Mobile Learning Success Stories

© Project Tomorrow 2011
Welcome to
Taking it Mobile:
Success Stories from the
New Frontier of Un-tethered Learning
Julie Evans
Project Tomorrow
jevans@tomorrow.org

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Today’s Discussion: The Big Questions
• What is the vision of today’s students for mobile learning?
• How does this student vision compare with the educators’
realities? How are schools and districts leveraging mobile
technologies for achievement and productivity?
• What challenges or obstacles do educators face in
implementing mobile learning? What benefits are already
being realized? What is holding back greater adoption?

Agenda
• Brief introduction to Speak Up and some new
data results
• Discussion with our expert panel
• Audience Q&A

Introducing our Expert Panel
Judy Copeland
Director, Media, Instructional Technology & Secondary Services
Onslow County Schools (NC)
Sharon Gabriel
Principal, Ocoee Middle School
Orange County Public Schools (FL)
Camilla Gagliolo
Instructional Technology Coordinator
Arlington Public Schools (VA)
John Lien
Sr. Administrator, Technology
Professional Development Services
Orange County Public Schools (FL)

• 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
• Inform policies & programs
 Analysis and reporting
 Services to help transform teaching and learning
Speak Up National Research Project

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.

• 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

 Learning & Teaching with Technology
 21st
Century Skills: Digital Citizenship
 Science and Math Instruction / STEM Career Interests
 Professional Development / Teacher Preparation
 Internet Safety
 Administrators’ Challenges
 Emerging Technologies in the Classroom
 Online Learning, Mobile Devices, Digital Content
 Educational Games, Web 2.0 tools and
applications
 Designing the 21st Century School
Speak Up survey question themes

Saluting our Speak Up Sponsors:

And the 75+ other national education and business
associations & nonprofit groups that promote Speak Up to
their stakeholders, members & affiliates.
Thank you to our K-12 National Champion
Outreach Partners:

 K-12 Students 294,399
 Teachers 35,525
 Librarians 2,135
 Parents (in English & Spanish) 42,267
 School/District Administrators 3,578
 Technology Leaders 1,391
 Schools / Districts 6,541 / 1,340
Participating States for Student Surveys: 48 states
Top 12 (# of participants):
TX, CA, AL, AZ, FL, NC, IL, MD, IN, NV, PA, WI
National Speak Up 2010 Participation: 379,355

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

Creating Our Future: Students Speak Up about
theirVision for 21st Century Learning
Three Essential Elements of the Student Vision:
Social–based learning
Un–tethered learning
Digitally–rich learning

Learning in the 21st Century:
Taking it Mobile!
A special collaboration with Blackboard, Inc.
http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/MobileLearningReport_2010.html

K-12 students’ personal access to mobile devices
(preliminary Speak Up 2010 data findings)
Device K-2 Gr 3-5 Gr 6-8 Gr 9-12
Cell
phone
21% 29% 51% 56%
Smart
phone
16% 19% 34% 46%
Laptop 37% 42% 60% 67%
MP3 37% 55% 79% 85%
iPad 10% 8% 13% 10%

K-12 students include mobile learning in their
“ultimate school or class”
Designing the Ultimate School - Mobile Devices
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Handheld device
Laptop
iPad
Gr 9-12
Gr 6-8
Gr 3-5
K-2

How would you use your mobile device to help
you with schoolwork?
Top vote getters:
Check grades 74%
Internet research 68%
Take notes for class 59%
Text or IM classmate or teacher re: schoolwork 53%
Use the calendar 50%
It’s all about productivity!

Introducing the
“Mobile Learning Explorer”
A new cohort of
educators are pushing
the envelope for mobile
learning. . . .
The Educator Perspective

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

Thank you.
Let’s continue this conversation.
Julie Evans
Project Tomorrow
jevans@tomorrow.org
949-609-4660 x15
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