Mobile Devices + Web 2.0 = Engaged and Empowered Learners
Mobile Devices + Web 2.0 = Engaged and Empowered Learners
Juile Evans
Camilla Gagliolo
Carl Anderson
Tim Wilson
Speak Up National Research Project
Background
-open to all K-12 schools
-school get back data
Project Tomorrow
Things Speak up provides
-Collect unique data from stakeholders
Activities, Attitudes, and Aspirations
2009 participation – 370,565
All 50 states participated
97% Public School
Equal participation between urban, suburban, rural
Data is available at the website
Key Findings
Digital Disconnect
Students power down at school, power up at home
Frustrated with lack of technology use
Top student response of what is holding them back
-Not being able to use their mobile phone
Data showing that younger teachers are showing more concerns with mobile devices in school
Parents asked if schools provided educational uses for mobile devices, would they be willing to purchase for their child – 62% said YES
Students are VERY interested in Online Textbooks.
Great session. Thank you Project tomorrow for making all of this data available . Project tomorrow’s finding validated many of my assumptions, but assumptions won’t move districts – data will. If you need help showing your district leaders what students are thinking about technology and more importantly how they want to use it, this is a great place to start.
