Ten Things About Digital Learning and Students

Ten Things Everyone

Should Know about

Students and Digital Learning

Julie Evans

Chief Executive Officer

Project Tomorrow Speak Up 2013 National Findings

• Get introduced to Speak Up

• Take a test

• Learn ten things

• Discuss and share ideas

Ten Things Everyone Should Know about

Students and Digital Learning

Annual national research project

Using online surveys + focus groups

Surveys for: K-12 Students, Teachers, Parents,

Administrators, Community Members

Special: Pre-Service Teachers 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

Why do

schools and

districts

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

Demonstrate interest in students’ ideas

Use for grant writing and fund development

Content for professional development

As a competitive tool

To counteract mythology . . . . . . .

Commonly heard 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?”

“Put technology in the classroom and magically students will learn more!”

Examples of ed tech mythology

National reports and DC briefings

Available at www.tomorrow.org/speakup

Speak Up Goes to

Washington, DC

National Release of Speak Up 2013 National Findings

2014 Congressional Briefing Tuesday, April 8, 20

http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/speakup_congress.html

But just for you today …..

A special pre-release of the

Speak Up 2013 national data findings

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

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

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

What have we learned over the past 11 years?

Students & Digital Learning

Personalized

Learning

Social–based learning

Un–tethered learning

Digitally–rich learning

Students & Digital Learning

• 4 Questions

• True or False

• Answered during the presentation &

in summary at the end

Good Luck!

Your Pre-Test

T or F

T or F

T or F

T or F

1. 2/3rds of students think flipped learning is a good way to learn

2. Students would rather use a tablet than a laptop for most academic tasks

3. Students would like to take math class online

4. Most students are not over concerned about what they post online about themselves or others

Ten Things 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

Enabling technologies:

Mobile Devices

Device K-2 Gr 3-5 Gr 6-8 Gr 9-12

smartphone 22% 50% 73% 89%

tablet 41% 69% 60% 50%

laptop 41% 61% 66% 67%

digital reader 18% 39% 47% 40%

Personal access – not school provided

Mobile Devices

Device K-2 Gr 3-5 Gr 6-8 Gr 9-12

tablet 11% 21% 20% 16%

laptop 30% 31% 33%

School provided – student reported

Internet

Enabling technologies:

Internet: measuring connectivity

beyond broadband

64% of students in grades 6-12 access the

Internet through a 3G/4G device

23% through a TV or Wii connection

Big issue : contention for access at home

Video

Enabling technologies:

Video

Over 1/3 of students are accessing online videos

on their own to get help with homework

23% are accessing videos created by their

teacher

Video

23% are accessing videos created by their

teacher

Flipped learning?

Almost 2/3 of students say this approach

would be good way for them to learn

Use of mobile devices for

schoolwork

Empowering

opportunities:

Use of mobile devices for

schoolwork – students say:

1. To do traditional school activities more efficiently

2. To transform the learning process

Use of mobile devices for

schoolwork to transform learning

Anytime research – info in their hands 60%

Access edu games 43%

Collaborate with classmates 40%

Receive reminders and alerts 33%

Take photos of assignments 24%

Participate in class polls 18%

Text teachers questions during class 12%

Different tasks

= different tools

Empowering

opportunities:

Different tasks = different tools

Academic Task Gr 6-8 Preferred Tool

Communications Smartphone

Create video Smartphone

Social media Smartphone

Read a book/article Digital reader

Write report Laptop

Take notes Laptop

Internet research Laptop

Create media presentations Laptop

Different tasks = different tools

Academic Task Gr 6-8 Preferred Tool

Communications Smartphone

Create video Smartphone

Social media Smartphone

Read a book/article Digital reader

Write report Laptop

Take notes Laptop

Internet research Laptop

Create media presentations Laptop

Tablet?

2nd or 3rd choice

for students

Digital footprints

Empowering

opportunities:

Digital footprints: students’ views

They are careful: about what they post about

themselves and others (64% of students Gr 9-12)

They advise friends to be careful

(39% of students Gr 9-12)

They stop interacting based upon online profiles

(32% of students Gr 9-12)

They believe a positive digital profile is important

(44% of students in Gr 9-12)

Engaging aspirations:

Aspirations:

Online learning

Online learning

41% of middle school students with no

online learning experience want to take an

online class

Why?

• Be in control of learning (52%)

• Work at own pace (51%)

• Get extra help (47%)

• Improve tech skills (47%)

Online learning

41% of middle school students with no

online learning experience want to take an

online class

And in what subject area?

Online learning

41% of middle school students with no

online learning experience want to take an

online class

And in what subject area?

MATHEMATICS

Aspirations:

Games within learning

Engaging aspirations:

Games within learning

Preferred devices today:

Laptop 60%

Smartphone 54%

Console 54%

Tablet 44%

Games within learning

Preferred devices:

Laptop 60%

Smartphone 54%

Console 54%

Tablet 44%

#1 Benefit of games

within learning:

Make it easier to

understand difficult

concepts

Games within learning

Preferred devices:

Laptop 60%

Smartphone 54%

Console 54%

Tablet 44%

#1 Benefit of games within

learning:

Make it easier to understand

difficult concepts

Desired way to learn about STEM careers?

Play game about careers

Aspirations:

Using social media in school

Engaging aspirations:

Would you include use of social

media tools in your ultimate school?

Aspirations:

Using mobile devices

within learning

Engaging aspirations:

Laptops, tablets & digital readers,

oh my!

What should be in the ultimate school?

Laptops? 56%

Digital readers? 51%

Tablets? 48%

Laptops, tablets & digital readers,

oh my!

What should be in the ultimate school?

Laptops? 56%

Digital readers? 51%

Tablets? 48%

Keyboards for mobile devices? 44%

Laptops, tablets & digital readers,

oh my!

What should be in the ultimate school?

Laptops? 56%

Digital readers? 51%

Tablets? 48%

Keyboards for mobile devices? 44%

Allow me to use my own device at school 62%

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?

Personalized

Learning

Social–based learning

Un–tethered learning

Digitally–rich learning

Students & Digital Learning

• 4 Questions

• True or False

Let’s score your Pre-Test

What is your “Students and

Digital Learning” score?

True

False

True

False

1. 2/3rds of students think flipped learning is a good way to learn

2. Students would rather use a tablet than a laptop for most academic tasks

3. Students would like to take math class online

4. Most students are not over concerned about what they post online about themselves or others

Your thoughts, comments, questions

National Speak Up Findings and reports Targeted and thematic reports

Online learning trends Mobile learning & social media Social learning Intelligent adaptive software New digital parent series

Presentations, podcasts and webinars Services: consulting, workshops, evaluation and

efficacy studies

More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org

National Release of Speak

Up 2013 National Findings

DC Congressional Briefing

Tuesday, April 8

Data release to Speak Up

participants

Wednesday, February 5

Speak Up 2014 surveys open in October

Thank you.

Let’s continue this conversation.

Julie Evans

Project Tomorrow

jevans@tomorrow.org

949-609-4660 x15

Twitter: JulieEvans_PT

and SpeakUpEd

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