1. TCEA 2013 Convention & Exposition
Speak Up 2012
Research and Trends
Enabling Technologies & Sticky Wickets
Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow CEO
February 6, 2013

2. Today’s discussion – the big questions:
 What are some realities about ed tech in our
schools today – from the perspective of the student,
the parent and the educator?
 What are the enabling technologies that are
propelling a new vision for digital learning?
 But, what about those “sticky wickets” that pose
serious challenges to realizing that vision?
 What do you need to know to make sound
investments and craft successful plans?

3. Our discussion agenda
 Speak Up National Research Project
 K-12 Landscape and Trends
 Enabling technologies
 “Sticky wickets” – one in particular
Pre-release: Speak Up 2012 National Findings
Views of K-12 Students, Teachers,
Parents and Administrators

4. 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.

5. 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
+ 3 million surveys since 2003

6. 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

7. 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
Activities Value Propositions Aspirations

8. National Speak Up 2012 Participation: 466,303
 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

9. Too many surveys!

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

11. Speak Up National Findings: 2003 - 2012
 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

12. The New Student Vision for Learning
Social–based learning
Personalized
Un–tethered learning
Learning
Digitally–rich learning

13. Enabling Technologies
Digital content
Online classes
Mobile devices
Social media
Video

14. Your Pre-Test
 4 Questions
 True or False
 Answered during the presentation & in
summary at the end
Good Luck!

15. Your Pre-Test
1. Students’ preference is to use a tablet to
read a book or communicate with classmates T or F
& teachers.
2. 37% of parents want their child’s teacher to
communicate with them via text messages. T or F
3. 46% of teachers say that they are doing some
kind of “flipping” in their classroom this T or F
year.
4. ¼ of administrators say that a major barrier
to more online learning is still the lack of T or F
teachers interested in teaching online.

16. 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?

17. Teachers: what digital content are you using?
Types used in the classroom: Nat’l Texas
 Videos found online 47% 46%
 Games 30% 36%
 Skill-based software 30% 34%
 Online curriculum 21% 38%
 Online textbooks 21% 30%
 Animations 20% 22%
 Real time data 20% 23%

18. Value proposition: games within learning
Why games?
1. Engage students in learning
2. Address different learning styles
3. Differentiate instruction
4. Reinforce understanding or skills
5. Provide opportunities for student practice
Similar benefits of digital content in general

19. Teachers perceptions continued
How often do you assign Internet-based homework?

20. Teachers perceptions continued
How often do you assign Internet-based homework?
41%
26%
20%
10%
4%
Never Few times a Once a One a week Almost daily
year month

21. Comparing student and teacher values
Students, how often do you access Internet content
to help you with homework?
41%
37%
33%
29%
26% 27%
22%
20% 19%
12%
10%
8% 8%
4% 4%
Never Few times a year Once a month One a week Almost daily
Teachers HS Students MS Students

22. Learning online
Districts are tapping into many types of online learning
Online teacher professional development
Virtual conferences and webinars
Blended learning classes for students
Fully online classes for students
Building your own online courses
Fee based online summer school
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%
District Administrators

23. Increasing demand for online classes
A “must have” for the ultimate school:
Nat’l Texas
Students Gr 9-12 46% 44%
Students Gr 6-8 41% 42%
Students Gr 3-5 38% 37%
Parents 36% 37%
Administrators 51% 45%

24. Why take an online class?
For high school students, traditional reasons:
scheduling and college credit.
For middle school students, it’s about changing the
learning paradigm.
 Get extra help in a tough subject
 More comfortable asking questions
 In control of my own learning
 More motivated to learn
 Work at my own pace
 Review class materials whenever I want
 Share ideas with my classmates

25. Parents have first hand experiences with
online learning
I have taken an online class:
Nat’l Texas
For work or job training 43% 51%
For an academic/college program 29% 32%
To learn new skills 22% 26%
To explore a hobby 13% 17%
For traffic school 7% 18%
23% who have not taken an online class would like to!

26. Students’ personal access to mobile devices
80%
65%
59%58%
52%
47% 48%
45% 45% 45%
38%
36%
26%
19% 18%
12%
Cell Phone Smartphone Tablet Digital Reader
K-2 Gr 3-5 Gr 6-8 Gr 9-12

27. Students are multi-mobilists!
Students’ Philosophy: it just makes sense to use
different devices for different tasks
Create a presentation? Laptop
Communicate w/classmates & teacher? Smartphone
Read a book or article? Digital reader
Take notes in class? Tablet

28. What do you prefer to read?
Online digital text
Printed text

29. Pixel vs. Print Preferences
Gr 6-8 Gr 9-12
Personal
reading? 37% 27%
Digital
Schoolwork
reading? 36% 29%
Digital

30. Students are multi-mobilists!
Top obstacles to using technology at school?
Nat’l Texas
I cannot use my own mobile devices 50% 50%
I cannot access my social media 47% 46%
Too many rules! 44% 48%
95% of students say they know their school’s
policies on mobiles and social media

31. Students are multi-mobilists!
Top obstacles to using technology at school?
Nat’l Texas
I cannot use my own mobile devices 50% 50%
I cannot access my social media 47% 46%
Too many rules! 44% 48%
95% of students say they know their school’s policies on
mobiles and social media
1/3 say their school policy is “NO ACCESS” but
they use their tools anyway!

32. We are all multi-mobilists!
The mobilist parents – are you ready for them?
Nat’l Texas
Smartphones 73% 82%
Tablets 49% 53%
Digital readers 37% 38%
47% of Texas parents want their school or
child’s teacher to communicate with them via
text message (37% nationwide)

33. We are all multi-mobilists!
The mobilist parents – are you ready for them?
New Speak Up Question:
What if there were two classes – one allowed use
of student owned devices and one did not.
How likely is it that you would want your child
in the class that allowed the devices?

34. We are all multi-mobilists!
The mobilist parents – are you ready for them?
New Speak Up Question:
What if there were two classes – one allowed use
of student owned devices and one did not.
How likely is it that you would want your child
in the class that allowed the devices?
70% of Texas parents said it was likely –
they want their child in that “mobile using
class” (47% said very likely!)

35. The BYOD/BYOT trend – what a difference
a year makes!
Policy/Position Admin 2011 Admin 2012
Do not allow 52% 37%
Discretion of building 16% 21%
principal
Discretion of teacher 21% 32%
We provide devices 13% 18%
Evaluating BYOD/T 19% 28%
BYOD/T in place 17% 30%

36. Social media for learning
Student “DIY Learning” at work ….
 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

37. Social media for learning
Disconnect between the two worlds in a student’s life
What if … you did not have access to the Internet
for a month.
What would be the impact on your life?

38. Social media for learning
Disconnect between the two worlds in a student’s life
What if … you did not have access to the Internet for
a month.
Big impact on my personal life 77%
Big impact on my school life 52%

39. Social media for learning
Students’ wish list for their ultimate science classroom
Opportunities for collaboration with classmates 61%
Access to online tutors 32%
Texting my teacher during class 28%
Class blogs or wikis for exchanging ideas 24%

40. New question area for Speak Up this year –
who is flipping?
Experience with flipped learning Teachers Principals
(about their
teachers)
Did this – with my own videos 3% 27%
Did this – with online videos 6% 19%
I’m interested in this 18% 27%
Concern: student home access 53% 47%
Concern: need PD in creating videos 27% 33%
Concern: need PD in finding videos 21% 31%
Concern: need PD in what to do in class 17% 31%

41. And what do students think?
This would be a good way for me to learn!
Nat’l Texas
Students Gr 9-12 63% 69%
Students Gr 6-8 59% 61%

42. Enabling Technologies
Digital content
Online classes
Mobile devices
Social media
Video
So, what is holding back these visions of the
future? What is holding back your visions?

43. “Sticky Wickets”
Print to digital migration
Free Agent Learner
Shared Values
Online Assessment
Teacher Adoption

44. Realities: different views on value of ed tech
District Admin How important is
the effective use
of technology to
student success?
Principals
Parents
Extremely
important
Important
Teachers Somewhat
important
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

45. Reality: need for teacher training?
Administrators acknowledge criticality of teacher
professional development – an impact on plans
Enabling Technology Administrator Concern
Mobile learning Teachers don’t know how to
incorporate mobiles within instruction
– 35%
Online classes Cannot find teachers interested/skilled
in teaching online classes – 26%
Digital content Teachers need training on how to
leverage digital content effectively –
42%
Teachers are reluctant to use digital
content we have – 20%

46. Reality: Opportunities
What teachers say they need: their wish list for PD
Using technology to differentiate instruction 45%
Use technology for formative assessments 27%
Using a tablet within instruction 32%
How to id mobile apps for classroom use 31%
How to id quality digital content for classroom 31%
How to use games within instruction 26%
How to create videos of my lessons 20%

47. Reality: Opportunities
Teacher: If your school or district adopted a 100%
digital curriculum, what would you need?

48. Reality: Opportunities
Teacher: If your school or district adopted a 100%
digital curriculum, what would you need?
1. PD for integration into instruction
2. Ability to manage digital resources and lesson plans
3. Appropriate formative and summative assessments
4. Digital resources in standards based units
5. Onsite support for the technology components

49. “Sticky Wickets”
Print to digital migration
Free Agent Learner
Shared Values
Online Assessment
Teacher Adoption
And others
How do you leverage the opportunities to
mitigate the challenges?

50. What does the Speak Up
findings tell YOU about the
future of learning?

51. Your Pre-Test
1. Students’ preference is to use a tablet to
read a book or communicate with classmates T or F
& teachers.
2. 37% of parents want their child’s teacher to
communicate with them via text messages. T or F
3. 46% of teachers say that they are doing some
kind of “flipping” in their classroom this T or F
year.
4. ¼ of administrators say that a major barrier
to more online learning is still the lack of T or F
teachers interested in teaching online.

52. Your Pre-Test
1. Students’ preference is to use a tablet to
read a book or communicate with classmates False
& teachers.
2. 37% of parents want their child’s teacher to
communicate with them via text messages. True
3. 46% of teachers say that they are doing some
kind of “flipping” in their classroom this False
year.
4. ¼ of administrators say that a major barrier
to more online learning is still the lack of True
teachers interested in teaching online.

53. The New Student Vision for Learning
Social–based learning
Personalized
Un–tethered learning
Learning
Digitally–rich learning

54. How to use Speak Up data
 Input for planning
 Justify budget and purchasing decisions
 Inform new initiatives – as an evaluation tool
.
 Tool to engage parents
 Demonstrate interest in students’ ideas
 Use for grant writing and fund development
 Content for professional development
 As a competitive tool
 And more . . . . . . .

55. 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

56. Next up for us
School and district data release – February 6
◦ In conjunction with Digital Learning Day
National 2012 Speak Up Reports
◦ Congressional Briefings in Washington DC
◦ Reports available on our website
◦ April and May
New targeted reports
◦ Pre-service teachers report - Thursday
◦ Online learning trends report – ISTE
◦ More to come ….

57. Special release today via Twitter
Do you know?
Ten Things Everyone Should Know
about K-12 Students’ Views on
Digital Learning!
Check it out today: SpeakUpEd

58. How to participate with us
 Focus groups with students, parents and educators
 Evaluation and research projects
.
 Participate in mini surveys
 Follow us via social media and thru our listserv
 Sharing ideas and best practices
 Speak Up 2013 – sign up in spring, surveys in the fall
 www.tomorrow.org

59. 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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