Students Speak Up: what everyone should know about students and digital learning

Students Speak Up:
what everyone should know about
students and digital learning
Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow CEO

 Get introduced to Speak Up
 Take a test
 Review new Speak Up findings
 Learn from the experts – our students
Students Speak Up:
what everyone should know about
students and digital learning
(c) Project Tomorrow 2014

Meet our panel of experts
Madi Hannan Grade 12
Lexus Hatten Grade 11
Kendall Keiser Grade 12
Kalin Larousse Grade 12
Alyssa Legrone Grade 10
Patrick Madden Grade 12
Virginia Stewart Grade 11
Arvin Ross College Junior

Annual national research project
 Using online surveys + focus groups
 Surveys for: K-12 Students,Teachers, Parents,
Administrators, Community Members
 Special: Pre-ServiceTeachers 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

Saluting our Speak Up 2013 Sponsors:

Many thanks to our K-12 National Champion
Outreach Partners:

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

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
 Use for grant writing and fund development
 Content for professional development
 As a competitive tool
 To counteract mythology . . . . . . .

Commonly heard ed tech mythology
“New teachers don’t need any training in how to use
technology within teaching”
“Parents won’t accept online textbooks”
“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?”
“Just put technology XYZ in the classroom and magically
students will learn more!”

Released
April 8

Let’s test your ed tech myth knowledge!
Warm Up Game:

 Majority of students are Facebook regulars
 Students’ #1 frustration with school tech is
no access to social media
 Girls don’t see games as learning tools
 Students are really not writing that much
any more because of technology

 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?

Social–based learning
Un–tethered learning
Digitally–rich learning
Students & Digital Learning
Personalizing
learning
Student Vision for Digital Learning

TopTenThings Everyone
Should Know about Students
and Digital Learning

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 districts
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

Mobile Devices
Enabling technologies:

21%
50%
73%
89%
41%
62%
66%
66%
41%
58%
61%
50%
18%
39%
48%
39%
Gr K-2
Gr 3-5
Gr 6-8
Gr 9-12
Digital Reader Tablet Laptop Smartphone
K-12 Students’ Personal Access to Mobile
Devices

Gr 3-5 31%
Gr 6-8 31%
Gr 9-12 31%
Students’ access to school provided devices:
Tablets and Laptops

Gr 3-5 31% 75%
Gr 6-8 31% 58%
Gr 9-12 31% 64%
Students’ access to school provided devices:
Tablets and Laptops
But can you take it home?
YES!

Internet

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

Home
Internet
Access
Gr 6-8
Students
Out of School Internet Access – redefining
digital divide
10%
4%
56%
71%
57%
63%
Title 1 Schools Non-Title 1 Schools
The computer I use at home does not have Internet
access
The computer I use at home has broadband Internet
access
I access the Internet primarily thru a wifi or 3G/4G
mobile device

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
They believe a positive digital profile is important
(44% of students in Gr 9-12)

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
They stop interacting based upon online profiles
They believe a positive digital profile is important
(44% of students in Gr 9-12)
1/3 of students are not regularly
posting on social media

Social Media

Social media:
tools to connect, collaborate, create
Texting:
2/3rds of students Gr 6-12
(growth of 37% since 2008)
Twitter:
28% of students in Gr 9-12
Creating videos:
only 15% in 2007

Massively multi-player
online games (MMOG)
¼ of students in Gr 6-8
Facebook
decrease of 41% since 2007
Social media:
tools to connect, collaborate, create

Games

.
2007 2013
K-2 students 60% 68%***
Gr 3-5 students 47% 60%***
Gr 6-8 students 40% 48%***
Gr 9-12 students 23% 30%
*** no gender differentiation in frequency of game playing
Who is playing games for learning?

What do students say are the benefits of
playing educational games?
.
Benefits of Games Students
K-2
Students
Gr 3-5
Students
Gr 6-8
Students
Gr 9-12
Helps me
understand
difficult learning
concepts
57% 48% 56% 48%
School would be
more fun
48% 43% 52% 44%
Games engage me
in learning
43% 40% 47% 43%
Learn more about
a subject
49% 44% 39% 31%

Use of digital tools for
learning
Empowering
opportunities:

Current uses of technology
Four types of technology usage by students:
 In school:
o teacher directed
o student self – initiated
 Out of school time:
o supporting schoolwork
o supporting personal learning

Digital Activity
Elementary
School
Grades 3-5
Middle
School
Grades 6-8
High
School
Grades
9-12
Access class information
through online portal 31% 68% 75%
Take tests online 44% 47% 52%
Use online textbooks 14% 32% 37%
Use a mobile device
provided by school 25% 30% 32%
Watch teacher created
videos 14% 22% 22%
Students’ Use of Teacher-Facilitated Technology
in the Classroom

15%
18%
31%
40%
49%
56%
13%
21%
22%
38%
50%
46%
Tweeted about an academic topic
Found an expert online to answer questions
Used online writing tools
Watched a video to help with homework
Played an online game to learn something
Researched a website to learn more about
a topic
Boys Girls
Middle School Students’ Use of Digital Tools for
Self-Directed Learning Outside of School
(Advanced Technology Users)

Use of digital tools for
writing
Empowering
opportunities:

DigitalWriting Activities Girls Boys
Essays and school reports 75% 60%
Email 58% 49%
Creative writing, journaling and
poetry
46% 31%
Captions for photos 40% 26%
Instant messaging or online chats 39% 30%
Text for social media sites 36% 26%
Blogging 31% 20%
Text for multi-media presentations 31% 24%
Tweets 31% 22%
Gaming conversational text 14% 28%
HTML coding 14% 19%
High School Students’ Digital Writing
Activities (Advanced Technology Users)

High School Students’ Digital Writing
Activities (Advanced Technology Users)
Hours spend writing per week:
All students in grades 9-12: 14 hours average
High school girls: 15 hours
Advanced tech using girls: 17 hours

Obstacles to tech use at
school
Empowering
opportunities:

Obstacles to using technology at school?
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Can't text
Can't use my own mobile
Can't access social media
Internet is too slow
Teachers limit tech use
Too many rules
Edu websites are blocked
Gr 9-12 Gr 6-8

ImprovedTechnology Use Solutions
Students in
Grades 6-8
Students
in Grades
9-12
Allow greater access to websites I need
for learning
63% 68%
Let me use my own mobile device 55% 51%
Let me recharge my mobile device 42% 43%
Provide schoolwide Internet access 46% 42%
Provide access to my social media 35% 39%
Provide 24/7 access to my teachers 28% 28%
Provide me with a mobile device to use
at school (if I cannot use my own)
33% 21%
Students’ Ideas for Improving Technology
Use at School

Aspirations:
Different tasks = different
mobile devices
Engaging aspirations:

“What mobile device I use depends upon the task”
Read a book? Take notes in class?
Use social media?
Create content?
Different tools for different tasks

Aspirations:
Online learning

Middle school students’ interest in online
learning
Advantages of personalized learning:
To work at my own pace 52%
I would be in control of my learning 52%
To get extra help in a tough subject 47%
It will make it easier for me to succeed 42%
I could review materials whenever I needed 41%
I would be more motivated to learn 38%

What subject would students prefer
to take as an online class?

Aspirations:
My ultimate school

“Imagine you are designing the
ultimate school for today’s
students, what technologies would
have the greatest impact on
learning?”
Favorite Speak Up Question:
Superintendents & School Boards

.
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Online classes
Tablets
E-textbooks
Games
Schoolwide Internet
Principals Teachers Parents Gr 6-8 students
Do we have a shared vision around
digital learning solutions?

 Majority of students are Facebook regulars.
 Students’ #1 frustration with school tech is
no access to social media
 Girls don’t see games as learning tools
 Students are really not writing that much
any more because of technology

Let’s learn from the experts!
Madi Hannan Grade 12
Lexus Hatten Grade 11
Kendall Keiser Grade 12
Kalin Larousse Grade 12
Alyssa Legrone Grade 10
Patrick Madden Grade 12
Virginia Stewart Grade 11
Arvin Ross College Junior

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
New digital parent series
Presentations, podcasts and webinars
Services: consulting, workshops, evaluation and efficacy
studies
Speak Up 2014 opens October 6!
More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org

Speak Up Goes to
Washington, DC
National Release of Speak Up 2013 National Findings
2014 Congressional Briefing:
Impact of Digital Learning Tools to Support
College and Career Readiness
Monday, June 2, 2014 from 2-3:30PM
Rayburn House Office Building, Gold Room

Thank you.
Let’s continue this conversation.
Julie Evans
Project Tomorrow
jevans@tomorrow.org
949-609-4660 x15
Twitter: JulieEvans_PT
SpeakUpEd
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