Learning in the 21st Century: Mobile + Social Media = Personalized Learning

Learning in the 21st
Century:
Mobile Devices
+ Social Media =
Personalized Learning

Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow CEO November 13, 2012
Speak Up 2011 National Findings
© Project Tomorrow 2011

A big thank you to:


Today’s Discussion: The Big Questions

 What are the expectations of K-12 students for
mobile learning?

 How does that student vision compare with the
teachers’ & administrators’ reality? What is the
unique parent perspective on mobile learning?

 How well are our K-12 schools meeting the
expectations of students?


Today’s Agenda

 About the Speak Up National Research
 Highlights from the new report
 Panel discussion & audience Q&A
 Invitation to participate in Speak Up!

Speak Up 2011 National Research Project:
Views of K-12 Students, Parents, Teachers,
Librarians and Administrators


Panel Discussion

Norrie Hamby Alita Walker
1st Grade Teacher 5th Grade Teacher
Most Blessed Sacrament School Liberty Elementary School
Berlin MD Baltimore MD

Bailey Mitchell
Chief Technology and Information Officer
Forsyth County Schools
Forsyth GA


Speak Up National Research Project

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

+ 2.6 million surveys since 2003

Speak Up survey question themes

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


National Speak Up 2011 Participation: 416,758

 K-12 Students 330,117
 Teachers & Librarians 38,502
 Parents (in English & Spanish) 44,006
 School/District Administrators 4,133

 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

Saluting our Speak Up 2011 Sponsors:


Speak Up 2011 Congressional Briefings
Washington DC
April 24 and May 23, 2012


Participate in Speak Up 2012!

Speak Up 2012 – 10th 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.

Online surveys open:
Oct 3 – Dec 21
Learn more @
www.tomorrow.org


What can the Speak Up
findings tell us about the
future of learning?


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


The New Student Vision for Learning

Social–based learning
Personalized
Un–tethered learning
Learning
Digitally–rich learning


“Learning in the 21st
Century:
Mobile Devices
+ Social Media =
Personalized Learning”
A special collaboration with
Blackboard, Inc.


Learning in the 21st Century:
Mobile Devices + Social Media = Personalized Learning

Key Findings

1. Mobile devices combined with social media is enabling more
personalized learning – for both students and educators



Key Findings

2. Increased parental support for mobile learning is changing the
conversation



Key Findings

conversation
3. Changing teacher practice is still a critical challenge



Key Findings

conversation
4. Many schools and districts are exploring the use of student
owned devices



Key Findings
conversation
4. Many schools and districts are exploring the use of student
owned devices
5. Future of mobile learning depends upon a shared vision for
personalized learning


Students and their mobile devices

Students’ personal access to mobile devices
K-2 Gr 3-5 Gr 6-8 Gr 9-12

82%
77%

52%
50%
48% 49%

37%
33%

25% 26%
21% 21%
18% 17% 17% 17% 18%
13%
8% 9%

Cell phone (no Smartphone Digital reader MP3 Tablet device
internet access)


Change in student access to mobile devices
– 2006 to 2011


What obstacles do students face using technology
@ school?

Students’ Top 5:
1. Websites that I need are blocked 59%
2. I cannot use my mobile device 55%
3. I cannot access social media tools 51%
4. Too many rules! 48%
5. Teachers limit our tech use 42%


Let me use my own mobile device!

Gr 9-12 59%

Gr 6-8 56%

Gr 3-5 27%

BTW: I need more outlets for re-charging (34%)!


Students have solutions!

Option #1: Let me use my own tools and
devices at school

Option #2: Provide me with tools that replicate
what I am already doing outside of
school


Students and mobile learning

How would you use a mobile device to help you
with schoolwork?

A. Increase effectiveness of school:
Check grades 81%
Take notes for class 67%
Access online textbooks 62%
Write papers and do homework 56%
Use the calendar 50%
Learn about school activities 47%

Students and mobile learning

How would you use a mobile device to help you
with schoolwork?

B. Leverage capabilities to increase personalization
of learning process:
Anytime, anywhere research 72%
Receive reminders & alerts 61%
Collaborate with peers & teachers 55%
Organize schoolwork assignments 53%
Access school network from home 51%


How likely are you this year to allow students to use
their own mobile devices for instructional purposes
at school?


How likely are you this year to allow students to use their
own mobile devices for instructional purposes at
school?

Will you allow students to use their own mobile devices?

11% 22%

65%

Likely Unlikely Unsure


“What is holding you back?”

Top challenges:

• Concerns about theft of devices
• Concerns about network security
• Digital equity issues
• Teachers are not trained
• Devices could be a distraction


Mobile learning visions

Parents offer a solution to the digital equity challenge

If your child’s school allowed for the use of mobile
devices for educational purposes, how likely is it
that you would purchase one for your child?


If your child’s school allowed for the use of mobile devices
for educational purposes, how likely is it that you would
purchase one for your child?

Parents: Willingness to Purchase a Mobile Device for Child

13%
8% Likely
Unlikely
Unsure
15% School responsibility
62%


If your child’s school allowed for the use of mobile devices
for educational purposes, how likely is it that you would
purchase one for your child?

Urban Suburban Rural Title 1
Likely 61% 59% 58% 57%
Unlikely 13% 15% 13% 14%


Parents’ Changing Views on the Benefits of Mobile
Learning – from 2009 to 2011


Parents & educators are also “mobilists!”

• 67% of parents of school aged children have a smartphone;
an increase of almost 3X from 2006.
• In the past 3 years, teachers’ access to a smartphone has
more than doubled from 20 percent in 2008 to 54 percent in
2011.
• District office administrators are almost 2X as likely now to be
carrying a tablet computer (55 percent) than a simple
cellphone that does not have Internet access (31 percent).
• Administrators with 1 to 3 years of experience only slightly
more likely to use a smartphone or tablet than their peers
with 16 or more years of experience as an administrator.


Different Views of BYOT by
District Administrators
District Administrators who use a smartphone or tablet
All District Administrators
41%

29%

19%
13% 13%
7%

Currently evaluating a Currently piloting a BYOT Provide school owned
BYOT approach approach devices for student use


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 for the future of mobile
learning in our schools?

Tools/apps for organization

Tools/apps for collaboration
Students Gr 3-5

Principals
Schoolwide Internet access
Teachers

Parents
School provided tablets
Students Gr 6-12

Student owned devices

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%


“Our students need to use the tools that are
found in their world today and be ready to use
the tools of tomorrow. Social media, online
classes, mobile devices and other tools will help
them become global communicators, digital
learners and be able to adapt to the rapidly
changing world of technology.”

District CTO/CIO, California

More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org

• 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


Inviting all K-12 schools and districts to
participate in Speak Up 2012!

Speak Up 2012 – 10th 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.

Online surveys open:
Oct 3 – Dec 21
Learn more @
www.tomorrow.org


How to use your 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 . . . . . . .

Thank you.
Let’s continue this conversation.

Julie Evans
Project Tomorrow
jevans@tomorrow.org
949-609-4660 x15
Twitter: JulieEvans_PT

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