Digital Content within Instruction - Views of Ohio’s K-12 Students, Parents, Teachers and Administrators

Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow CEO

Speak Up 2012 Results

April 11, 2013

Digital Content &

Social Media

Views of Ohio’s K-12 Students,

Parents, Teachers and

Administrators

(c) Project Tomorrow 2013

Ohio “Speaks Up” series

What are the expectations of Ohio’s K-12 students for using digital content and social media within learning?

How does that student vision compare with the teachers’ & administrators’ reality?

What is the unique parent perspective on the use of digital content and social media?

How well are our K-12 schools meeting the expectations of students? Do we have a shared vision for digital learning?

Big Questions


Discussion Agenda

Speak Up National Research Project

Student Vision for Digital Content & Social

Media within Learning

Parent, Teacher & Administrator Perspective

Discussion with you!

Speak Up 2012 National & Ohio Findings

Views of K-12 Students, Teachers,

Parents and Administrators


Project Tomorrow, a national education nonprofit organization

Programs:

• Research & evaluation studies

• 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.


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

Speak Up National Research Project

+ 3 million surveys since 2003


Learning & Teaching with Technology

21st Century Skills: Digital Citizenship & Global Awareness

Math and 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 & Blended Learning,

Digital Content, E-textbooks, Educational Games, Social Media applications, Flipped Classroom, Print to Digital

Online Assessments

Designing the 21st Century School

Speak Up survey question themes


Learning & Teaching with Technology

21st Century Skills: Digital Citizenship & Global Awareness

Math and 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

Speak Up survey question themes

Activities Value Propositions Aspirations


K-12 Students 364,233

Teachers & Librarians 56,346

Parents (in English & Spanish) 39,713

School/District Administrators 6,011

About the participating schools & districts

o 8,020 schools and 2,431 districts

o 30% urban / 43% rural / 27% suburban

o All 50 states + DC

Honor Roll of States with highest participation:

TX, CA, OH, IN, AL, NC, WI, AZ, FL, PA

National Speak Up 2012 Participation: 466,303


K-12 Students 27,999

Teachers & Librarians 17,974

Parents 6,230

School/District Administrators 1,631

Ohio Speak Up 2012 Participation: 53,834



Too many surveys!

What can the Speak Up

findings tell us about the

future of learning?


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

Speak Up National Findings: 2003 - 2012


The New Student Vision for Learning

Personalized

Learning

Social–based learning

Un–tethered learning

Digitally–rich learning



Digital Content

+ Social Media

Social–based learning

Un–tethered learning

Digitally–rich learning


Key Trends:

Online and Blended

Learning (Mar 18)

Mobile Learning (Apr 2)

Digital Content &

Social Media (Apr 11)


“Speak Up Snack”


Your assignment:

Debunk myths

Uncover hidden digital divides

Evaluate your vision

Do you have a shared vision of

the future?


Be a Speak Up Analyst!

Key Trends: Digital Content & Social Media




Ohio students’ use of digital resources for

schoolwork

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

Create multi-media presos

Play educational games

Post to blogs or wikis

Use online textbook

Watch online videos

Watch teacher created videos

Gr 9-12 Gr 6-8 Gr 3-5

How often do you assign Internet-based homework?


Ohio teachers and technology

40%

27%

20%

9%

2%

Never Few timesa year

Once amonth

Once aweek

Almostdaily

Ohio teachers

Comparing Ohio student and teacher values

Students, how often do you access Internet

content to help you with homework?


Comparing Ohio student and teacher values

Students, how often do you access Internet content to help

you with homework?


8%

13%

30%

33%

15%

4%

9%

25%

38%

23%

40%

27%

20%

9%

2%

Never Few times ayear

Once a month Once a week Almost daily

Gr 6-8 Gr 9-12 Teachers

17% have sent out a Tweet about an academic topic

14% have taken an online class they found on their own

1 in 5 took an online assessment to find out how they

compared to other students

1/4 have used a mobile app to help organize their school

work

29% have used a video that they found online to help them

with homework (i.e. Kahn Academy effect)

30% have sought homework help thru their Facebook site;

38% regularly use Facebook as a collaboration site

Student “DIY Learning” at work ….

Social media for learning


87% send text messages to others

58% regularly update a social networking site

40% use Skype or iChat to communicate

35% download and watch videos from the Internet

28% play mobile games

18% are part of an online community

14% tweet or follow others on Twitter

Ohio parents are social media users also


87% send text messages to others

Ohio parents are social media users also


38% of Ohio parents want to

receive text messages from their

child’s teacher or school

to their mobile device

Types used in the classroom: Nat’l OHIO

Videos found online 47% 46%

Games 30% 28%

Skill-based software 30% 27%

Online textbooks 21% 19%

Animations 20% 17%

Online curriculum 21% 14%

Real time data 20% 11%

Teachers: what digital content are you using?


New question area for Speak Up this year –

who is flipping?

Experience with flipped learning OH

Teachers

OH

Principals

(about their

teachers)

Did this – with my own videos 5% 23%

Did this – with online videos 2% 17%

I’m interested in this 16% 25%

Concern: student home access 52% 50%

Concern: need PD in creating videos 25% 34%

Concern: need PD in finding videos 24% 33%

Concern: need PD in what to do in class 19% 32%


And what do students think?

Good way for me to learn!

Ohio Students Gr 9-12 66%

Ohio Students Gr 6-8 56%


Ohio students and science class

What tech tools would improve science

class? Your middle school students say:

1. Educational science games 48%

2. Creating videos of lessons 42%

3. Using online textbooks 39%

4. Simulations & animations 37%

5. Using real time data 30%


Ohio teachers and games

What are the benefits of using games within

instruction?

1. Increases student engagement 76%

2. Addresses different learning styles 66%

3. Differentiates instruction 58%

4. Reinforces skills/practice skills 54%

5. Use to support difficult concepts 46%


Ohio administrators and digital content


Benefits of digital content

• Increases student engagement

• Extends learning

• Decreases dependence on textbook publishers

• Provides way to personalize learning

• Increases relevancy of class materials

Ohio administrators and digital content


Benefits of digital content

• Increases student engagement

• Extends learning

• Decreases dependence on textbook publishers

• Provides way to personalize learning

• Increases relevancy of class materials

Challenges of digital content

• Providing Internet-access computers

• Time priorities and balancing

• Teacher training

• Evaluating quality of digital content

• Providing enough bandwidth

Evaluating digital content quality


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

Content is research based

Created by teachers

Referred by a colleague

No ads

Teacher evaluated

Student achievement results

OH Admininistrators Ohio Teachers

Evaluating bandwidth capacity


OH District

Administrators

National

District

Administrators

All is good with

our bandwidth

16% 15%

We worry about

future problems

with our

bandwidth

63% 66%

We have problems

right now

11% 12%

If we had enough bandwidth we would ….


Ohio administrators say:

1. Increase use of multi-media/video in our classes 51%

2. Better utilization of online curriculum 49%

3. Provide more online PD 32%

4. Provide campus wide Internet access 30%

5. Provide online classes for students and

implement online teacher and staff PLCs 29%

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 digital content and

social media?


Do we have a shared vision for digital learning

in Ohio?


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

Chat rooms for class

Games

E-textbooks

Social media tools

Texting

Virtual reality

District Admin Principals Parents Teachers Students

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 Pre-service teachers view – NEW!

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

More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org


National 2012 Speak Up Reports

◦ Congressional Briefings in DC

◦ Reports available on our website

◦ April 19 and June 4

New targeted reports ◦ Online learning trends report ◦ New Digital Parent series ◦ Print to digital migration research ◦ And several more new reports ◦ Sign up to get our alerts

Next up for us


More Speak Up for Ohio

Your questions or comments


Thank you.

Let’s continue this conversation.

Julie Evans

Project Tomorrow

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949-609-4660 x15

Twitter: JulieEvans_PT

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