Engage, Enable, Empower: How math & science teachers are transforming learning with digital tools 100Kin10

Engage, Enable, Empower:
How math & science teachers are
transforming learning with digital tools
Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow CEO

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About ProjectTomorrow
Speak Up National
Research Project
and Services
Tomorrow’s
Teachers Initiative
STEM Programs for
Students
Digital Learning
Research and
Evaluation Studies
Mission:
to ensure that today’s
students are
prepared to become
tomorrow’s leaders,
innovators and
engaged citizens of
the world

Annual national research project
 Using online surveys + focus groups
 Surveys for: K-12 Students,Teachers, Parents,
Administrators, Community Members
 Special: Pre-ServiceTeachers 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
Speak Up National Research Project
+ 3.4 million
surveys since
2003

 Learning & Teaching with Technology
 21st Century Skills: Digital Citizenship & Global Awareness
 Math and Science Instruction / Digital Writing
 Students’ Career Interests in STEM
 Professional Development / Teacher Preparation
 Internet Safety / Digital Footprints
 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 21st Century School
Speak Up survey question themes

K-12 Students 325,279
Teachers & Librarians 32,151
Parents (in English & Spanish) 39,986
School/District Administrators 4,530
Community Members (new this year!) 1,346
About the participating schools & districts
o 9,005 schools and 2,710 districts
o 90% public schools – 10% private/parochial/charter/other
o 32% urban / 31% rural / 37% suburban
o 30% school wide Title 1; 43% majority minority school
o All 50 states + DC + Guam + DODEA schools
National Speak Up 2013 Participation: 403,292

Released
April 8

 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
What have we learned over the past 11 years?

Warm Up
Interactive Exercise

A
STUDENT’S
LIFE

In my life, I ……..
 Play online and video games regularly (50%)
 Take tests online for school (43%)
 Have a tablet – not school provided (43%)
 Use the Internet for homework at least a few
days a week (32%)
 Want more Internet access at school (55%)
 Think science would be more interesting in an
online class (23%)

Who is . . . . . ?
1. 3rd grade girl
2. 6th grade boy
3. 9th grade girl
4. 12th grade boy

Who is a 3rd
grade girl?

Social–based learning
Un–tethered learning
Digitally–rich learning
Students & Digital Learning
Personalizing
learning
Student Vision for Digital Learning

EightThings to Know about Science
and MathTeachers andTheir Use of
DigitalTools for Learning

ScienceTeachers:
 2,650 teachers
 67% female
Years of experience
 1st year 3%
 1 to 3 years 8%
 4 to 10 years 29%
 11 to 15 years 22%
 16 + years 38%

MathTeachers:
 3,888 teachers
 74% female
Years of experience
 1st year 3%
 1 to 3 years 9%
 4 to 10 years 30%
 11 to 15 years 20%
 16 + years 38%
National Speak Up 2013 Participation: 403,292

Tech Skills

Tech Skills
Self-assessment of
tech skills
All teachers Science
teachers
Math
teachers
Advanced 28% 36% 31%
Average 63% 58% 61%
Beginner 10% 6% 8%

Digital tools for
professional tasks

Digital tools for
professional tasks
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Participate in online PLC
Read online texts
Customize digital content
Text with colleagues
Create pptx
Watch online video for training
Use class portal
Internet reseach
Math teachers Science teachers

Mobile devices

Mobile devices: personal access
80%
79%
81%
52%
52%
52%
38%
40%
38%
28%
28%
27%
All teachers
Science
teachers
Math
teachers
Digital Reader Tablet Laptop Smartphone

Mobile devices: benefits of
classroom use
All
teachers
Science
teachers
Math
teachers
Increases student engagement 75% 75% 73%
Access to online textbooks 64% 72% 70%
Provides ways for self-
remediation
50% 57% 53%
Extends learning beyond
school day
55% 56% 54%
Students develop critical
thinking skills
44% 45% 39%
Students develop
communications skills
34% 36% 28%

Digital content

Digital content:
use in the classroom
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Games
Online textbooks
Real time data
Virtual labs
Animations
Online videos
Math teachers Science teachers All teachers

For science teachers:
 I can modify to fit my classroom needs 75%
 Materials created by teachers 45%
 Research based materials 44%
 No commercial ads 42%
 Source is content expert 38%
 Referred by colleague 35%
Digital content:
how to evaluate quality

Professional development
needs

Professional development
needs
1. Using technology to differentiate instruction
2. Identifying high quality digital content
3. Identifying mobile apps to use with students
4. Implementing a blended learning model
5. Using technology for formative assessments
6. Using tablets within instruction
7. How to create videos of my lessons
8. Implementing a flipped learning model

Preferred modes for PD
All
teachers
Science
teachers
Math
teachers
F2F conferences with
experts
60% 59% 57%
School provided
training
48% 45% 47%
Summer institutes 24% 33% 25%
Peer to peer study
teams
29% 29% 29%
Online PLC 26% 27% 25%
Online courses 20% 24% 21%

Benefits of technology use
in the classroom

Teacher benefits:
 Creating more
interactive and relevant
lessons
 Better organized
 Facilitated student
centered learning
 Encouraging students to
be self-directed learners
 More productive
 Easier to edit lessons
Student benefits:
 Develop critical thinking
& problem solving skills
 More motivated
 Apply knowledge to
problems
 Develop creativity
 Better collaborations
 Increased student
ownership of learning
Benefits of tech use within
learning: what science
teachers say

Social media

Tools to connect, collaborate,
create
Texting:
84% of science and math
teachers; 17% with students
Twitter:
1/5 of science and math
teachers are tweeting
Creating videos:
teachers

Play mobile app games
teachers
Facebook
55% of science and math teachers;
only 39% of students in Gr 9-12
(decrease of 41% since 2007)
Tools to connect, collaborate,
create

Value of pre-service
education

Agree or disagree: My pre-service education
prepared me to use technology effectively
Value of pre-service education
39%
31% 29%
41%
32%
27%
Agree Disagree Not sure / Don't
know
Science teachers Math teachers

“Imagine you are designing the
ultimate school for today’s
students, what technologies would
have the greatest impact on
learning?”
Favorite Speak Up Question:
Superintendents & School Boards

.
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Online classes
Tablets
E-textbooks
Games
Schoolwide Internet
Principals Science/Math Teachers Parents Gr 6-8 students
Do we have a shared vision around
digital learning solutions?

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
New digital parent series
Presentations, podcasts and webinars
Services: consulting, workshops, evaluation and efficacy
studies
Speak Up 2014 opens October 6!
More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org

Speak Up Goes to
Washington, DC
National Release of Speak Up 2013 National Findings
2014 Congressional Briefing:
Impact of Digital Learning Tools to Support
College and Career Readiness
Monday, June 2, 2014 from 2-3:30PM
Rayburn House Office Building, Gold Room

Your thoughts, comments, questions

Thank you.
Let’s continue this conversation.
Julie Evans
Project Tomorrow
jevans@tomorrow.org
949-609-4660 x15
Twitter: JulieEvans_PT
SpeakUpEd
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