Speak Up 2013 Results: the Views of North County Students, Parents & Educators

Speak Up 2013 Results:
the Views of North County Students,
Parents & Educators
Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow CEO

ProjectTomorrow, a national
education nonprofit organization
Programs:
• Research & evaluation studies
• STEM education programs
• Advocacy for digital learning
(c) Project Tomorrow 2014
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
 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

 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

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

K-12 Students 12,433
Teachers & Librarians 1,197
Parents 1,701
Administrators 197
National Speak Up 2013 Participation by
North San Diego County stakeholders:
15,528

This year’s superstars!
 San Marcos USD 5,167 surveys
 Solana Beach SD 3,336 surveys
 Vista USD 3,026 surveys

Thank you!
Brenda
Hall

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”
“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?”
“Just put technology XYZ in the classroom and magically students
will learn more!”

Released
April 8

Lens for this year’s analysis
Grade level
Gender
Title 1 school
Community type
Technology self-assessment
Do these characteristics make a difference?

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

TopTenThings 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

26%
50%
73%
89%
43%
63%
70%
68%
53%
68%
64%
52%
12%
36%
43%
36%
Gr K-2
Gr 3-5
Gr 6-8
Gr 9-12
Digital Reader Tablet Laptop Smartphone
North County K-12 Students’ Personal Access
to Mobile Devices

Parents are mobilists also – and believe in
potential of mobile learning
6 out of 10 North
County parents want
their child in a class
where they can use a
mobile device for
learning

Classroom one-to-one implementations
Teachers: Yes, my students have access to at
least one mobile device to use for learning
NCPDF
teachers
National
teachers
Students’ own devices 9% 13%
School assigned devices for
in school use
20% 16%
School assigned devices for
school + home use
3% 9%
Ability to check out devices
for class use
20% 25%

The BYOD/BYOT trend – what a difference in
just two years!
Policy/Position Admin 2011 Admin 2013
Do not allow 52% 32%
We provide
devices
13% 21%
Evaluating
BYOD/T
19% 22%
BYOD/T in place 17% 25%

Internet

Out of School Internet Access
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
High speed, broadband access
Access thru 3G/4G mobile device
Access thru TV/Wii system
Only access at school
National Gr 6-8 CA Gr 6-8 No County Gr 6-8

Parents’ concerns about their child’s
Internet use
 Sharing too much info online 67%
 Online predators/strangers 67%
 Inappropriate websites 67%
 Too much screen time 64%
 Cyberbullying 62%

Digital Footprint Actions
Middle
School
High
School
I am careful about posting and texting
information about myself or others
63% 60%
I have advised friends to not post certain
things about me or others
39% 37%
I have stopped interacting with someone
based upon their online profile
28% 29%
I think it is important to have a positive
online profile
39% 41%
I don’t regularly post about myself online 34% 36%
Students’ Views on their Digital Footprint

Social Media

Social media:
tools to connect, collaborate, create
Texting:
2/3rds of North County
students Gr 9-12
(growth of 37% since 2008)
Twitter:
17% of students in Gr 9-12
(28% nationally)
Creating videos:
only 15% in 2007

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

Teachers’ use of social media in class
Text with colleagues 60%
Text with parents of students 24%
Text with students 8%
Maintain class blog 14%
Use edu student social networking 25%
Update my own social networking site 35%
Participate in online PLC 39%
Use Twitter as a PD tool 9%

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 North County 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
43% 42% 56% 48%
School would be
more fun
28% 37% 51% 43%
Games engage me in
learning
27% 33% 44% 42%
Learn more about a
subject
35% 37% 37% 31%

Why are teachers interested in games based
instruction?
.
Increase student engagement 77%
Address different learning styles 68%
Reinforce understanding 52%
Differentiate instruction 50%
Opportunity to practice skills 51%
Intro new concepts 49%

Use of digital tools for
schoolwork
Empowering
opportunities:

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 18% 62% 72%
Take tests online 38% 41% 37%
Use online textbooks 10% 25% 27%
Use a mobile device
provided by school 24% 22% 15%
Watch teacher created
videos 18% 21% 14%
Teacher-Facilitated Technology Use in the
Classroom

Student-initiated Use of Technology to
Support Schoolwork
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Follow people via Twitter
Skype or iChat with classmates
Use mobile apps to keep organized
Use Facebook for school projects
Watch video I found for homework
Take photos of assignments
Text with classmates
Gr 9-12 Gr 6-8

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
Self-Directed Learning Outside of School
(Advanced Technology Users, Gr 6-8)

Use of digital tools for
writing
Empowering
opportunities:

DigitalWriting Activities
NCPDF High
School Students
Essays and school reports 64%
Email 47%
Creative writing, journaling and poetry 31%
Captions for photos 26%
Instant messaging or online chats 25%
Text for social media sites 22%
Blogging 17%
Text for multi-media presentations 17%
Gaming conversational text 14%
HTML coding 8%
Students’ Digital Writing Activities

High School Students’ Digital Writing
Activities
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

Impact of technology on writing quality
“Today’s students are better writers because
of their access to digital tools”
NCPDF
Parents
NCPDF
Teachers
Agree 56% 50%
Disagree 34% 41%
Not sure 10% 9%

Obstacles to tech use at
school
Empowering
opportunities:

North County Students: Obstacles to using
technology at school?
Websites are blocked 55%
Internet is too slow 43%
Too many rules! 42%
Cannot access social media sites 37%
Teachers limit tech use 36%
Cannot use my own mobile device 33%

Teachers: Obstacles to using technology at
school?
NCPDF
teachers
National
teachers
Digital equity concerns 69% 67%
Not enough computers for
class use
64% 53%
Reliability of technology 47% 39%
Need PD on integrating
digital tools into
instruction
43% 29%
Need PD on using digital
tools
41% 29%

Teachers’ wish list for professional
development
1. Preparing for Common Core
2. Using technology to differentiate instruction
3. Identifying high quality digital content
4. Identifying mobile apps to use with students
5. Preparing for online assessments
6. Using tablets within instruction
7. Using games within instruction
8. Implementing a blended learning model
9. Implementing a flipped learning model

Parents’ levels of familiarity with Common
Core
10%
28%
39%
24%
17%
30%
33%
19%
None
Minimal
Moderate
High
California NCPDF

Aspirations:
Different tasks = different
mobile devices

“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

North County middle school students’ interest
in online learning
Advantages of online learning:
To work at my own pace 50%
I would be in control of my learning 50%
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 40%
I would be more motivated to learn 37%

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

Aspirations:
Digital learning for
college/career
skill development

Students say:
1. Working with diverse
groups (62%)
2. Working independently
(59%)
3. Critical thinking (58%)
4. Research skills (55%)
5. Teamwork (54%)
6. Creativity (53%)
7. Technology skills (47%)
What college/career ready skills are students
developing through school?

Students say:
groups (62%)
2. Working independently
(59%)
5. Teamwork (54%)
6. Creativity (53%)
Teachers say:
2. Working
independently (78%)
groups (76%)
4. Teamwork (73%)
5. Creativity (65%)
What college/career ready skills are students
developing through school?

As a result of using technology at school ….
Are students well prepared to use digital tools
in college or a future job?

As a result of using technology at school ….
Are students well prepared to use digital tools
in college or a future job?
Stakeholders who
say YES!
NCPDF CA Nat’l
Students in grades
9-12
62% 63% 65%
Parents 63% 67% 68%
Teachers 63% 65% 68%
Administrators 78% 79% 81%

 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

Your thoughts,
comments,
questions
How can
participating in
Speak Up help
you?

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 in October
(special survey for community members!)
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

Other ways to partner with Project Tomorrow
Future Educators Conference
 Friday, May 2 @ Saddleback College
 High school students interested in teaching
Youth Leadership Summit for Math & Science
 Saturday, October 25 in Irvine
 High schools students learn about
careers in math and science
Girls Rule in Math & Science Summit
 Saturday, January 24 @ Chapman University
 Middle and high school girls explore math &
science careers

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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