Successful Mobile Strategies 2012

© Project Tomorrow 2011

Successful Mobile

Strategies:

Closed & Open

Cell Phone Districts

Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow CEO

Speak Up 2011 National Findings

December 5, 2012


Today’s Discussion: The Big Questions

What are the expectations of K-12 students for

digital learning and in particular, mobile learning?

How well are today’s K-12 schools meeting the

expectations of students? What are the views of

teachers and administrators?

What are the expectations of parents? What does

this mean for our nation’s schools?

What strategies for mobile devices are most

effective?


Discussion Agenda:

Speak Up National Research Project

Student Vision for Mobile Learning

Mobile Learning Data Findings + Case Studies

Discussion

Speak Up 2011 National Findings

Views of K-12 Students, Teachers,

Parents and Administrators


Project Tomorrow, a national education nonprofit organization

Programs:

• Research & evaluation

• School and community programs

• Events for students

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

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


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

Speak Up survey question themes


Learning & Teaching with Technology

21st 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 Propositions Aspirations


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


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

National Speak Up 2011 Participation: 416,758


Speak Up 2011 Congressional Briefings

Washington DC

April 24 and May 23, 2012


“Learning in the 21st Century:

Mobile Devices

+ Social Media = Personalized Learning”

A special collaboration with

Blackboard, Inc.


What can the Speak Up

findings tell us about the

future of learning?



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


Warm Up

Interactive Exercise



A

STUDENT’S

LIFE

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In my life, I ……..

Play games on handheld devices (51%)

Take tests online for school (38%)

Have a cell phone or smartphone (38%)

Read books on my mobile device (33%)

Want more internet access at school (48%)

and want to take an online class (50%)


Who is . . . . . ?

1. 3rd Grade Girl

2. 6th Grade Boy

3. 9th Grade Girl

4. 12th Grade Boy


Who is a 3rd

Grade Girl

from

California?


In my life, I ……..

Play games on handheld devices (51%)

Take tests online for school (38%)

Have a cell phone or smartphone (38%)

Read books on my mobile device (33%)

Want more internet access at school (48%)

and want to take an online class (50%)


The Student Vision for Learning

Social–based learning

Un–tethered learning

Digitally–rich learning

Mobile

Learning


Be a Speak Up Analyst!

Your assignment:

• Debunk myths

• Uncover hidden digital divides

• Evaluate your vision

• Do you have a shared vision of the future?


Key Trends: Mobile Learning


Taking it Mobile!

Access

Obstacles

Aspirations

Opportunities


Access: Students and their mobile devices

18% 17%

8%

33%

17%

25% 21%

9%

52%

18%

48%

37%

17%

77%

26%

49% 50%

13%

82%

21%

Cell phone (nointernet access)

Smartphone Digital reader MP3 Tablet device

Students’ personal access to mobile devices

K-2 Gr 3-5 Gr 6-8 Gr 9-12


Change in student access to mobile devices

– 2006 to 2011


75% 77%

72%

55% 59%

53%

Urban Suburban Rural

High School Student Internet Access Outside of School – Broadband vs. Mobile

My home computer has fast internet access (such as DSL)

I access the internet through 3G/4G mobile device

Access outside of school


Snapshot: High Tech High Flex Project

Objective:

• Provide 3G netbooks to 94 low

income students w/o home access

• Provide access to digital content

and projects

• Close digital equity gap


Snapshot: High Tech Flex Project

Impact:

24/7 access for these students

• Increased student engagement in learning

• Improved student productivity

• Improved student performance

• Development of workforce ready skills

• Improved parent-teacher relationship

• Stimulated new teacher practice


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%

Obstacles


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

Students have solutions!


Let me use my own mobile device!

Gr 9-12 59%

Gr 6-8 56%

Gr 3-5 27%


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 have solutions!


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?

65%

11% 22%

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


“What are your concerns?”

Top concerns:

• Devices will distract students

• Digital equity

• Students will cheat on tests

• How to reach responsible use

• I don’t know to use them in instruction

Teachers’ views on students’ using mobile

devices in class


Snapshot: TLINC Project

Objective:

• To provide student teachers with 24/7

access to professional resources via a mobile

device

• To facilitate greater cooperation between

student teachers, mentor teachers & faculty


Snapshot: TLINQ Project

Impact:

Mobile use by student teachers

• Greater use of emerging tools for

professional learning

• Use of social networking “on the go”

• Creation of a mobile community

• Increased experimentation with the tools


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

Aspirations


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

Students and mobile learning

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%


Views of parents, teachers & administrators

Why Mobile Learning?

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

Way to review materials after school

Access to online textbooks

Personalizes learning

Extends learning beyond school day

Increases student engagement

Parents Teachers Principals


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.


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?


Parents offer a solution to the digital equity challenge


Parents: Willingness to Purchase a Mobile Device for Child

62%

13%

8%

15%

Likely

Unlikely

Unsure

School responsibility



Urban Suburban Rural Title 1

Likely 61% 59% 58% 57%

Unlikely 13% 15% 13% 14%


Opportunities

Welcome to Math Class!



Traditional class with teacher directed instruction – lectures, textbook assignments, group projects or labs

Traditional class with teacher directed instruction but with some technology used to support instruction

Traditional class with a mix of teacher directed instruction and student directed learning and the use of technology tools to support both the teacher and students



Traditional class with teacher directed instruction – lectures, textbook assignments, group projects or labs

Traditional class with teacher directed instruction but with some technology used to support instruction

Traditional class with a mix of teacher directed instruction and student directed learning and the use of technology tools to support both the teacher and students

43% 33% 9%


A

STUDENT’S

LIFE



#1 way to

improve math

class



What is . . . . . ?

1. Having a teacher who is excited about math

2. Using an online textbook

3. Solving real world problems

4. Collaborating with classmates

5. Using a mobile device in class


What is

collaborating

with classmates

on solving

problems?


Middle school students’ “speak up” about

the ultimate math class

Collaborate with classmates on problem solving 50%

Ability to text my teacher with questions 42% I have a connection with my teacher 38% My teacher is excited about math 37%

Solving real world problems 32%

Ability to use mobile devices to video problems 32% Access to online tutors 30% Access to online textbooks 31% Take an online math class 27%


Snapshot: Onslow County Schools

Objective:

• Provide 3G netbooks and tablets to students

in math classes for use in and out of school

(formerly smartphones)

• Improve math achievement

• Close digital access gap in district


Impact:

• Mobile use within math class

• Development of workplace ready skills

• Build math capacity for future success

• Demonstrated project based learning with mobiles

• “Community of learners”

• Increased home access

• Change in teacher practice

• Increased math achievement

Snapshot: Onslow County Schools


The Student Vision for Learning

Social–based learning

Un–tethered learning

Digitally–rich learning

Mobile

Learning


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?

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

Student owned devices

School provided tablets

Schoolwide Internet access

Tools/apps for collaboration

Tools/apps for organization

Students Gr 3-5

Principals

Teachers

Parents

Students Gr 6-12


“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


• 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


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 14

Learn more @ www.tomorrow.org


Discussion

• Where are you with your mobile strategy:

– Open

– Closed

– Hybrid

– Not sure

• What are your concern points?

• What are your next steps?


A big thank you to:


Thank you.

Let’s continue this conversation.

Julie Evans

Project Tomorrow

[email protected]

949-609-4660 x15

Twitter: JulieEvans_PT

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