s school allowed for the use of mobile devices
for educational purposes, how likely is it that you would
purchase one for your child?

Urban Suburban Rural Title 1
Likely 61% 59% 58% 57%
Unlikely 13% 15% 13% 14%


Opportunities

Welcome to Math Class!



Traditional class Traditional class Traditional class
with teacher with teacher with a mix of
directed directed teacher directed
instruction – instruction but instruction and
lectures, textbook with some student directed
assignments, technology used learning and the
group projects or to support use of technology
labs instruction tools to support
both the teacher
and students



Traditional class Traditional class Traditional class
with teacher with teacher with a mix of
directed directed teacher directed
instruction – instruction but instruction and
lectures, textbook with some student directed
assignments, technology used learning and the
group projects or to support use of technology
labs instruction tools to support
both the teacher
and students

43% 33% 9%

#1 way to
improve math
class


What is . . . . . ?

1. Having a teacher who is excited about math
2. Using an online textbook
3. Solving real world problems
4. Collaborating with classmates
5. Using a mobile device in class


What is
collaborating
with classmates
on solving
problems?


Middle school students’ “speak up” about
the ultimate math class

 Collaborate with classmates on problem solving 50%

 Ability to text my teacher with questions 42%
 I have a connection with my teacher 38%
 My teacher is excited about math 37%

 Solving real world problems 32%

 Ability to use mobile devices to video problems 32%
 Access to online tutors 30%
 Access to online textbooks 31%
 Take an online math class 27%


Snapshot: Onslow County Schools

Objective:
• Provide 3G netbooks and tablets to students
in math classes for use in and out of school
(formerly smartphones)

• Improve math achievement

• Close digital access gap in district


Snapshot: Onslow County Schools

Impact:
• Mobile use within math class

• Development of workplace ready skills
• Build math capacity for future success
• Demonstrated project based learning with mobiles
• “Community of learners”
• Increased home access
• Change in teacher practice
• Increased math achievement


Imagine you are designing the ultimate
school for today’s students,
what technologies would have the
greatest impact on learning?


Do we have a shared vision for the future of mobile
learning in our schools?

Tools/apps for organization

Tools/apps for collaboration
Students Gr 3-5

Principals
Schoolwide Internet access
Teachers

Parents
School provided tablets
Students Gr 6-12

Student owned devices

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%


“Our students need to use the tools that are
found in their world today and be ready to use
the tools of tomorrow. Social media, online
classes, mobile devices and other tools will help
them become global communicators, digital
learners and be able to adapt to the rapidly
changing world of technology.”

District CTO/CIO, California

More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org

• 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

• Presentations, podcasts and webinars
• Services: consulting, workshops, evaluation and
efficacy studies


Participate in Speak Up 2012!

Speak Up 2012 – 10th Anniversary
Special online surveys to collect and report on the views of the
K-12 students, teachers, librarians, administrators and parents
on the role of technology within teaching and learning.

Online surveys open:
Oct 3 – Dec 14
Learn more @
www.tomorrow.org

Discussion

• Where are you with your mobile strategy:
– Open
– Closed
– Hybrid
– Not sure
• What are your concern points?
• What are your next steps?


A big thank you to:


Thank you.
Let’s continue this conversation.

Julie Evans
Project Tomorrow
jevans@tomorrow.org
949-609-4660 x15
Twitter: JulieEvans_PT
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