Data source: Respondents included Facility Managers and IT Directors

HOW ARE DEVICES CHARGED AND SECURED?

POWERED FOR LEARNING: K-12’s NEW MOBILITY POWER NEEDS

MOBILE DEVICE USE IS GROWING IN SCHOOLS

The majority of school districts have adopted mobile technology – 1:1 and BYOD – for student instruction. Thus the use of tablets and smartphones in classrooms has leaped to amazing new levels in the past year:

8 IN 10 SURVEYED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OWN A SMARTPHONE

MOBILE DEVICES NEED POWER FOR FULL DAY OF OPERATION

A partner of

66%80%

53%44%20152014

20152014

ELEMENTARY STUDENTS:

58%70%

66%58%

2015201420152014

MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS:

42% 50% 82%75%

2015201420152014

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS:

82%

20152014

Internet. Smartphones. Tablets. Laptops. They’re all in the hands of students. All the time. Think of it as a ubiquitous classroom of uninterrupted learning.

The only obstacle to its success? Battery life.

Technology is persistent. It refuses to stop changing the education paradigm. Now, students and teachers no longer use computers only in the classroom. They simply take them wherever they go.

To the hallways. The cafeteria. The commons. The media center. Everywhere.

This mobility shift allows everyone to be nimble and engaged from anywhere. It’s a brilliant leap forward, and one that requires an equally energetic response. The components that power up all those on-the-go devices need to be everyplace, too. That’s Bretford’s charge. Power Everywhere.

Design is more than making things better. It’s making things so that they work better for us. Bretford furniture allows schools to easily ramp up and be ready for the 21st century learning environment. From charging carts and lockers, to tables and soft seating with integrated power each makes sure students and teachers focus less on charging their devices and more on education. Because when devices lose their charge, learning is interrupted.

The future is being redesigned. Education is happening everywhere. So take charge, and supply your students with the power to learn. Learn more at Bretford.com.

BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION:

HOW STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS ARE COPING

School owned mobile carts are used to store and charge these devices

32%

Students take their devices home and store and charge them there

36%

Hybrid approach: devices are stored and charged at school and students charge devices at home 24%

Other

8%

AND EDUCATORS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT POWER IS A PROBLEMIn a recent survey of educators conducted by Bretford, 92% of respondents said that access to power is generally a problem for faculty, staff, and students in their building, space or project. 80% said they didn’t have enough power to meet the needs of staff and students. Their responses provide a snapshot of what schools are facing:

AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE LACK OF AVAILABLE POWER ARE CREATING CHALLENGES FOR

STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND ADMINISTRATORS.

IF SO, IN WHAT AREAS?

DOES POWER EVER COME UP AS AN ISSUE OR COMPLAINT FROM FACULTY OR STAFF?

Impeding Instructional style23%

77%

40%

58%

58%

60%

2%

Limiting Instructional style

Unable to use technology properly

Unable to provide power to center of room

Unable to provide power to students for their purposes

Other

Almost half 45% of U. S. public schools were built

between 1950 and 1969.

48%44%

8%Never

Sometimes

Always

How often do students need to charge a mobile device?

Sources: The Pearson Student Mobile Device Survey 2015, The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Bretford Survey.

The average age of public school

buildings in the U.S.is years.

The last GAO study was

completed in

42 1995.

Yes

ED TECH DATA POINTS

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