Speak Up: 10 Years of Student Voices

Speak Up:
10 Years of Student Voices
on EducationalTechnology
Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow CEO
June 11, 2013
(c) Project Tomorrow 2013

About the Speak Up National Research Project
Key findings from Speak Up 2012 –
retrospective to 2003
Panel discussion
Your thoughts, comments, ideas, questions
Today’s Discussion Agenda

Meet our panel of experts
Educators:
DeLyn Beard 4th Grade Teacher (IN)
Cary Fields MS Lang Arts Teacher (AZ)
Leslie Garza District Administrator (TX)
Deborah Wilson District IT Teacher (TX)
Students:
Kara Woodard Incoming 5th Grader (IN)
Tanner Jackson Incoming 5th Grader (IN)
Nathania Duarte Incoming 9th Grader (AZ)
Eden Gunderson Incoming 9th Grader (AZ)

ProjectTomorrow, 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 withTechnology
 21st Century Skills: Digital Citizenship & Global Awareness
 Math and Science Instruction
 Students’ Career Interests in STEM
 Professional Development /Teacher Preparation
 Internet Safety
 Administrators’ Challenges
 EmergingTechnologies 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

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

Saluting our Speak Up 2012 Sponsors:

 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

Speak Up 2012
National Reports
www.tomorrow.org/speakup

Digital Conversion
K-12 Digital Learner
Personalized
Learning

Personalized Learning
A shift in what we do, but also
in our attitudes and values

Speak Up 2012 National Findings
From Chalkboards toTablets
10 years of Speak Up
Views and ideas of
+ 2.5 million K-12 students since 2003
3rd graders in 2003 = 12th graders in 2012

Did you know?
Speak Up was born in Rosedale, Mississippi
Shared Speak Up data with Congress 15 times
The 3rd graders in 2003 just graduated from high
school in 2012

What were the big questions in 2003?
Do you have an email account?
Do you have an IM screen name?
Do you own a CD burner?

What were the big questions in 2003?
Do you have an email account?
Do you have an IM screen name?
Do you own a CD burner?
How do you want to use
technology for learning?
What obstacles do you face?

 Students function as a “Digital AdvanceTeam”
 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
 The emergence of the digital learner
Speak Up National Findings: 2003 - 2013

Warm Up
Interactive Exercise

A DIGITAL
LEARNER

In my life, I ……..
 Play online and video games regularly (50%)
 Take tests online for school (43%)
 Have a tablet – not school provided (43%)
 Use the Internet for homework at least a few
days a week (32%)
 Want more Internet access at school (55%)
 Think science would be more interesting in an
online class (23%)

Who is . . . . . ?
1. 3rd grade girl
2. 6th grade boy
3. 9th grade girl
4. 12th grade boy

Who is a 3rd
grade girl?

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?

Enabling technologies:
what tools and resources are digital learners using?

Grade 3
Students
Grade 6
Students
Grade 9
Students
Grade 12
Students
Personal smartphone 41% 59% 75% 82%
Personal tablet 44% 53% 48% 40%
Personal laptop 61% 68% 69% 73%
School provided
smartphone
8% 6% 5% 3%
School provided tablet 16% 18% 14% 17%
School provided laptop 27% 30% 27% 29%
Mobile device access – personal and school provided

Grade 3
Students
Grade 6
Students
Grade 9
Students
Grade 12
Students
Personal smartphone 41% 59% 75% 82%
Personal tablet 44% 53% 48% 40%
Personal laptop 61% 68% 69% 73%
Mobile device access – personal and school provided
Allowed to use at school?
• Only 9% say they can use their own tablet
• Only 18% of seniors say they can use their own laptop

Internet access – new perspectives
“My internet access is through a
mobile, 3G/4G device”
Grade 6-8 56%
Grade 9-12 68%

Internet access – new perspectives
2003 to 2012:
6% of K-12 students say they do not have
home Internet access – no change in 10 years
But 40% of these students in grades 6-8 and
52% in grades 9-12 say they are accessing the
Internet– but it’s on a mobile device!

Social media – tools to connect, collaborate, create
Texting:
71% of Gr 9-12, 63% of Gr 6-8
growth of 44% since 2008
Twitter:
3 out of 10 students in Gr 6-12
Videos:
30% of students in Gr 6-8
only 15% in 2007

Social media – tools to connect, collaborate, create
Massively multi-player
online games (MMOG)
¼ of students in Gr 6-8
Facebook
53% of students in Gr 9-12
decrease of 21% since 2007

4%
36%
29%
32%
12%
7%
40%
26%
16%
12%
0 accounts 1 to 5 accounts 6 to 10
accounts
11 to 19
accounts
20+ accounts
Students Gr 9-12 Students Gr 6-8
How many online accounts do you have?

Empowering
opportunities:
how are students using
digital tools for
learning?

Teacher – directed use of technology in the
classroom:
 Accessing class info on a school portal 74%
 Creating a multi-media presentation 47%
 Taking an online test 41%
 Using an online textbook 35%

Student directed use of
technology for learning
Grade 6
students
Grade 9
students
Grade 12
students
Texting with classmates about assignments 39% 65% 67%
Using Facebook to collaborate with
classmates on a school project
19% 35% 40%
Taking photos of school assignments of
materials using my mobile device
11% 28% 35%
Watch a video I find online to help with
homework
29% 30% 33%
Using Twitter to communicate or to follow others 7% 20% 25%
Communicate with classmates using a webcam,
Skype or online chat
20% 29% 25%
Using a mobile app to keep schoolwork organized 15% 24% 25%
Texting with my teacher 7% 11% 20%

Obstacles, barriers, challenges
It’s really all about access!
From 2003 to 2012 …..

Top obstacles in 2003
1. Internet too slow
2. Filters & firewalls
3. Not enough computers
4. Computers are old
5. Software is old
Obstacles to using tech @ school

5. Software is old
2. Cannot access my
social media
3. Cannot use my mobile
4. Too many rules!
5. Cannot use texting

5. Software is old
2. Cannot access my
social media
3. Cannot use my mobile
4. Too many rules!
5. Cannot use texting
Access to school tools! Access to my tools!

Engaging aspirations:
what are students’ expectations for
digital learning?

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

Schoolwork Tasks First Choice Second Choice
Create a presentation Laptop (69%) Tablet (31%)
Communicate with
classmates
Smartphone (68%) Laptop (38%)
Collaborate on a school
project
Laptop (59%) Tablet (34%)
Follow experts on Twitter Smartphone (54%) Laptop (42%)
Create a video Laptop (50%) Smartphone (40%)
Take notes in class Laptop (46%) Tablet (45%)
Read a book or article Digital reader (44%) Tablet (41%)
Different academic tasks demand different devices

Personalization benefits Students
Grades 9-12:
2009
Students
Grades 9-12:
2012
I would be in control of my learning 40%
57%
I could work at my own pace 51%
56%
It would be easier for me to review
course materials as often as I wish
29%
46%
I would have a greater sense of
independence
28%
42%
It would be easier for me to be
successful in class
28%
35%
Online learning – it is all about personalization!

My ideal science class
Collaborating with classmates on real world problems 61%
Using animations/simulations to visualize concepts 41%
Using mobile device to video lessons to review later 37%
Understanding science thru virtual/augmented reality 34%
Accessing an online textbook through my mobile device 34%
Texting my teacher during class with my questions 28%
Taking an online class 24%

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 learning?

Do we have a shared vision of the future
of digital learning?
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Online classes
Use own mobile device
Games
Digital textbooks
Social media tools
Tablets
Schoolwide Internet
Principals Teachers Parents 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
New digital parent series
Presentations, podcasts and webinars
Services: consulting, workshops, evaluation and efficacy studies
More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org

Birds of a Feather SessionTODAY
More Speak Up?
Beyond Listening:
Acting on Students’ Ideas for Digital Learning
Room 213
Join us!

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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