1. © Project Tomorrow 2011 Participating in Speak Up 2012: What / Why / Who / When / How Speak Up 2012! Participation Guide

2. © Project Tomorrow 2011 Today’s Discussion Agenda:  What is Speak Up?  Why should our district participate?  Who should participate? And when?  How do we participate in Speak Up 2012?  Let’s talk!

3. © Project Tomorrow 2011 Inviting all K-12 schools and districts to participate this year Speak Up 2012 – 10 th Anniversary Special online surveys to collect and report on the views of the K-12 students, teachers, librarians, administrators and parents on the role of technology within teaching and learning. Surveys open now thru December 21 Learn more @ www.tomorrow.org/speakupwww.tomorrow.org/speakup

4. © Project Tomorrow 2011 Speak Up is facilitated annually by Project Tomorrow, a national education nonprofit organization Other Project Tomorrow Programs: YouthTEACH2Learn Program STEM Innovation Awards Youth Summit in Math & Science CA Future Educators Association

5. © Project Tomorrow 2011 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  Pre-Service Teachers in Schools of Education Inform policies & programs  Analysis and reporting of findings and trends  Consulting services to help transform teaching and learning Speak Up National Research Project + 2.6 million surveys since 2003

6. © Project Tomorrow 2011  Learning & Teaching with Technology  21 st Century Skills: Digital Citizenship & Global Awareness  Science Instruction  Students’ Career Interests in STEM  Professional Development / Teacher Preparation  Internet Safety  Administrators’ Challenges  Emerging Technologies both in & out of the Classroom  Mobile Devices, Online Learning, Digital Content, E-textbooks  Educational Games, Social Media tools and applications  Flipped Classroom, Print to Digital, Online Assessments  Designing the 21st Century School Speak Up survey question themes

7. © Project Tomorrow 2011  Learning & Teaching with Technology  21 st Century Skills: Digital Citizenship & Global Awareness  Science Instruction  Students’ Career Interests in STEM  Professional Development / Teacher Preparation  Internet Safety  Administrators’ Challenges  Emerging Technologies both in & out of the Classroom  Mobile Devices, Online Learning, Digital Content, E-textbooks  Educational Games, Social Media tools and applications  Flipped Classroom, Print to Digital, Online Assessments  Designing the 21st Century School Speak Up survey question themes Activities Value PropositionsAspirations

8. © Project Tomorrow 2011 K-12 Students330,117 Teachers & Librarians38,502 Parents (in English & Spanish)44,006 School/District Administrators4,133 About the participating schools & districts o 5,616 schools and 1,250 districts o 24% urban / 35% rural / 41% suburban o All 50 states + DC Honor Roll of States with highest participation: TX, CA, AL, IN, AZ, NC, FL, WI, VA, MD National Speak Up 2011 Participation: 416,758

9. © Project Tomorrow 2011 Speak Up 2011 Congressional Briefings Washington DC April 24 and May 23, 2012

10. © Project Tomorrow 2011 National Speak Up Findings and reports Targeted and thematic reports – Online learning trends – Mobile learning & social media – Print to digital migration – Social learning – Intelligent adaptive software Presentations, podcasts and webinars Services: consulting, workshops, evaluation and efficacy studies More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org

11. © Project Tomorrow 2011 The “Big Questions” Speak Up helps you answer  What are the expectations of K-12 students for using technology within learning, both in and out of school?  How well are today’s K-12 schools meeting the expectations of students and their parents?  What are the challenges and opportunities for teachers, administrators and librarians for more effectively using technology for enhancing personal productivity and student achievement?  What is on the horizon that we should be planning for? What are the emerging trends in learning that we all should be watching?

12. © Project Tomorrow 2011 How districts are using Speak Up data. Input for planning Justify budget and purchasing decisions Inform new initiatives – as an evaluation tool Tool to engage parents Demonstrate interest in students’ ideas Use for grant writing and fund development Content for professional development As a competitive tool And more.......

13. © Project Tomorrow 2011 What can the Speak Up findings tell us about the future of learning?

14. © Project Tomorrow 2011 Speak Up National Research Project Key Findings: Speak Up 2003 – 2011  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 environment

15. © Project Tomorrow 2011 Social–based learning Un–tethered learning Digitally–rich learning The New Student Vision for Learning Personalized Learning

16. © Project Tomorrow 2011 Imagine you are designing the ultimate school for today’s students, what technologies would have the greatest impact on learning? Do we have a shared vision?

17. © Project Tomorrow 2011 Do we have a shared vision for the future of digital learning in our schools?

18. © Project Tomorrow 2011 Speak Up 2012 Special online surveys this year for: K-12 students (K-2 individual & group, Gr 3-5, Gr 6-8, Gr 9-12) Teachers Librarians and media specialists School site administrators District administrators Technology administrators Parents (in English and Spanish, individual & group formats)  Survey time = 15-20 minutes to complete  100% confidential – your data is password protected  Multiple choices questions + open-ended questions  No “gotchas”

19. © Project Tomorrow 2011 Speak Up 2012 Special online surveys this year for: K-12 students (K-2 individual & group, Gr 3-5, Gr 6-8, Gr 9-12) Teachers Librarians and media specialists School site administrators District administrators Technology administrators Parents (in English and Spanish, individual & group formats) Surveys open now thru December 21 School & district level reports back to you early February 2013 National reports – later in the spring 2013

20. © Project Tomorrow 2011 Sample Speak Up report page: school district view

21. © Project Tomorrow 2011 How to participate in Speak Up 2012  Registration process – you are already in!  Survey password = enter Password here  http://www.speakup4schools.org/speakup2012/ http://www.speakup4schools.org/speakup2012/  Promotion  Plethora of resources on tomorrow.org  Lesson plans, promotional flyers, FAQs, banners  http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/promo.html http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/promo.html  Impact – start planning now on how to use the data  Local reports back to participants in Feb 2013

22. © Project Tomorrow 2011 How to participate in Speak Up 2012 Jenny Hostert – Speak Up Operations Manager – 949-609-4660 x17 – jhostert@tomorrow.org jhostert@tomorrow.org

23. © Project Tomorrow 2011 Thank you. Looking forward to a great Speak Up 2012 in Washington! Julie Evans Project Tomorrow jevans@tomorrow.org 949-609-4660 x15 Twitter: JulieEvans_PT Copyright Project Tomorrow 2011. 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.