learning in the 21st century: taking it mobile!
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This deck was presented by Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow. It outlines key findings from the Speak Up 2009 trends report and from interviews with innovative educators who are leveraging mobile devices for learning. Stories from these cutting-edge education leaders illustrate emerging trends, implementation considerations and strategies for launching mobile learning initiatives.TRANSCRIPT
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K-12 Students, Parents & Educators Speak Up about Mobile Learning
New research from Project Tomorrow
Speak Up 2009 National Findings
Julie EvansProject Tomorrow
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New report released this fall:
Learning in the 21st Century:
Taking it Mobile!
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A big thank you to:
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Today’s Discussion: The Big Questions
What are the expectations of today’s students for the use of mobile devices within education?
How does this student vision compare with the educators’ vision?
What challenges or obstacles do educators face in implementing these technologies? What are the benefits?
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Today’s Agenda:
What is Speak Up?
Selected Data Findings
Panel Discussion with our Experts
Conversation Time
Speak Up Research Project: Views of Students, Teachers, Parents, Administrators & Pre-Service Teachers
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Introducing our Expert Panel
Kyle MenchhoferTechnology CoordinatorSt. Marys City Schools, St. Marys, OH
Tim WilsonChief Technology OfficerISD 279 - Osseo Area Schools, Twin Cities, MN
Catherine WymanProgram Director of TechnologyXavier College Preparatory School, Phoenix, AZ
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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 Services to help transform teaching and learning
Speak Up National Research Project
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Empowering authentic voices – since 2003: 1.9 million K-12 students 180,000 teachers and librarians 124,000 parents 15,500 school and district leaders 30,000 K-12 schools – from all 50 states, DC,
American military base schools, Canada, Mexico, Australia, int’l schools . . .
Speak Up National Research Project
2.2 million respondents
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Speak Up is facilitated annually by Project Tomorrow
(formerly known as NetDay)
Project Tomorrow
(www.tomorrow.org)
is the leading education nonprofit
organization dedicated to the
empowerment of student voices in
education.
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Learning & Teaching with Technology
21st Century Skills: Digital Citizenship
Science and Math Instruction
Career Interests in STEM and Teaching
Professional Development / Teacher Preparation
Internet Safety
Administrators’ Challenges
Emerging Technologies in the Classroom Mobile Devices, Online Learning, Digital
Content Educational Games, Web 2.0 tools and
applications
Designing the 21st Century School
Speak Up survey question themes
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K-12 Students 299,677 Teachers 38,642 Parents (in English & Spanish) 26,312 School/District Administrators 3,947 Schools / Districts 5,757 / 1,215
Pre-Service Teachers 1,987 Schools of Education 71
Participating States = all 50 states Top 12 (# of participants): TX, AZ, AL, CA, FL, MD, PA, NC, AR, MO, NY, IL
National Speak Up 2009 Participation: 370,565
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About our K-12 Schools:97% public, 3% private38% urban, 31% suburban, 32% rural54% Title 1 eligible – indicating community poverty42% majority-minority student population
About our Schools of Education/Aspiring Teachers89% four year public institutions2/3 undergraduates; 1/3 graduate students
National Speak Up 2009 Participation: 370,565
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Release of two national reportsMarch 16 and May 5, 2010
Creating Our Future:
Students Speak Up about their Vision for 21st Century Learning
Speak Up 2009 National Findings: K-12 Students & Parents
Unleashing the Future:
Educators Speak Up about the Use of Emerging Technologies for Learning
Speak Up 2009 National Findings: Teachers, Aspiring Teachers & Administrators
Both are available at www.tomorrow.org
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National Speak Up 2010 Participation: 379,355
Release of national findings:
Student & Parent Data: April 1
Educator Data: early May
Stay tuned to all Speak Up announcements:
www.tomorrow.org
SpeakUpEd – Twitter and Facebook
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Key Findings: Speak Up 2003 – 2010
Students function as a “Digital Advance Team”
Students regularly adopt and adapt emerging
technologies for learning
Students’ frustrations with the unsophisticated
use of technologies within education
Lack of relevancy in education exacerbated
Persistent digital disconnect between
students and adults
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What can the Speak Up
findings tell us about the
future of learning?
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Increasingly, students’
aspirations around the use of
emerging technologies within
education is a reflection of
their desired vision for learning
in general.
What can the Speak Up data tell us about the future of learning?
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Result:
A new uniquely “student vision” for leveraging emerging technologies to drive achievement and educational productivity
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Creating Our Future: Students Speak Up about their Vision for 21st Century Learning
Three Essential Elements in the Student Vision
Social–based learning
Digitally–rich learning
Un–tethered learning
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Creating Our Future: Students Speak Up about their Vision for 21st Century Learning
Three Essential Elements
Social–based learning
Students want to leverage emerging
communications and collaboration
tools to create personal networks of
experts
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Creating Our Future: Students Speak Up about their Vision for 21st Century Learning
Three Essential Elements
Digitally–rich learning
Students see the use of relevancy-
based digital tools, content and
resources as key to education
productivity
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Creating Our Future: Students Speak Up about their Vision for 21st Century Learning
Three Essential Elements
Un–tethered learning
Students envision technology-
enabled learning that transcends
classroom walls
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Three Essential Elements of the Student Vision =
Mobile Learning
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Learning in the 21st Century:
Taking it Mobile!
A special collaboration with Blackboard, Inc.
http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/MobileLearningReport_2010.html
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Taking It Mobile! Report Methodology
Analysis of Speak Up 2009 Data 370,000 K-12 students, teachers, administrators and parents
Profiling of current mobile learning users
Interviews with educators and students
Focus on activities, attitudes and aspirations
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Taking It Mobile! Report Methodology
Interviews with educators and students
Xavier College Preparatory, Phoenix AZ
Paradise Valley Unified School District, Phoenix AZ
St Marys School District, St Marys OH
Jamestown Elementary School, Arlington VA
Osseo Area Schools, Maple Grove MN
Onslow County School District, Jacksonville NC
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K-12 students have a lot of personal devices that they would like to use for schoolwork
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Students face obstacles using technology at school
Top responses from students:
1. I cannot use my mobile device (56%)
2. School filters and firewalls block websites I need
(53%)
3. Teachers limit our technology use (37%)
4. Too many rules! (30%)
Cannot access my communications tools
Rules that limit use of my school’s technology
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How schools could make it easier to use technology – the student point of view
Students say:
1. Let me use my own mobile device (60%)
2. Let me use my own laptop (47%)
3. Access my school projects from any computer –
home or at school (47%)
4. Give me unlimited Internet access on campus (43%)
5. I want to access my social networking site and
communications tools (36%)
6. Give us more electrical outlets (28%)
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How schools could make it easier to use technology – the student point of view
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Audience response
Students: How would using mobile devices at school help you with your schoolwork?
Besides communications and research, what do students say?
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Audience response
Besides communications and research, how do students say that using “mobile devices” in school will help them with schoolwork?
Choose top response:
A.Access social networking site
B.Access online textbooks
C.Learn about school activities
D.Share documents, videos and podcasts
E. Receive reminders and alerts
F. Take videos of class presentations or labs to review later
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Besides communications and research, how do students say that using “mobile devices” in school will help them with schoolwork?
Access social networking site 35%
Access online textbooks 44%
Learn about school activities 41%
Share documents, videos and podcasts 36%
Receive reminders and alerts55%Take videos of class presentations or labs 39%
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Student Value Proposition for Mobile Learning?
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What is the value proposition
for technology in education?
The Educators’ Perspective
Unleashing the Future: Educators Speak Up about the Use of Emerging Technologies for Learning
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Audience response
Who do you think is most “bullish” on the importance of effective use of technology for student success? (Besides students!)
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Audience response
Who do you think is most “bullish” on the importance of effective use of technology for student success? (Besides students!)
Parents
District administrators
School principals
Teachers
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What is the value proposition for technology in education?
Importance of effective tech use in instruction
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Not important
Somewhat important
Important
Extremely important
Teachers
Parents
District Administrators
Principals
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Introducing the “Mobile Learning Explorer”
A new cohort of educators are pushing the envelope for mobile learning. . . .
The Educator Perspective
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Introducing the “Mobile Learning
Explorer”
2X as likely as other educators to have a smart phone; 4X as likely to have a netbook
Technology is extremely important to student success: 100% agree!
Administrators see value of mobile devices as part of their ultimate school
Teachers currently using mobile devices within instruction
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Introducing the “Mobile Learning
Explorer”
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Introducing the “Mobile Learning
Explorer”
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Teachers with smart phones: their concerns about mobile devices in school
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Loss of control
No curriculum
Need training
Use for cheating
Digital equity
Distraction
16+ years
11-15 years
4-10 years
1-3 years
Introducing the “Mobile Learning
Explorer”
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The parent perspective: value on mobile learning
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Imagine you are designing the ultimate school.
Which technology tools and services would have the greatest positive impact
on learning?
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Imagine you are designing the ultimate school.
Which technology tools and services would have the greatest positive impact
on learning?
Are we all on the same page?
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Creating Our Future: Students Speak Up about their Vision for 21st Century Learning
Three Essential Elements in the Student Vision
Social–based learning
Digitally–rich learning
Un–tethered learning
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The Ultimate School: Are we on the same page?
Ultimate School: Elements of Social Based Learning
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
Collaboration tools
Communications tools Principals
Parents
Aspiring Teachers
Students Gr 6-12
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Ultimate School: Digitally Rich Learning Environments
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Digital media tools
Games
Online textbooks
E-portfolios Principals
Parents
AspiringTeachers
Students Gr6-12
The Ultimate School: Are we on the same page?
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Ultimate School: Elements of Un-tethered Learning
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
Internet access
Laptops
Mobile devices
Online classes
Principals
Parents
Aspiring Teachers
Students Gr 6-12
The Ultimate School: Are we on the same page?
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Learning in the 21st Century:
Taking it Mobile!
A special collaboration with Blackboard, Inc.
http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/MobileLearningReport_2010.html
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Introducing our Expert Panel
Kyle MenchhoferTechnology CoordinatorSt. Marys City Schools, St. Marys, OH
Tim WilsonChief Technology OfficerISD 279 - Osseo Area Schools, Twin Cities, MN
Catherine WymanProgram Director of TechnologyXavier College Preparatory School, Phoenix, AZ
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Leveraging a unique asset – the ideas of your students!
82% of students would like to be more involved and share their ideas
• Give input through Speak Up • Have class discussions
• Share ideas online with other students
• Be part of a club that researches problems & presents ideas
• Be part of a student advisory group for the principal
• Set up a blog and wiki to share ideas
• Make presentations to the school board
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National Speak Up Findings 2003 – 2009
Additional data analysis
Presentations, podcasts and webinars
Reports and white papers
Information about other services
Speak Up 2010 Findings: April 1
More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org
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A big thank you to:
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Thank you.
Let’s continue this conversation.
Julie EvansProject Tomorrow
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