Welcome to our webinar! Key Data Points from Project Tomorrow’s Report on Social Learning SOCIAL LEARNING WEBINAR
Welcome to our webinar!
Key Data Points from Project Tomorrow’s Report
on Social Learning
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
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
The New Student Vision for Learning
Three Essential Elements
Un-tethered learning Students envision technology-enabled learning that transcends classroom walls
The New Student Vision for Learning
Three Essential Elements
Social–based learning Students want to leverage emerging communications and collaboration tools to create personal learning networks of experts
The New Student Vision for Learning
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
Defining the Emerging Role of Social Learning
Tools to Connect Students, Parents & Educators
Key findings:
Increased value around social learning
Students have high aspirations for leveraging social
learning tools
Defining the Emerging Role of Social Learning
Tools to Connect Students, Parents & Educators
Key findings:
Increased value around social learning
Students have high aspirations for leveraging social
learning tools
Concerns linger with administrators and parents
Defining the Emerging Role of Social Learning
Tools to Connect Students, Parents & Educators
Key findings:
Increased value around social learning
Students have high aspirations for leveraging social
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
Challenges of Implementing Social Learning
Administrators’ Perspective
Protecting student safety
Ensuring student information and data privacy
Challenges of Implementing Social Learning
Administrators’ Perspective
Protecting student safety
Ensuring student information and data privacy
Monitoring for academic use
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
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
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
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
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
The New Student Vision for 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
Thank you.
Let’s continue this conversation.
Julie Evans
Project Tomorrow
949-609-4660 x15
Twitter: JulieEvans_PT
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