Presenter Title Date Digital Learning: Views of Students, Teachers, Parents and Administrators

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Examine the views of students, teachers, parents and administrators on digital learning Why is this important to you? Discuss applicability of this data to your classroom plans and personal professional development Provide additional resources

(c) Project Tomorrow 2015 “Knowing it and seeing it are two different things.” Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

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“Without data, you are just another person with an opinion … Introducing the Speak Up data to inform your classroom teaching plans and personal professional development

Annual national 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 Inform policies, plans & programs  Local: your stakeholder data  State: state level data  Federal: national findings (c) Project Tomorrow 2015 Speak Up National Research Project 4 million surveys since 2003

 Learning & Teaching with Technology  College and career ready skills  Students’ Career Interests in STEM  Professional Development / Teacher Preparation  Internet Safety / Data Privacy Issues  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  Flipped Classroom, Print to Digital, Online Assessments  Designing the Ultimate School/Classroom Speak Up survey question themes (c) Project Tomorrow 2014

Why do schools and districts participate in Speak Up?. Power of local data Use data as input for planning To justify budget and purchasing decisions Inform new initiatives – as an evaluation tool As a tool to engage parents Use for grant writing and fund development Content for professional development As a competitive tool To counteract myths or wrong assumptions (c) Project Tomorrow 2014

Commonly heard education mythology “New teachers don’t need any training in how to use technology within teaching” “Kids only want to use mobiles so that they can text & play games in class” “Parents won’t accept online textbooks” “Online learning undercuts the role of the teacher.” “There is so much great content online for teachers to use in the classroom – so, what is the problem?” “Just put technology XYZ in the classroom and magically students will learn more!” (c) Project Tomorrow 2014

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K-12 Students431,231 Teachers & Librarians44,289 Parents (in English & Spanish)35,337 School/District Administrators/Tech Leaders4,324 Community Members 6,656 About the participating schools & districts o 8,216 schools and 2,676 districts o 30% urban / 40% rural / 30% suburban o All 50 states + DC + Guam + DODEA schools (c) Project Tomorrow 2015 Speak Up 2014 national participation: 521,846

K-12 Students # ◦ Grade K-2# ◦ Grade 3-5# ◦ Grade 6-8 # ◦ Grade 9-12# Teachers & Librarians# Parents (in English & Spanish)# School/District Administrators/Tech Leaders# Community Members # (c) Project Tomorrow 2015 DISTRICT NAME participation: total # of surveys

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o Administrators’ challenges o Parents’ concerns o Principals’ expectations for you

Adequate funding Closing the achievement gap Staff morale/motivation Use of technology within instruction Achievement measured by test scores Implementation of State Standards (c) Project Tomorrow 2015

Issues DISTRICT Name Principals STATE OR NATIONAL % for Principals Adequate funding % Closing the achievement gap % Staff morale/motivation % Use of technology within instruction % Achievement measured by test scores % Implementation of state standards % (c) Project Tomorrow 2015

Education Initiatives DISTRICT Name District Admin STATE or National % for District Admin (National/State) Enhancing teacher effectiveness through PD % Leveraging technology more effectively % Integrating college and career ready skills into curriculum % Developing leadership skills of administrators % Aligning curriculum to state standards % Engaging parents as co- teachers % (c) Project Tomorrow 2015

1. Not learning the right skills in school to be successful 2. Needing more than a college degree to get a good job 3. Competing with better educated workers around the globe 4. Not doing as well financially as us (c) Project Tomorrow 2015

o Using technology in classes % o Gaining work experience % o Learning a second language% o Participating in leadership activities% o Participating in sports/academic teams% o Taking advanced math/science classes% (c) Project Tomorrow 2015

1.Communicate with parents and students (%) 2.Facilitate student collaborations (%) 3.Create authentic learning experiences (%) 4.Differentiate instruction (%) 5.Develop and implement online assessments (%) (c) Project Tomorrow 2015

1.Communicate with parents and students (%) 2.Facilitate student collaborations (%) 3.Create authentic learning experiences (%) 4.Differentiate instruction (%) 5.Develop and implement online assessments (%) (c) Project Tomorrow 2015 o Digital media creation and usage o Adaptive software o Social media tools o Mobile devices o Digital content o Blended learning class models

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Mobile Content OnlineCommunications

(c) Project Tomorrow 2015 Mobile Learning

(c) Project Tomorrow 2015 Students’ personal access to mobile devices

(c) Project Tomorrow 2015 “What mobile device I use depends upon the task” Read a book or articles? Take notes in class? Use social media? Communicate w/peers & teacher? Create/watch videos? Create presentations? Take online tests? Write reports? Different tools for different tasks

(c) Project Tomorrow 2015 Benefits of mobile devices for schoolwork

(c) Project Tomorrow 2015 Importance of mobile device access How important is it for every student to be able to use a mobile device in school to support schoolwork? Gr 6-8 students % Gr 9-12 students% School principals% District administrators%

(c) Project Tomorrow 2015 Digital Content

Types of digital content Teachers (Nat’l) 2013 Teachers (Nat’l) 2014 DISTRICT Teachers 2014 Online videos46% 61% Powerpoints, Prezis 60% 65% Google Drive for Edu 29% 40% Online curriculum 22% 34% Online textbooks 23% 27% Game based environments 25% 28% (c) Project Tomorrow 2015

Why? Per middle school students: 1.Games make it easier to understand difficult topics 2.School would be more fun 3.It would be more interesting way to practice problems 4.I would be more interested in the content 5.Games adapt to what I know and make it harder or easier for me 6.I would learn more about the subject

Benefits Increased student engagement Extends learning day Enhances relevancy and quality of instructional materials Improves teachers’ skills with technology (c) Project Tomorrow 2015

Benefits Increased student engagement Extends learning day Enhances relevancy and quality of instructional materials Improves teachers’ skills with technology Concerns Not enough computers/devices to student access Balancing instructional priorities Providing enough bandwidth to support media * Evaluating quality of digital content * (c) Project Tomorrow 2015

Online Learning: Virtual & Blended

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Students: ◦ Interested in advanced coursework ◦ At risk students in traditional schools ◦ Students in continuation schools ◦ Traditional students Educators: ◦ Classroom teachers ◦ Administrators ◦ Librarians (c) Project Tomorrow 2015

Students: ◦ Interested in advanced coursework (%) ◦ At risk students in traditional schools (%) ◦ Students in continuation schools (%) ◦ Traditional students (%) Educators: ◦ Classroom teachers (%) ◦ Administrators (%) ◦ Librarians (%) Only % of (STATE) Technology Leaders say their schools/districts are not yet offering any online classes (c) Project Tomorrow 2015

Students should be required to take an online class prior to graduation (c) Project Tomorrow 2015

Students’ preferences: 1.Math (%) 2.Science (%) 3.Computer programming (%) 4.Video production / Social Studies (%) 5.English / World Languages (%)

(c) Project Tomorrow 2015 Communications & Engagement

(DISTRICT) Teachers (DISTRICT) Principals Text with colleagues% Text with parents% Text with students%NA with students%NA with othersNA% Twitter% (c) Project Tomorrow 2015

Tradition Tools Face-to-face meetings Personal phone calls Personal s Hard copy flyers School website Emerging Tools Automated student-specific phone messages School portal Broadcast phone messages Mobile app Twitter (c) Project Tomorrow 2015

General Information ◦ School calendar, class schedules, sports team info, photos, book lists Alerts ◦ Emergency news, notifications of meetings, student grades, newsfeeds Convenience ◦ School payment system, interactive forms Community building ◦ PTA portal, group messaging for students, teacher communications, social media Support ◦ Mental health hotline, concerns tipline, study games (c) Project Tomorrow 2015

(c) Project Tomorrow 2014 Students (6-12) and social media: tools to connect, collaborate, create “All the time”“Never” % % % %

(c) Project Tomorrow 2015 Mobile Content OnlineCommunications

(c) Project Tomorrow 2015 Examine the views of students, teachers, parents and administrators on digital learning Why is this important to you? Discuss applicability of this data to your classroom plans and personal professional development Provide additional resources

(c) Project Tomorrow 2015 Listening to high school students: I wish my classes were more interesting% I am often bored in class% I don’t like school% My school does not care about me as a person%

(c) Project Tomorrow 2015 Listening to high school students: Using technology in my classes increases my engagement in learning%

(c) Project Tomorrow 2015 Listening to high school students: Using technology in my classes increases my engagement in learning% I like learning when I am in control of when and how I learn %

(c) Project Tomorrow 2015 Listening to high school students: Using technology in my classes increases my engagement in learning% I like learning when I am in control of when and how I learn % Teachers are important to my learning%

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New opportunities New digital learning approaches New ways to improve your craft

(c) Project Tomorrow 2014 Speak Up 2013 National Reports

National Speak Up reports and infographics Targeted and thematic reports Digital learning trends Mobile learning & social media Games in the classroom Blended learning outcomes New digital parent series Presentations, podcasts and webinars Services: consulting, workshops, evaluation and efficacy studies Speak Up 2014 national reports to be released in April and May (c) Project Tomorrow 2015 More Speak Up?

Thank you for this conversation! Project Tomorrow Julie Evans x15 Twitter: JulieEvans_PT and SpeakUpEd Copyright Project Tomorrow 2015 This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author. (c) Project Tomorrow 2015