School Leaders

Envisioning 21st
Century Learning:
Results of Speak Up 2007
for School Leaders
13th
Annual CoSN K-12 School
Networking Conference
March 10, 2008
Julie Evans
Chief Executive Officer
Project Tomorrow

(c) Project Tomorrow 2008
Project Tomorrow (formerly known as NetDay)
- a national education nonprofit organization
Our strengths:
• Provide national leadership to improve education
• Incubate and replicate science, math and technology
that engage K-12 students
• Leverage online tools and resources to build local
capacities
• Conduct national research to inform and stimulate new
discussions around education topics
– the Speak Up Project

What is Speak Up?
• 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
– 1/3 urban/rural/suburban schools – 41% Title 1

What is Speak Up?
Speak Up 2007 survey question themes:
•Learning & Teaching with Technology
•Web 2.0 / Web 3.0 in education
•21st Century Skills
•Science Instruction & Global Competitiveness
•Online Learning
•Emerging Technologies in the Classroom
•Designing the Ultimate School for 21st
Century
Learners

Speak Up 2007
2007 Participation Overview:
319,223 K-12 students
25,544 teachers
19,726 parents (English + Spanish surveys)
3,263 school leaders (first year!)
All 50 states + DC, Canada, Mexico, Australia & schools on
American military bases worldwide
Top 10 states:
TX, CA, AZ, IL, AL, MD, NC, PA, FL, MI

Speak Up 2007
Thank you to our Sponsors:

Speak Up 2007
And our National Outreach Partners:
State Education Technology Directors’
Association (SETDA)
National School Boards Association (NSBA)
Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)
+ 100 other education and
business nonprofits

“Technology has changed the way I deliver
content to students and the products I
expect back from students. The use of
technology is more consistent with how the
students interact with the world and with
what will be expected of them in the
future.”
High School Science Teacher
with 16+ years of teaching experience
Daviess County, Kentucky

How do we provide
today’s students with
21st
century learning
opportunities?
How do we create
21st
century schools?

Speak Up 2007
School Leaders Survey – new for Speak Up 2007
Goal: to learn about the views of our
school and district leaders –
and compare/contrast with views of
students,teachers and parents

Speak Up 2007
School Leaders Survey – new for Speak Up 2007
54% school site administrators
• Principals
• School Tech Coordinators
13% district level administrators
• CIOs/CTOs
• Curriculum – Finance Administrators
• Supts/School Board Members
33% other kinds of administrators
3,263 school leaders participated in our pilot year survey

Speak Up 2007: School Leaders Findings
Leaders Tech Skills - Self Assessed
Advanced
Average
Beginner
54%
38%
7%

How school leaders use technology . . .
Email colleagues or parents – 93%
Create presentations – 71%
Create listen podcasts/videos – 39%
Download music – 34%
Email students – 27%
Play online games – 16%

What do school leaders think about . . .
How important is effective instructional technology
to school/district core mission?
Extremely Important
Important
Somewhat
Not Important
54%34%
5%

Has technology within instruction enhanced your
students’ achievement?
Yes, said 84% of our school leaders!

What is the most effective way to measure the
impact of technology on student achievement?
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Is your school/district doing a good job preparing
students for jobs of the 21st
century?
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
National School District Other
Yes
No
Not Sure

What are the top 5 challenges that “wake you up”
in the middle of the night?

School Site
1. Test scores – 62%
2. Funding – 47%
3. Safety – 43%
4. Parents – 42%
5. Technology use – 37%

School Site
2. Funding – 47%
3. Safety – 43%
4. Parents – 42%
District Level
1. Funding – 60%
4. 21st
century skills – 44%
5. Curriculum selection – 35%

Regarding technology for instruction, what are
your most challenging issues?
District Level
1. Staff PD – 64%
2. Funding for new – 61%
3. Infrastructure $ – 52%
4. Skill assessment – 42%
5. Tech support – 42%

Regarding technology for instruction, what are
your most challenging issues?
School Site
2. Staff PD – 54%
3. Infrastructure $ - 49%
4. Emerging tech – 39%
District Level
1. Staff PD – 64%
3. Infrastructure $ – 52%
4. Skill assessment – 42%

21st
Century School: What tools/strategies have
the most potential to increase achievement?
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10%
20%
30%
40%
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60%
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21st
Century School: What tools/strategies have the most
potential to increase achievement?
For those administrators what said that “effective tech use”
was a “wake up” issue . . . They are more likely to choose
these tools/strategies:
National
1:1 laptops – 64% 56%
Digital equipment – 51% 43%
Interactive white boards – 50% 45%
Mobile learning devices – 40% 34%
Communications tools – 47% 39%
Web 2.0 tools – 27% 16%

Recommendations for the
21st
Century School Leaders
Create a vision – not just a plan
Include students, teachers & parents
into planning and investment decisions
Embrace a wide variety of technologies
Use technology to add relevance
to learning
Individualize/personalize the education
process – address the “Long Tail Learner”

Speak Up Resources
Briefings & Conferences including
podcast of the 2007 Congressional
Briefing – visit www.tomorrow.org
New report:
Learning in the 21st
Century:
A National Report of
Online Learning
(done in conjunction with Blackboard Inc.)

What’s Next for Speak Up?
Schools & districts using their Speak Up data
Share national data findings with federal and
state - Congressional Briefing on April 8
National, state and local briefings and
conference presentations
New special reports
Planning for Speak Up 2008 – October 2008
• New Questions / New Themes
• Sign up to receive Speak Up News & Updates

Thank you for your commitment to:
21st
century learning
for 21st
century students
CoSN Conference – March 2008
Julie Evans
Chief Executive Officer
Project Tomorrow
949-609-4660 x15
JEvans@Tomorrow.org

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