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- 1. Engaged, Empowered and Enabled:
The New K-12 Student Vision
for Learning
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- 2. Engaged, Empowered and Enabled:
The New K-12 Student Vision
for Learning
Julie Evans
Speak Up 2009 Project Tomorrow
National Findings jevans@tomorrow.org
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 3. Today’s Discussion: The Big Questions
What are the expectations of K-12 students for
21st century learning?
How does that student vision compare with the
educators’ reality?
How well are today’s K-12 schools meeting the
expectations of students? What does this mean for
higher education institutions?
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 4. Today’s Agenda:
Speak Up National Research Project
Student Vision for 21st Century Education
Meet the Free Agent Learner!
Conversation Time
Speak Up Research Project:
Views of Students, Teachers, Parents,
Administrators & Pre-Service Teachers
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- 5. Defining 21st century education . . .
“I believe that the purpose of education is not to make men
carpenters, but to make carpenters men. To be competitive in a
workplace that is changing and will change continuously throughout
our careers, my peers and I need to be able to read and
understand new information at a level never before prevalent.
This should be, however, a familiar aim for the forces of academia,
however, since what we must learn, in essence, is to learn.
I would ensure a broad and balanced education that exposes every
student to rigorous inquiry in every discipline, from physics to pottery
and makes them active participants in the process of inquiry and
learning.”
11th grade student
Pittsburgh PA
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 6. Speak Up National Research Project
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
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 7. Speak Up National Research Project
Empowering authentic voices – since 2003:
1.6 million K-12 students
142,000 teachers
82,000 parents
10,500 school leaders
1,900 pre-service teachers
23,000 K-12 schools – from all 50 states, DC, American military
base schools, Canada, Mexico, Australia, int’l schools . . .
71 schools of education
1.85 million respondents
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 8. Speak Up survey question themes
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
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 9. Voices of K-12 Students
Speak Up 2009
Activities, Attitudes & Aspirations
Disconnects & Differences
Trends & Leverage Points
Other data available on K-12 Teachers, Administrators, Parents
& College Students in Teacher Prep Programs
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 10. National Speak Up 2009 Participation: 370,565
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
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 11. National Speak Up 2009 Participation: 370,565
About our K-12 Schools:
97% public, 3% private
38% urban, 31% suburban, 32% rural
54% Title 1 eligible – indicating community poverty
42% majority-minority student population
About our Schools of Education/Aspiring Teachers
89% four year public institutions
2/3 undergraduates; 1/3 graduate students
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 12. Release of two national reports
March 16 and May 5, 2010
Available at: www.tomorrow.org
Creating Our Future: Unleashing the Future:
Students Speak Up Educators Speak Up
about their Vision for about the Use of
21st Century Learning Emerging Technologies
for Learning
Speak Up 2009 National Speak Up 2009 National
Findings: K-12 Students & Findings: Teachers, Aspiring
Parents Teachers & Administrators
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 13. Speak Up Data Findings
Who am I?
Interactive Exercise
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- 14. Who am I? Profile characteristics:
Access to mobile devices:
MP3 player (50%)
Handheld game player (52%) Participates
Smartphone (12%) in immersive
virtual reality
Downloads music (35%) environments
and uses Internet for (41%)
online assessments (40%)
Wishes for their ultimate school:
Online classes (40%)
High tech science tools (55%)
E-textbooks (43%)
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 15. Audience Response: Who am I?
1. 3rd Grade Girl – 8 years old
2. 7th Grade Boy – 13 years old
3. 10th Grade Girl – 16 years old
4. College Student – 1st year
5. K-12 Teacher
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- 16. Who am I?
3rd grade girl
with average
tech skills
from a rural
community
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- 17. Who am I? Profile characteristics:
Access to mobile devices:
MP3 player (50%)
Handheld game player (52%) Participates
Smartphone (12%) in immersive
virtual reality
Downloads music (35%) environments
and uses Internet for (41%)
online assessments (40%)
Wishes for their ultimate school:
Online classes (40%)
High tech science tools (55%)
E-textbooks (43%)
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 18. Introducing the “Digital Advance Team”
Today’s K-12 Students
Adopting/adapting technologies for learning
Tech trend setters
Their use predicts widespread acceptance
Out of school use drives in school use
Pace car for others
Teachers ultimately catch up
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 19. 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
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 20. What can the Speak Up
findings tell us about the
future of learning?
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 21. What can the Speak Up data tell us about the
future of learning?
Increasingly, students’ aspirations
around the use of emerging
technologies within education is a
reflection of their desired vision
for learning in general.
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 22. Result:
A new uniquely “student vision”
for leveraging emerging
technologies to drive achievement
and educational productivity
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 23. Creating Our Future: Students Speak Up about
their Vision for 21st Century Learning
Three Essential Elements in the Student Vision
Social–based learning
Un–tethered learning
Digitally–rich learning
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 24. 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
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 25. 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
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 26. 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
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 27. Creating Our Future: Students Speak Up about
their Vision for 21st Century Learning
Three Essential Elements
Social–based learning
Communication and collaboration tools
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 28. Students’ use of technology for communication
and collaboration outside of school
Communicate: IM, email, text
Update Facebook profile
Communicate: Facebook, discussion
boards, chats
Gr 9-12
Contribute to blog
Gr 6-8
Gr 3-5
Contribute to wiki
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 29. Students’ use of collaboration and
communications tools for school work
Communicate w/peers
Collaborate thru Facebook
Communicate w/teachers
Post to blogs/wikis Gr 9-12
Gr 6-8
Tweet/micro-blog Gr 3-5
Online tutoring
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 30. Students’ use of social networking sites – for
schoolwork and personal activities
Primary communications vehicle 59%
Use it to get help on schoolwork 34%
When I get home, first thing I check 30%
Helps me keep better organized 20%
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 31. Students’ use of social networking sites – for
schoolwork and personal activities
Primary communications vehicle 59%
Use it to get help on schoolwork 34%
When I get home, first thing I check 30%
Helps me keep better organized 20%
Friends with parents thru site 35%
Friends with teacher(s) thru site 18%
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 32. Creating Our Future: Students Speak Up about
their Vision for 21st Century Learning
Three Essential Elements
Un–tethered learning
Using mobile devices
Online learning
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 33. K-12 students have a lot of personal devices that
they would like to use for schoolwork
Personal device K-2 Gr 3-5 Gr 6-8 Gr 9-12
Laptop 27% 32% 53% 70%
Cell phone 17% 29% 59% 67%
Smart phone 14% 17% 24% 31%
MP 3 35% 55% 80% 85%
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 34. 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
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 35. 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%)
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 36. Audience response
Students: How would using mobile devices at
school help you with your schoolwork?
Besides communications and research, what do
students say?
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 37. 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
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 38. 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 alerts 55%
Take videos of class presentations or labs 39%
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 39. Students believe that mobile devices can enhance
personal productivity
Communicate with classmates
Receive reminders & alerts
Organize schoolwork
Communicate with teachers
G9-12
Access social networking
G6-8
Create/share documents or media
Upload/download to portal
Coordinate calendars
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 40. Students’ suggested use of mobile devices for
learning purposes
Internet research
Take notes or record lectures
Work on projects with classmates
G9-12
Access online textbooks
G6-8
Video class presentations or experiments
Play educational games
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 41. Teachers’ biggest concern about using
mobile devices at school
While 56% of teachers say that the greatest
benefit to using mobile devices:
increases student engagement in
school and learning
76% say their biggest concern however
is students will be distracted doing
other things (texting, surfing, games)
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 42. Parents’ willingness to purchase mobile devices
for their child to use at school
Parents Evaluate Mobile Devices Purchase
11%
11%
16% 62%
Likely
Unlikely
Not sure
School responsibility
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 43. Who is learning online today in K-12 schools?
Growth in student participation in online classes
6th- 8th 9th-12th
grade grade
2009 2008 2009 2008
Took an online class for school 13% 9% 18% 10%
Took an online class for personal reasons 8% 7% 9% 4%
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 44. Who is learning online today in K-12 schools?
Do you know someone who has taken an
online class?
Yes: 65% of high school students
Yes: 53% of middle school students
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 45. Who is learning online today in K-12 schools?
Do you know someone who has taken an
online class?
Yes: 65% of high school students
Yes: 53% of middle school students
1/3 of parents have taken an online
class for work or personal reasons
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 46. Who is learning online today in K-12 schools?
Types of online learning environments
Online class led by
20%
teacher
13%
9%
5%
Self-study online class 12%
9%
17%
Blended online class 8%
8%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%
6th-8th grade students 9th-12th grade students District Administrators
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 47. Students’ value proposition on online learning
Productivity
Earn college credit (49%)
Take class not offered (44%)
Fits schedule better (37%)
Get extra help (35%)
My technology skills will improve (31%)
Easier to review class materials (29%)
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 48. Students’ value proposition on online learning
Learning
Work at own pace (51%)
In control of my learning (40%)
Easier for me to be successful (28%)
Greater sense of independence (28%)
More motivated to learn (24%)
Feel more connected to school (20%)
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 49. What is holding back greater adoption?
Students say they face barriers in
accessing online classes.
“I don’t know about the classes offered at my school” (28%)
“My school does not offer online classes” (25%)
“I don’t know how to find information about online classes”
(20%)
“I don’t know how to sign up for online classes” (21%)
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 50. Creating Our Future: Students Speak Up about
their Vision for 21st Century Learning
Three Essential Elements
Digitally–rich learning
Online textbooks
Games
Simulations and animations
Creating using digital media
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 51. Students’ desires for the features and
functionality of online textbooks
Three themes emerge from the data:
Students want interactivity and relevancy
They want tools to facilitate collaboration
They want ways to personalize learning
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 52. Students want their digital textbooks to facilitate
collaboration
Communicate w ith
classmates
Create
podcasts/videos Students
Gr 9-12
Collaboration Tools Students
Gr 6-8
Parents
Webcams/Video
Conferencing
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 53. Students want to use their digital textbooks to
personalize learning
Electronic notes
Calculator
Search terms
Self directed quizzes
Students
Dow nload to phone Gr 9-12
Students
Presentations Gr 6-8
Parents
Organizational tools
Self -paced tutorials
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 54. Students want their digital textbooks to be
interactive and relevant
Games
Onl i ne tutors
Real ti me data
Ani mati ons
Vi deo cl i ps
Students
Gr 9-12
Vi rtual l abs Students
Gr 6-8
Parents
Expert Podcas ts
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 55. Students’ interest in games transcends ages and
gender
What do you like most about playing video/online games?
Competing with
others
Play on own
Gr 9 Boy
Make new friends
Gr 9 Girl
Gr 3 Boy
Interactivity
Gr 3 Girl
Customize to my
interests
Role play
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 56. And interest in games within learning increases
with age – but without gender bias
What would be the benefits of games within learning?
Learn more
Understand difficult concepts
More engaged
Go beyond assignment Gr 9 Boy
Gr 9 Girl
Self-directed Gr 3 Boy
Real world relevancy Gr 3 Girl
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 57. Creating Our Future: Students Speak Up about
their Vision for 21st Century Learning
Three Essential Elements in the Student Vision
Social–based learning
Un–tethered learning
Digitally–rich learning
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 58. Imagine you are designing the
ultimate school.
Which technology tools and services
would have the greatest positive impact
on learning?
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 59. 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?
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 60. Ultimate School: Are we on the same page?
Ultimate School: Elements of Social Based Learning
Communications tools Principals
Aspiring Teachers
Students Gr 6-12
Collaboration tools
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 61. Ultimate School: Are we on the same page?
Ultimate School: Elements of Un-tethered Learning
Online classes
Principals
Mobile devices
Aspiring Teachers
Laptops Students Gr 6-12
Internet access
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 62. Ultimate School: Are we on the same page?
Ultimate School: Digitally Rich Learning Environments
E-portfolios
Online textbooks Principals
Aspiring Teachers
Games
Students Gr 6-12
Digital media tools
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 63. Key trends we are watching:
Continuing “digital disconnects”
Spectrum of digital native-ness
Multiple “computers” in the backpack
Adaptation trumps adoption
Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, any pace
learning
Developing personal expert networks
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 64. Key trends we are watching:
Self directed learning for student & teacher
Everyone is a content developer
Make it relevant to me!
Blurring of informal & formal learning lines
Beyond engagement: it’s really about
productivity!
“Long tail” of training & education
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 65. Speak Up 2009 National Data Findings
The era of the technology-enabled
Free Agent Learner
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 66. Meet the Free Agent Learner!
Key Characteristics:
Self directed learning
Un-tethered to traditional education
Expert at personal data aggregation
Power of connections
Creating new networks of experts
Experiential learning is key – make it real
Everyone is a content developer
Process as important as knowledge gained
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 67. Meet the Free Agent Learner!
Sampling of activities
Searched online for self-directed learning 37%
Found podcasts/videos to learn about something 23%
Took an online test or assessment on their own 18%
Used cell phone apps to self organize 17%
Used online writing tools to improve writing skills 14%
Found experts online to answer questions 12%
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 68. Meet the Free Agent Learner!
Sampling of activities:
Searched online for self-directed learning 37%
Found podcasts/videos to learn about something 23%
Took an online test or assessment on their own 18%
Used cell phone apps to self organize 17%
Used online writing tools to improve writing skills 14%
Found experts online to answer questions 12%
Who is this?
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 69. Say hello to the
Free Agent
Learner –
a typical middle
school student!
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 70. Introducing the “Digital Advance Team”
Today’s K-12 Students
Adopting/adapting technologies for learning
Tech trend setters
Their use predicts widespread acceptance
Out of school use drives in school use
Pace car for others
Teachers ultimately catch up
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 72. New Questions
What does this mean for your institution?
Are you ready to address the needs of the Free Agent
Learner?
How well does your current business model support this
student vision for learning?
Do you adjust your culture, or expect the students to do the
adapting?
How will your faculty support this new student vision for
learning?
What is your vision for the future of teaching and learning?
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 73. The Future of Learning?
What do K-12 education leaders
say schools will look like in 2019?
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 74. A vision for education in 2019
“School will become a 24 hour around the clock opportunity
with students logging into school from “home.” The role of the
teacher will be to lead and assist students in “discovering”
the uses for the technology and information. Every student
from Pre-K through twelfth grade will have access to learning
through the most advanced IT devices available. Learning will
occur online at least 80% of the time. School buildings will
be open on evenings and Saturdays for remediation, recreation
and community activities for the purpose of socialization.”
Principal from Michigan
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 75. Speak Up 2010
Online surveys available for:
K-12 students
Parents (in Spanish too!)
Teachers Surveys open for input:
Administrators October 18, 2010
Pre-service teachers
No fee to participate. No limit on the # of surveys
submitted. 100% confidential.
Free online report for all Speak Up participating
institutions w/ your data: Feb 2011
Release of National Speak Up Findings in
Congressional Briefings: Spring 2011
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 76. Speak Up 2010
School of Education / Teacher Prep Program?
Have your students participate in Speak Up 2010
Encourage your regional schools to participate
Work with regional schools to enhance their vision for 21st
century education
Share Speak Up data and reports with your faculty
Stimulate new discussions
Be the leadership agents of change
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 77. More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org
National Speak Up Findings
Additional data analysis from Speak Up 2009
Presentations, podcasts and webinars
Evaluation services
Reports and white papers
Release October 29: New report on mobile learning
© Project Tomorrow 2010
- 78. Thank you.
Let’s continue this conversation.
Julie Evans
Project Tomorrow
jevans@tomorrow.org
949-609-4660 x15
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This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permission is granted
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provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced
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author. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written
permission from the author.
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