Discover Key Data Points from Project Tomorrow Report on Social Learning

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Key Data Points from Project Tomorrow’s Report

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SOCIAL LEARNING WEBINAR

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Guest Presenter: Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow

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• Chief Executive Officer since 1999

• Developed Speak Up National Research Project in 2003

• Prior 17-year career in Sales and Marketing management

• Graduate of Brown University

• Serves on Boards of Directors for Project Tomorrow,

TechAmerica Foundation, TechSETS, and previously for

ISTE

• Frances Hesselbein Community Innovation Fellow

• Top Ten Most Influential People in Education Technology

• Welcome, Julie!

Speak Up 2011 National Findings

Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow CEO

November 7, 2012

Tech-Enabled Social

Learning Environments

A Special Webinar

A big thank you to:

Today’s Discussion: The Big Questions

How do we define social learning?

Is there an unmet demand for the greater use of

social learning within schools?

What is the value proposition around social learning?

How can new solutions mitigate some of the

concerns that still exist about social learning?

What trends are on the horizon that we should all be

watching?

Today’s Agenda:

About the Speak Up Research Project

Highlights from the new report

Discussion with you

Speak Up 2011 National Research Project:

Views of K-12 Students, Parents, Teachers,

Librarians and Administrators

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

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

Saluting our Speak Up 2011 Sponsors:

Inviting all K-12 schools and districts to

participate

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.

Surveys open now thru December 14

Learn more @

www.tomorrow.org/speakup

http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup

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

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

Personalized Learning . . . . . . .

“…. process of contouring learning to

individuals, recognizing that individuals

inherently have different strengths and

weaknesses, interests and ways of learning.”

Sir Ken Robinson

Social–based learning

Un–tethered learning

Digitally–rich learning

The New Student Vision for Learning

Personalized

Learning

Three Essential Elements

Digitally-rich learning

Students see the use of relevancy-based digital tools, content and resources as key to education productivity



Un-tethered learning Students envision technology-enabled learning that transcends classroom walls



Social–based learning Students want to leverage emerging communications and collaboration tools to create personal learning networks of experts


Introducing . . .

“Defining the Emerging Role of Social Learning Tools to Connect Students,

Parents & Educators”

A new white paper in collaboration with Schoolwires based upon the Speak Up 2011 national data

Defining the Emerging Role of Social Learning

Tools to Connect Students, Parents & Educators

Key findings:

Increased value around social learning



Key findings:


Students have high aspirations for leveraging social

learning tools



Key findings:



learning tools

Concerns linger with administrators and parents



Key findings:



learning tools

Concerns linger with administrators and parents

New cohort of administrators paving a new path for

innovative use

What is social learning?

Leveraging social media and networking technology tools to:

– Develop students’ personal learning networks

– Facilitate collaborations and connectivity

– Engage parents

– Support teachers’ productivity

– Ensure safety and security for participants

– Personalize the learning process

How are you using social media tools

for your personal interests?

How are you using social media tools

for your personal interests?

2008: Only 27% of parents and 12% of

principals were social networking users

“There are teachers that use these social

media sites themselves and see the value

of these as ways to grow professionally, so

making the transition to a site as a tool for

learning should not be a quantum leap.”

High School Principal - AZ

Students report facing obstacles to

using technology at school:

Websites I need are blocked 59%

Can’t use my own mobile device at school 55%

Can’t access social networking tools 51%

Too many rules! 48%

Teachers limit our technology use 42%

Can’t communicate with my classmates 39%

Students’ wish list!

Principals are you listening?

Ability to access projects from home computers 46%

Provide tools to communicate with classmates 39%

Provide tools to organize my schoolwork 38%

Provide tools to communicate with my teacher 34%

Provide tools to support collaboration 32%

The Social Learning Value Proposition

Administrators’ perspective on the value of

social learning

1. Sharing information with parents

2. Extends learning beyond the school day

3. Increases parental engagement

4. Provides more personalized learning

5. Facilitates student collaborations

6. Increases educator productivity

7. Enables stronger community connectivity

Challenges of Implementing Social Learning

Administrators’ Perspective

Protecting student safety




Ensuring student information and data privacy





Monitoring for academic use






Providing access to all students







Teachers need training to use tools effectively








“No adults allowed” in my social spaces








“No adults allowed” in my social spaces

Is there an academic tool that mimics com’l features?

“A school social learning environment

would be fantastic. It needs to be

seamless though and simulate the latest

social media that the kids already use.

People expect their digital work to

overlap and be immediately accessible.”

High School Administrator - WI

Imagine you are designing the ultimate

school for today’s students,

what technologies would have the

greatest impact on learning?

Imagine you are designing the ultimate

school for today’s students,

what technologies would have the

greatest impact on learning?

Creating a shared vision?

Social learning in the ultimate school:

Safe chat rooms where we can

discuss course materials

with classmates

51% of students

Social learning wish list for the ultimate school:

Social–based learning

Un–tethered learning

Digitally–rich learning


Personalized

Learning

Key trends we are watching: personalized learning

• Continuing “digital disconnects”

• Spectrum of digital native-ness

• 24/7 access redefined

• Inadequacy of the 1-to-1 paradigm

• Everyone needs a personal learning network

• Responsible use vs. acceptable use

• Blurring of informal & formal learning lines

• Students define success differently

Key trends we are watching: personalized learning:

• Collaborations driving 21st century skills

• Game-ification momentum – learning as process

• Students as content producers

• Changing ideals for assessment

• Print to digital migration surprises

• It’s really all about productivity!

• Emergence of Free Agent Learners!

National Speak Up Findings and reports

Targeted and thematic reports

– Social learning www.tomorrow.org/speakup/SocialLearning_2012.html – Online learning trends – Mobile learning & social media – Print to digital migration – Intelligent adaptive software

Presentations, podcasts and webinars

Services: consulting, workshops, evaluation and efficacy studies

More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org

A big thank you to:

Inviting all K-12 schools and districts to

participate

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.

Surveys open now thru December 14

Learn more @

www.tomorrow.org/speakup

http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup

Thank you.

Let’s continue this conversation.

Julie Evans

Project Tomorrow

[email protected]

949-609-4660 x15

Twitter: JulieEvans_PT

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