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Ten Things Everyone Should Know
about Today’s Students and Digital
Learning
Julie Evans
@JulieEvans_PT
CEO, Project Tomorrow

Today’s Discussion:
 Introduction to Project Tomorrow and the
Speak Up Research Project
 Countdown of “Top 10 Things” about
students & digital learning
 Invitation to participate in Speak Up 2016
 Your ideas/comments/questions

Be part of the discussion!
#NDLA16 @SpeakUpEd

Project Tomorrow, a national
education nonprofit organization
Programs:
• Research & evaluation studies
• STEM education programs
• Advocacy for digital learning
Mission: To ensure that today’s
students are prepared to become
tomorrow’s leaders, innovators and
engaged citizens of the world.

Annual research project
 Using online surveys + focus groups
 Surveys for: K-12 Students, Teachers, Parents,
Administrators, Community Members
 Special: Pre-Service Teachers in Schools of
Education
 Open for all K-12 schools and schools of education
 Schools, districts & colleges receive free report
with their own data
 Questions about how eLearning = 21c education
Speak Up Research Project
4.5 million
surveys
since 2003
Data informs: policies,
programs, funding at
local, state and federal
levels

 Learning & Teaching with Technology
 College and Career Ready Skills
 Students’ Career Interests in STEM
 Professional Development / Teacher Preparation
 Internet Safety / Data Privacy Issues / Homework Gap
 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
 New Classroom Models, Print to Digital, Online
Assessments
 Designing the Ultimate School/Classroom
Speak Up survey question themes

 Students function as a “Digital Advance Team”
 Students regularly adopt and adapt emerging
technologies for learning
 Students’ frustrations focus on the
unsophisticated use of technologies within
education
 Persistent digital disconnect between students
and adults
 Exacerbation of lack of relevancy in current
education
 Students want a more personalized learning
What have we learned over the past 13 years?

Social–based learning
Un–tethered learning
Digitally–rich learning
Students & Digital Learning
Personalize
d Learning
Student Vision for Digital Learning

Learning

K-12 Students
415,617
Teachers & Librarians 40,208
Parents (in English & Spanish) 37,655
School/District Administrators/Tech Leaders
4,536
Community Members 6,251
About the participating schools & districts
o 7,825 schools and 2,676 districts
Speak Up 2015 national participation:
504,267

Use of digital tools
for learning
Learning

Current uses of technology for learning
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

Sample Digital
Activities
Grades
3-5
Grades
6-8
Grades
9-12
Take tests online 50% 63% 62%
Use online textbooks 16% 37% 46%
Use Google Apps for
Education
34% 47% 45%
Watch teacher created
videos
22% 30% 29%
What are examples of teacher-facilitated
technology use by students?

Sample Digital Activities
Grades
6-8
Grades
9-12
Look up info on a mobile
device – in class
41% 58%
Text classmates for help 38% 56%
Find videos to help with
homework
34% 39%
Use social media sites to
facilitate peer
collaborations
23% 27%
What are examples of student self-directed
technology use to support learning?

Using technology in my classes
increases my interest in
learning
Agree:
53% of middle
school students
43% of high
school students

Obstacles to tech
use at school
Learning

Students: Obstacles to using technology at
school
38%
45%
43%
52%
39%
45%
41%
36%
39%
42%
61%
46%
49%
57%
Can't text
Can't use my own mobile
Can't access social media
Internet is too slow
Teachers limit tech use
Too many rules
Edu websites are blocked
Gr 9-12 Gr 6-8

I would learn more if my
classes used more technology
to support my learning
Agree:
37% of middle
school
students
29% of high
school
students

Social Media
Learning

Social media:
tools to connect, collaborate, create
Instagram:
60% of HS students
53% of MS students
Twitter:
35% of students in Gr 9-12
Creating/watching videos:

Massively multi-player
online games (MMOG)
Facebook
48% say rarely/never use
Social media:
tools to connect, collaborate, create
Snapchat
61% of high school students

Digital Footprint Actions
Gr 9-12
student
s
2013
Gr 9-12
students
2015
I am careful about what I post about
myself or others online
64% 75%
I have advised my friends not to post
certain things online
39% 45%
I have stopped interacting with someone
based upon what they posted online
32% 43%
I think it is important to have a positive
online profile
43% 59%
I don’t regularly post about myself online 34% 47%
Digital footprints – change in behaviors

Video-based Learning
Learning

2012 2015
K-2 students 36% 57%
Gr 3-5 students 20%
23%
Gr 6-8 students 28%
34%
Who is watching online videos for learning?

Student question: In what
class are you watching
videos for learning?
What do middle
school students
say?

In what class are you watching videos
for learning?
Middle school students say:
1.Science (69%)
2.Math (63%)
3.Social Studies/History (57%)
4.English/Language Arts (48%)

What do students say are the benefits of
watching online videos to support
schoolwork?
.
Benefits of videos K-2 Gr 3-
5
Gr
6-8
Gr
9-12
I can watch videos to self-
remediate
47% 45% 62% 60%
Easy to find a variety of videos 54% 49% 56% 49%
Makes it easier to understand
difficult concepts
53% 49% 55% 54%
Teaches me in a different way
than my teacher does
43% 36% 42% 43%

Mobile devices
Learning

39%
46%
72%
86%
47%
45%
49%
53%
57%
59%
58%
40%
25%
23%
24%
16%
Gr
K-2
Gr 3-5
Gr 6-8
Gr 9-12
Digital Reader Tablet Laptop Smartphone
Students’ personal access to mobile
devices

Student access to technology in the
classroom
I most often use … Grade 6-8 Grade 9-
12
My own mobile device 30% 64%
A school provided laptop 36% 39%
A school provided tablet 21% 12%
A school provided
Chromebook
33% 21%
School computers in a lab,
library, media center
43% 37%
Do not regularly use 18% 10%

Students’ use of mobile devices to support learnin
64% of high school students say they use their
own mobile device to support learning while at
school
 56% text classmates about schoolwork questions
 51% take photos of assignments or text book
pages
 50% use mobile apps for learning
 35% take notes on a mobile device
 15% text their teachers with questions also!

It is important for every student
to be able to use a laptop, tablet
or Chromebook during the
school day to support learning
Agree:
75% of middle
school
students
76% of high
school
students

Different tasks =
different mobile
devices
Learning

Read a
book
or
article
s
Take notes in class
Use social media
Communicate w/peers & teacher
Create/watch videos
Create presentations
Take online tests
Write reports
What device I use depends upon the task to do

Internet Connectivity
Learning

Home internet access
Type of access Urban Suburba
n
Rural Title 1
Fast, broadband
access
56% 57% 48% 52%
Access through
Wifi
71% 75% 50% 69%
No or slow
access
17% 14% 22% 20%
Students in grades 6-8 nationwide:

Do we have a “homework gap?”
Homework gap is about more than at home Internet
access:
o 1/5 of students say that they often have a problem
doing digital or Internet-dependent homework when
outside of school
o 25% regularly go to school early or stay late to use
school Internet
o Parents are making decisions about who has priority for
limited home digital resources
o 68% of teachers say they don’t assign digital projects
or homework due to concerns re: homework gap

It is important for students to
have consistent, safe Internet
access outside of school time
to be successful in school.
Agree:
64% of middle
school
students
71% of high
school
students

Value of Digital
Classroom
Experiences
Learning

What model best represents the majority of
your classes?
Classroom Model Grade 6-8 Grade 9-
12
Traditional 55% 58%
Blended 28% 31%
Flipped 10% 7%
Virtual 3% 2%
Other 3% 3%

In their own words … how students value
digital learning
As a result of using technology for learning, I am …
Developing new skills
• Creativity
• Critical thinking and problem solving
Changing my learning behavior
• More likely to complete homework
• Collaborating more with my classmates
• Communicating with my teacher more often
• Participating more in class discussions
Enhancing my self-efficacy as a learner
• Learning at my own pace
• Learning in a way that fits my learning style
• In control over my learning

Career Exploration
Learning

Grade 6-8 Students:
Are you interested in a career in a STEM field?
24%
17%
38%
21%
17%
15%
36%
32%
Not interested
No opinion
Somewhat interested
Very interested
Boys Girls

Grade 6-8 students:
Are you interested in a career in teaching?
31%
19%
33%
17%
49%
23%
19%
9%
Not interested
No opinion
Somewhat interested
Very interested
Boys Girls

Grade 6-8 students: different ways to explore ca
What would be most helpful in exploring
a career?
Gr 6-8
Students
Traditional Approaches:
o Get real life experience – PT job, internship,
volunteering
71%
o Take field trips to see career in action 63%
o Shadow a career professional for the day 48%
New Digital Approaches:
o Watch videos about different jobs 50%
o Play a digital or online game about a career 43%
o Learn about careers through social media 39%

Student interest in learning how to code
Yes, I am
interested in
learning how
to code or
program a
computer
Girls Boys
Grades 3-5 55% 62%
Grades 6-8 47% 57%
Grades 9-
12
37% 51%
Sweet spot for nurturing interest is
Grades 3-5

I am learning things that are
important for my future on my
own outside of school
Agree:
54% of middle
school
students
50% of high
school
students

Designing the
Ultimate School for
Today’s Learners
Learning

“Imagine you are designing the
ultimate school for today’s
students, what technologies would
have the greatest impact on
learning?”
Favorite Speak Up Question:
Superintendents & School Boards

.
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
Online classes
Tablets
E-textbooks
Games
Schoolwide Internet
Principals Teachers Parents Gr 6-8 students
Do we have a shared vision around
digital learning solutions?

Context for why digital
“Customer” knowledge
Input for plans, programs & PD
Community buy-in
Myth busting

National Speak Up reports and infographics
Targeted and thematic reports
Digital learning trends
Mobile learning & social media
Games in the classroom
Blended learning outcomes
Presentations, podcasts and webinars
Services: consulting, workshops, evaluation
and efficacy studies
More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org
New national report to be released in April 2016

Online surveys for:
o K-12 students – individual + group
o Parents – English and Spanish
o Teachers
o Librarians/Media Specialists
o School Site & District Administrators
o Technology Leaders
o Community Members
All schools are
invited to
participate
Surveys open
October 2016
Participate in Speak Up!
Sign up to receive
information at:
www.tomorrow.org

Your
thoughts,
ideas,
questions

Thank you for this discussion today!
For additional information about Speak Up please
contact:
Julie Evans
jevans@tomorrow.org
949-609-4660 x15
Twitter: JulieEvans_PT and SpeakUpEd
Copyright Project Tomorrow 2016
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