engage, enable, empower: how math & science teachers are transforming learning with digital...

Engage, Enable, Empower:

How math & science teachers are

transforming learning with digital tools

Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow CEO

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About Project Tomorrow


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-Service Teachers 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


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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?


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%)


Social–based learning

Un–tethered learning

Digitally–rich learning

Students & Digital Learning

Personalizing

learning


Student Vision for Digital Learning


Eight Things to Know about Science

and Math Teachers and Their Use of

Digital Tools for Learning

Science Teachers:

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%

Math Teachers:

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

Scienceteachers

Mathteachers

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'tknow

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

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Julie Evans

Project Tomorrow

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