21st-Century Learners Design Ultimate School of the Future Today

21st
Century Learners Design the
Ultimate School of the Future – Today!
– Results from Speak Up 2006
National Education Computing
Conference
Atlanta GA
June 25,2007
Julie Evans and Laurie Smith

“Technology has changed the way I deliver
content to students and the products I
expect back from students. The use of
technology is more consistent with how the
students interact with the world and with
what will be expected of them in the
future.”
High School Science Teacher
with 16+ years of teaching experience
Daviess County, Kentucky

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2. Wave your hand
3. Show us your cell phone
4. I don’t have a clue – I am over 25!

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This room is filled with big name
fans of anytime, anywhere, anyplace
learning. But let’s not be clueless
about the kids’ point of view. Are
you ready to talk now? If yes,
wave your hand. Goodbye.

(c) Project Tomorrow 2007
Project Tomorrow (formerly known as NetDay) - a
national education nonprofit organization
• Provide national leadership to improve science, math &
technology education
• Incubate and replicate programs that engage
K-12 students in science, math & technology
• Leverage online tools and resources to build local
capacities
• Conduct national research to inform and stimulate new
discussions – our Speak Up national project

Speak Up for Students, Teachers & Parents
• Annual national research project
– Online surveys
– Open for all K-12 schools
– Schools/districts get their own data for planning and budgeting
• Collect data ↔ Stimulate conversations
– Students, Teachers, Parents and . . . . (what’s new for 2007?)
• Inform policies & programs
– Analysis and reporting
– Services: custom reports, consulting with schools, Speak Up Your Way!
• Since 2003:
– 795,000 K-12 students
– 48,000 teachers
– 15,000 parents
– 10,000 schools – all 50 states, DC + DOD schools

Speak Up for Students, Teachers & Parents
• Annual national research project
– Online surveys
– Open for all K-12 schools
– Schools/districts get their own data for planning and budgeting
• Collect data ↔ Stimulate conversations
– Students, Teachers, Parents and . . . . (what’s new for 2007?)
• Inform policies & programs
– Analysis and reporting
– Services: custom reports, consulting with schools, Speak Up Your Way!
• Since 2003:
– 795,000 K-12 students
– 48,000 teachers
– 15,000 parents
– 10,000 schools – all 50 states, DC + DOD schools
Speak Up 2007 –
Oct 1st
– Nov 15th

Speak Up for Students, Teachers & Parents 2006
2006 Sponsors & Partners
Advanced Network & Services, Inc.
And 100+ national and regional nonprofit partners

Participation Overview from fall 2006:
232,781 K-12 students, 21,272 teachers & 15,316 parents
Students: Elementary (pre K-Gr 5) – 43%
Middle School (Gr 6-8) – 35%
High School (Gr 9-12) – 21%
50% Girls – 50% Boys
Teachers: 80% - Classroom assignment
36% - 4 to 15 years experience
42% - have Masters’ Degree
Parents: 29% member of a PTA/PTO/Booster Club
13% volunteer regularly @ school

Participation Overview:
All 50 states, DC, Canada, Mexico & American DOD schools
Top 10 states: TX, IL, CA, MD, AL, NC, FL, MA, VA, MI
Top School District: Chicago Public Schools
School demographics*: 2800 schools
96% public schools – 4% private schools
Urban (1/3) Rural (1/3) Suburban (1/3)
% of schools that are Title 1 eligible = 41%
% of schools w/majority minority
school population = 43%
* NCES Common Core of Data 2003/2004

• This year’s survey question themes:
Learning & Teaching with Technology
21st
Century Skills
Communications, Connections & Self-Expression
Math & Science Instruction
Global Collaborations
Competitiveness & Workforce Preparedness
Designing Schools of the Future
What can we learn from today’s learners –
and their parents and teachers?

Data Releases
Briefings & Conferences including podcast of the Congressional
Briefing (visit www.tomorrow.org)
Speak Up 100 Recognition - Schools & Impact
National Report – to be released in July
Customized reports for schools, districts, state agencies, other
groups and companies
Special Focus Reports – sampling of topics:
– Online learning – with Blackboard
– 21st
century skills
– Global collaborations
– Communications, social networking & self-expression

Sampling of key findings from the student data:
• Communications is #1
• Online connected-ness creating new “friends”
• Online safety & privacy are not top student concerns
• Students say: “Make science & math relevant!”
• Youngest learners are very tech sophisticated
• Continued disconnect between students & adults

“Are you involved with technology decisions?”
@ Home – 50% of students said YES

@ School – only 14% said YES

@ School – only 14% said YES
35% want their school “to listen to my ideas
about my education”

“If you were designing a new school
today for students just like you, what
kinds of technology and access would
be part of your ideal school?”

“If you were designing a new school today for students
just like you, what kinds of technology and access
would be part of your ideal school?”
Today’s assignment:
Design the Ultimate School of the Future

Today’s assignment:
Inputs:
Student Panel,
Speak Up 2006 National Data,
and You

Introducing our Student Panel of Experts
Thank you, Students!

Design the Ultimate School of the Future Template
Access: to technology, knowledge, information, experts

Devices & Tools: “the stuff”

Access: technology, knowledge, information, experts
Delivery: how, what, when, where of learning

Connecting: for learning – locally, nationally, globally

Support: the infrastructure

Support: the infrastructure
Assessment: how to show what you know

(Student Panelists- NECC)
Access
• Use internet to full capacity
– “When a student is failed for cheating – other students get
the message”
• Provide access to online databases and teach students
how to use them
• Computers
– 24/7 student access to computers
– One computer per student for the entire school year –
replace pen and paper – do things electronically
– Tablet pc or laptop can be used for note taking and other
things

Devices & Tools
• Give laptops to everyone
– Puts students on a level playing field
– It’s easier to do school work with a laptop
• Online text book
– hard to access
– registry process is difficult
– Recommend registering by school

Devices & Tools
• Cell phones
– Why not have schools partner with cell
phone service?
• The service could prevent calls during the day
– Text messaging is fast and easy
• Students take notes using text messaging

Devices & Tools
• Mp3 players
– Colleges offer podcasts of professors lessons – why
not have teachers podcast lesson so that students
can listen
• Email/IM
– Teachers available via email is convenient
– Kids ignore mass mailings from teachers & schools
– Better managed emails
– Access to IM allows students to easily work on
group projects
• You Tube
– Provide educational version of You Tube

Devices & Tools
• Role of Facebook/MySpace
– Useful framework for college – may be moving to
high school
• Gaming technology
– Available at elementary schools
– High schools need to have more learning involved
– Simulation could be interesting
– Make them available and “unauthorized” usage will
decrease
– Virtual worlds are a meeting place

Delivery
• Online classes
– Driver’s ed online class
– To assist with scheduling classes (e.g. ap
zero period)
• School websites
– Could be better utilized – currently not
always updated

Delivery
• E-Books: Work with partner electronically
sharing resources
• Assignments: RSS feeds download student
assignments
• Interactive whiteboards: useful when notes
are exported and uploaded to web site
• PodCasts: to record lectures

Delivery
• SMARTBOARD and computers: Use to
draw diagrams
• MySpace: Quick polling – provides the ability
to talk to 200 200-300 people at once

Support
• Provide after-school training in PowerPoint or Word
(don’t slow down class)
• Centrally controlled processes
– Store software on server and back up regularly
– IT staff should be available to students
– School should have more than one IT person
– Provide extra laptops to swap out when computers
break
– Provide maintenance for laptops
– Give students access to infrastructure of computer
to solve the problems

Speak Up 2006 data results
“If you were designing a new school today for
students just like you, what kinds of technology
and access would be part of your ideal school?”

Speak Up 2006 data results
“If you were designing a new school today for
students just like you, what kinds of technology
and access would be part of your ideal school?”
Students Kindergarten thru Grade 12
all say the same thing:
A laptop for every student

Other ideas (from students Gr 6-12):
Use cell phones/MP3 players/Handhelds – 46%
Time for students to use computers individually – 46%
Use email/IM/blogs – 45%
Digital moviemaking equipment – 45%
Interactive whiteboards – 44%
Time for students to work on group projects – 43%
Online textbooks – 39%
Online classes - 35%
Lessons/assignments on my MP3 player – 34%
Work on virtual projects globally – 30%

Further analysis on that data:
 By gender
 By grade
 By self assessment of tech skills
 By home access to technology
 By fluency with communications devices and tools
 By familiarity with online learning
Are there differences in how students imagine the
ultimate school of the future?

Further analysis on that data:
 By gender
 By grade
Bottom Line #1: All kids want laptops.

Key findings from further data analysis
 By gender
 Girls are more interested than boys in:
 Email, IM and blogs to be used by
teachers, students and parents to
communicate
 Digital cameras, video equipment and a film
studio

 By grade
 Some differentiation by grade level does exist.
 Students in grades 6-9 have stronger interest in:
 Cell phones, handhelds & MP3s for schoolwork
 Students in grades 10-12 have stronger interest
in:
 Online textbooks
 Online classes
 Email/IM/blogs for communications
 Time for individual work with technology

 Big differences between advanced tech users
and beginner tech users
 #1 desire for advanced tech users:
 time to work with technology individually (55%)
 only 28% of beginners interested in that
feature
 Beginners much less interested in using
email/IM/blogs for communications (28% vs
53% of advanced users)
 Less than ¼ of beginners are interested in
online textbooks or online classes – over 42%
of advanced users rate those as important

 Strongest views from students with broadband
access at home
 These students are less interested in laptops
for home use but strongly interested in using
email/IM/blogs for communications.
 Priorities are the same for students with “no
computer” and students with “no Internet
access” and “dialup access.”
 Laptops
 Handhelds
 Time for individualized work with technology

 Students who say “cell phones for texting” are
their favorite communications tools are most
interested in using handhelds for learning.
 Students who say “IM” is their favorite
communications tool are most interested in
email/IM/blogs for learning.
 Students who prefer “email,” that same
response is #2.

 Strongest interest in online learning:
 Students who have taken an online class outside
of school (42%)
 Students who want to take an online class (47%)
 Time to work with technology is a big issue for
students who want to take an online class
 Not an issue for students who have taken an
online class through school.
 Students who are not interested in taking an
online class are still very interested in laptops,
handhelds and film making equipment – just
like the other kids!

Key findings from the teacher data:
• Impact of technology – “teaching & instructional support”
• Time is still the #1 obstacle to using tech more in school
(Not enough time for science either)
• Online safety & privacy are top concerns for student tech
use
• Teachers embracing email as key tool for parent
communications
• Impact of professional development
• Majority don’t believe schools are doing a good job preparing
kids for 21st
century

And what if teachers were designing a new school of the
future . . .
Top priorities for teachers
1. Interactive white boards
2. Wireless laptops for students to use at
school
3. Ways to communicate with parents
4. Ways to use email, IM, blogs with students
& parents
5. Digital cameras and video facilities and
equipment

Key findings from the parent data:
• Satisfaction with school technology? Mixed results.
• Want school info “pushed” out via email
• Online safety & privacy top concerns for student tech use
• Support students having cell phones @ school
• Value math & science for all students
– Concerned about global job competition
• Majority do not believe schools are doing good job preparing
kids for 21st
century

Technology at my child’s school?
What if you were on a tech committee, what would be a
good investment to improve student achievement?
1. Computers in classrooms – 61%
2. Software to support academics – 60%
3. A useful school website – 60%
4. Advanced computer classes – 55%
5. Tools to help parents and teachers
communicate – 51%

Trends to watch
Spectrum of digital native-ness
New uses for communications devices
and tools
Connecting without boundaries – new friends
Technology as tool – not fad or fun
Inclusion of student, teacher & parent ideas
into planning and investments

Tapping into Students
for Ed Tech Planning
Use our Speak Up Ultimate School of the
Future process
Let us help you with that process – focus
groups, consulting, data analysis
Use our reports and data
Participate in Speak Up 2007!

Speak Up 2007
Open to all schools and districts to participate
All schools/districts pre-registered – you just
need to activate that registration
Survey open October 1 – November 15
Aggregated quantitative data back to schools in
Jan 2008
Public data release – Mar 2008

Speak Up 2007
New themes and questions – give us your ideas!
Surveys for K-12 students, teachers, parents and
school leaders (new this year!)
• Principals
• Administrators
• School Board Members
Parent Survey in Spanish

Julie Evans
Chief Executive Officer
949-609-4660
jevans@tomorrow.org
Thank you for your participation today!
If you can imagine it, you can create it.
If you dream it, you can become it.
Let’s work together to create Ultimate
Schools for our 21st
Century Learners.

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