Digital education company TES Global surveyed over 3,500 global teachers from 26 countries to understand how they are using technology and edtech in the classroom. We found that tech in the classroom is now universal.

1. Global Teachers and Technology Survey
2015

2. TES for Teachers
Our mission is to enable
great teaching by helping
educators find the best jobs,
and providing the tools and
technology they need to
excel

3. The changing
classroom
Global
Teachers &
Technology
Survey
3,500 +
teachers
26
countries

4. Classroom tech
is now universal
96%
agreed that
technology plays a
significant role in
their classroom.
69%
claim that open
resources are now
used more often
than textbooks.
83%
of teachers use
technology to
deliver whole-group
instruction.
33%
report that
technology lets
students learn
content in a
different way.
24%
thinks it
improves student
engagement.

5. Teachers crave
more access
More than 60% of teachers
say they do not have enough
computers/tablets
Teachers affirm that tablets are the most
wanted technology in their classroom.
35%
claim that internet connectivity
is a barrier to successful use of
technology in the classroom.
30%
would like to see more game-based
learning in their classroom, above all
other new technology.

6. The global
classroom is flat
96% of US teachers
think tech plays a
significant role in
the classroom versus
94% in the rest of the
world (ROW).
Internet connectivity
is a bigger challenge
for classrooms outside
the US; 50% say this is
a barrier compared to
35% in the US.
Insufficient access to
computers and tablets
is seen as the biggest
barrier in all regions
(61% US vs. 59% ROW).
Teachers in the US
are more likely to
use technology to
communicate with
parents (78% US vs.
54% ROW) and collect
and analyse data (15%
US vs. 12% ROW)
Other countries are
more likely to use
technology to facilitate
blended learning (13%
US vs. 16% ROW).
Across 26 countries….

7. Great teaching
at scale