2008 Congressional Briefing

(c) Project Tomorrow 2008
Students, Teachers, Parents
and School Leaders
“Speak Up”
about Education & Technology
Congressional Briefing
Release of 2007 National
Findings
April 8, 2008

Speak Up 2007: Release of National Findings
Speak Up is facilitated annually by
Project Tomorrow
(formerly known as NetDay)
About Project Tomorrow:
A national education nonprofit organization
providing leadership, research and
programming to support STEM education in
America’s schools

• Annual national research project
– Online surveys
– Open for all K-12 schools
– Schools/districts get their own data for planning and budgeting
• Collect data ↔ Stimulate conversations
– Students, Teachers, Parents and School Leaders
• Inform policies & programs
– Analysis and reporting – national reports
– Services: custom reports, consulting with schools, Speak Up Your Way!
• 5 years of empowering authentic voices – since 2003:
– 1.1 million K-12 students
– 74,000 teachers
– 34,000 parents
– 3,200 school leaders
– 14,000 schools – from all 50 states, DC, American military base
schools, Canada, Mexico, Australia
What is Speak Up?
1.2 million respondents

Thank you!
Representative
Lucille Roybal-Allard
Our Speak Up 2007 National Release
Congressional Sponsor

We would like to recognize our
Speak Up 2007 Sponsors:

We would like to also acknowledge the
support of our Speak Up 2007
National Champion Outreach Partners:

a. Download music
b. Play online games
c. Go to TV show websites to “vote”
d. Maintain a personal website
(MySpace, Facebook, Xanga)
e. Participate in Second Life
Audience Response:
How do you regularly use technology?

Welcomes Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow
Al Berkeley, Pipeline Financial Group, Inc.
Chris Rother, CDW-G
Remarks Jessica Korf
Office of Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard
Release of National Julie Evans
Findings
Panel Discussion Students, teachers, administrators and
parents
Closing Mick Adkisson, SMART Technologies
Q and A Julie Evans, Panelists and Audience
Agenda

How do we provide today’s
students with 21st
century
learning opportunities?
How do we create
21st
century schools?
How do we prepare students for
jobs & careers of the future?

Alfred R. Berkeley III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Pipeline Financial Group, Inc. and Pipeline
Trading Systems LLC
Board Member, Project Tomorrow
Welcome from the Project Tomorrow Board

Christina V. Rother
Group Vice President, Public Sector - CDW
Government, Inc.
Welcome from CDW-G

Jessica Korf
Legislative Assistant, Office of
Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard
Remarks

Release of National Findings
Speak Up 2007
for Students, Teachers, Parents &
School Leaders
“21st
Century Students
Deserve a 21st
Century Education”

 K-12 Students 319,223
 Teachers 25,544
 Parents (in English & Spanish) 19,726
 School/District Administrators 3,263
 Schools 3,729
 Districts 867
 States All 50
o Top 10: TX, CA, AZ, IL, AL, MD, NC, PA, FL, MI
About Speak Up 2007 Schools:
– 97% public, 3% private
– 32% urban, 40% suburban, 29% rural
– 43% Title 1 eligible
– 29% majority-minority student population
Speak Up 2007 Participation Overview

a. 19,700
b. 22,500
c. 21,500
Audience Response:
What is the total of Speak Up surveys
submitted in Maryland?
Speak Up Math
Student Surveys = 19,500
Teacher, Parent
& Administrator
Surveys = 2,000

 Learning & Teaching with Technology
 Web 2.0 / Web 3.0 in Education
 21st Century Skills
 Science Instruction & Global Competitiveness
 Emerging Technologies in the Classroom
 Designing the 21st Century School
This year’s survey question themes

Digital disconnect continues to exist
 Between students and adults
 Between advanced tech students and
others
 Between girls and boys
Key finding:

Self Assessment of Tech Skills
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Parents
Teachers
Leaders
Beginner
Average
Advanced
Parents, Teachers, School Leaders:
What kind of tech user are you?

a. 6%
b. 24%
c. 70%
Audience Response:
What % of students grades 6-12 consider
themselves “advanced tech users?”

Students' Self Assessment: Tech Skills
Advanced
Average
Beginner
What % of students grades 6-12 consider
themselves “advanced tech users?”
70%
24%
6%

The “Big 4”
• Online and computer gaming
• Download music
• Communications – email, IM, Txt
• Maintain a personal website
Students:
What do you do regularly with technology?

a. Online and computer gaming
b. Download music
c. Communications – email, IM, Txt
d. Maintain a personal website
Audience Response:
Which of the “Big 4” activities is #1 with
students today?

The “Big 4”
• Online and computer gaming
– Over 64% of students K-12 play
• Download music
– #1 with students in grades 6-12
• Communications – email, IM, Txt
– Girls still lead in usage
• Maintain a personal website
– 40% of students grades 6-8
– 67% of students grades 9-12

Top 5 responses:
1. Writing assignments (74%)
2. Online research (72%)
3. Checking assignments/grades online (58%)
4. Creating slideshows, videos, webpages (57%)
5. Email or IM classmates about assignments
(44%)
Students:
What do you do regularly with technology
– for schoolwork?

School leaders say:
Enhances student achievement 84%
Important to school mission 88%
Value proposition of tech in today’s schools

School leaders say:
Enhances student achievement 84%
Important to school mission 88%
Parents say:
Information about grades 62%
Accelerates learning 54%
More connected to school 52%

So why?
#1 use of technology by teachers:
• Home work & practice

So why?
Student frustration with tech use at
school is still so high – especially re:
– Access
– Rules
– Usage

Top 4:
• Filters block websites I need
• Rules against using technology tools
• Rules that prevent me from using my
own tools
• Teachers limit tech use
Obstacles to student tech use at school

• Use my own devices 63%
• Increase my access 48%
– Applications
– Projects
– Network
• Provide tools 40%
– Communications
– Organization
How could your school make it easier for you?

• Mobile devices
• Online learning
• Gaming technologies
Digital Disconnect: A new battleground
Emerging technologies in education

Students' Access to Mobile Devices
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
CellPhone Laptop MP3 SP - PDA
K-2
Gr 3-5
Gr 6-8
Gr 9-12
Using Mobile Devices for Learning

• Communications
• Collaborations
• Creativity
• Productivity
How student want to use mobile devices
to support learning

• Communications
– Email teachers, classmates
– Access personal websites
• Collaborations
– Projects and calendars
• Creativity
– Create/share documents
• Productivity
– Research, downloads, ed games
How student want to use mobile devices
to support learning

Value proposition:
– Engagement (52%)
– Extends learning (43%)
– Prepares for world of work (42%)
Issues:
– Digital equity
– Lack of administrator support
– Not convinced about benefits
– Control issues
Educator & parent views:
Mobile devices in education

High School Students’ Usage
• 8% taken online class
• 9% taken a class with an online component
• 6% taken an online class outside of school
Online learning and students

Online learning and students
Is there interest in taking online
classes? Yes!
33% of high school students
24% of middle school students
19% of students grades 3-5

a. Take class not offered at my school
b. Get extra help in a subject
c. Earn college credit
d. To work at my own pace
e. To learn more about the subject
Audience Response:
What is the #1 reason middle school
students want to take an online class?

Why Students Want to Take an Online Class
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Learn about a subject
Class not offeredWork at own paceTo get extra help
Scheduling
College credit
Gr 3-5
Gr 6-8
Gr 9-12
What is the #1 reason middle school
students want to take an online class?

Teachers:
• 16% have taken an online class
• 31% would like to for prof development
• 33% explored for fit in classroom
School Leaders
• 1/3 have not incorporated any form
• 45% say would do so “to engage students”
• Why not? Funding
Educators and online learning

• Over 64% of students K-12 play
• Average is 8 – 10 hours per week
• Using a wide variety of devices
– Cell phones
– Computer games
– Console video players
– Handhelds
– Web-based: single or multi user
Gaming Technologies in Learning

a. Cell phones
b. Computer games
c. Console video players
d. Handhelds
e. Web-based single user game
f. Web-based multi-user game
Audience Response:
Girls are most likely to use which device for
their gaming activities?

a. Cell phones
b. Computer games
c. Console video players
d. Handhelds
e. Web-based single user game
f. Web-based multi-user game
Girls are most likely to use which device for
their gaming activities?

• Easier to understand difficult concepts 51%
• More engaged in learning material 50%
• Would learn more 46%
• More interesting to practice problems 44%
• Go beyond & try new things 37%
• See results of my problem solving 35%
• Direct my own learning 34%
Student views – why include gaming in school?

• 11% currently use some gaming tech in
their classroom
• 50% would be interested in learning more
• Value proposition:
– Increase student engagement (65%)
– Address different learning styles (65%)
– Student centered learning (47%)
– Develop problem solving and critical thinking (40%)
Teacher views – use of games in education

What if you could design the
ultimate school . . . .
what technologies would have the
greatest impact on your learning?

a. Digital equipment for creating m/m
projects
b. Games and virtual simulations
c. Personal laptops for each student
d. Student access to email and IM at school
e. Using devices like cellphones, MP3 players
and PDAs
f. Online classes
Audience Response:
What do students say is the #1 tech tool or
service that will impact their learning?

Students in Kindergarten thru 12th
grade say
the same thing every year:

Students in Kindergarten thru 12th
grade say
the same thing every year:
“Give me a laptop for my personal
use at school and at home”

Students create the ultimate school
Other top vote getters:
Access to online research tools 56%
Using devices like cellphones, MP3 players and PDAs 53%
Games and virtual simulations
53%
Interactive white boards 52%
Digital equipment for creating m/m projects 52%
Student access to email and IM at school 46%
Unlimited student access to Internet 46%
Career technical education classes 46%
Online classes 43%
Handheld student response systems 40%

Yes:
School Principals 66%
District Administrators 48%
Teachers 47%
Parents 43%
Is your school doing a good job preparing
you/your students/your child for future jobs?

Yes:
School Principals 66%
District Administrators 48%
Teachers 47%
Parents 43%
Advanced tech students 23%
Is your school doing a good job preparing
you/your students/your child for future jobs?

Ron Beazer
Paul R. Caputo
Yvette Goslee
Jandelyn Plane
Janet Purcell
Introducing our Educator & Parent Panelists:

Kliffi Blackstone
Jonathan Blake
Paul M. Caputo
Beth Chapolini
Angel Plane
Introducing our Student Panelists:

• Visit www.tomorrow.org
– Reports
– Webinars – new series for 2008
– Podcasts
– Speak Up Blog
– Facebook
More Speak Up?

• Speak Up 100 Schools Announcement
• New reports:
– Science data findings
– School leaders
• Customized reports and consulting
services
• Conference presentations
• Speak Up 2008
What’s Next?

Mick Adkisson
Manager, Education Advocacy
SMART Technologies
Closing Remarks

Julie Evans
Expert Panelists
Today’s Briefing Participants
Closing Remarks – Q&A

Thank you for your participation in today’s Briefing.
If you have any questions, please contact us:
Julie Evans
Project Tomorrow
jevans@tomorrow.org
949-609-4660 x15
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