© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection The Six Trends To Watch SIIA Member Briefing of A just-released report May 1, 2008 Jeanne Hayes, co-author Tom Greaves, co-author America’s Digital Schools 2008 The Six Trends to Watch

About the Presenters Jeanne Hayes has 25 years of experience in tracking the K-12 school market, first in her role as founder and CEO of Quality Education Data, now a Scholastic Company, and second in her current role as a consultant to publishers and producers of K-12 products and services. Tom Greaves has over 40 years of experience in the technology world, beginning with his key role at IBM EduQuest. He has been CEO and board member for several ed tech companies. Today the Greaves Group provides strategic marketing services to U.S. K-12 companies.

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection The Six Trends to Watch 1.Learning Management Systems Go Mainstream 2.Large-Scale 1:1 Implementations Are Alive and Well 3.Online Assessment Is Replacing the No. 2 Pencil 4.Student Computing “Race to Mobility” Accelerates 5.Interactive Whiteboards Come Into Their Own 6.Internet Bandwidth Crisis Reveals New Concerns

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Trend 1 Learning Management Systems Learning Management Systems Go Mainstream

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Definition of LMS There are two broad groups of Learning Management Systems: 'closed' and 'open'. A 'closed' system imbeds content into the system: content is limited to that supplied by the LMS provider and is, generally, the older type of system. An 'open' system can serve content from multiple providers. An example of a 'closed' system would be Plato Learning; an example of an 'open' system would be Blackboard. Hybrid systems, incorporating features from both current types of systems, may be created in the future.

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Learning Management Systems (LMS) Are you using a Learning Management System in your district? Pct. of District Respondents

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Type of LMS Desired Based on your requirements, please indicate your level of agreement with the statements listed. Pct. of Districts Using LMS Multiple Answers Allowed

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection LMS Usage: Top Five Brands Which Learning Management Systems are you currently using? Please check all that apply.

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection LMS Usage by Application What is the breadth of LMS usage in your district for each application listed?

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Top 6 Teacher-Facing Features of LMS Please rate the importance of these teacher-facing LMS features and purposes in your district's program.

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Student-Facing Features of LMS Please rate the importance of these student-facing LMS features and purposes in your district's program.

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Top Technology Features of LMS Please rate the importance of these technical LMS features in your district's program. Check the glossary at to find the meaning of unfamiliar terms.

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Top 7 LMS Issues Many LMS issues are being debated within school districts. For each of the following statements, please indicate your level of agreement.

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Trend 2 1:1 Computing Large-Scale 1:1 Implementations Are Alive and Well

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Definition of 1:1 Computing For the purposes of this survey, 1:1 implementation is defined as "each student and teacher has one Internet- connected wireless computing device for use in the classroom and at home”.

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection One-to-One Computing Implementation Are you currently implementing 1:1 in at least one full grade in one school and in at least a pilot environment? Pct. of District Respondents

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Measuring Success of 1:1 Top 5 Measures How do you measure success in your 1:1 implementation? Please check all that apply Pct. of districts implementing 1:1

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Number of Students Involved in 1:1 How many students are involved in your 1:1 program implementation? Average: 1,631 Students

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection No. of Schools Per District in 1:1 How many schools in your district are currently implementing a 1:1 program?

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Academic Improvement with 1:1 Based on the results you have, how much academic improvement have you seen that could be attributed to 1:1?

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Sources for Academic Improvement Results From what sources were your academic improvement results for 1:1 schools obtained? Please check all that apply.

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Years of Data Used for Evaluation How many years of data are you using to evaluate 1:1 implementations?

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Trend 3 Online Assessment Online Assessment Is Replacing the No. 2 Pencil

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Definition For the purpose of this survey, we used the common definition of online assessment to mean ‘computerized assessment’. Even though the student may be accessing a CD-Rom or other source, including, but not limited to the web, we are counting all use of software- driven assessment as ‘online assessment’.

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Use of Online Assessment (OLA) Are you using online assessment in your district? Pct. of all Respondents

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Online Assessments Types For each type of online assessment listed, please indicate the level of use in your district. Pct. of Respondents Using Online Assessments

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Top Inhibitors to OLA Please indicate which factors inhibit wider adoption of online assessment in your district.

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Top Factors in Online Assessment How important are the following factors in the use of online assessment in your district?

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Top Inhibiting Factors for OLA Please indicate which factors inhibit your adoption of online assessment. Pct. of Respondents Not Currently Using Online Assessments

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Trend 4 Mobile Computing Devices Student Computing “Race to Mobility” Accelerates

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Deployment of Student Computing Devices How are your student computing devices deployed? Please indicate a percentage for each category. Pct. of Computing Devices Weighted by Total Computers

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Teachers with Computing Devices What percentage of your teachers have a computing device supplied by the district for their exclusive use? Pct. of Respondents

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Primary Brand of Mobile Computing Device What is your primary mobile computing device for students and how many do you have? Please enter the quantity, make, and model. For example, "2000 Dell D520" means 2,000 Dell 520 Latitude laptops. Top Brands, Pct. of Total Units

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Mobile Computing Device Issues When you purchase a mobile computing device, please indicate the importance of each of the following considerations. Please rate these as to their relative importance. Pct. of Respondents

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Ideal Battery Life for a Mobile Student Computing Device What is the ideal battery life for a mobile student device? If the devices are used before and after school, please include the total run time. For the purposes of this survey, battery life is defined as the running time when a Wi Fi-supplied streaming video is played with sound on the student device. Pct. of Respondents

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Mobile Computing Device Advice How can vendors improve mobile computing devices in the future for students and teachers? Pct. of Respondents

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Trend 5 Interactive Whiteboards Interactive Whiteboards Come Into Their Own

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Interactive Whiteboard Use Does your district use interactive whiteboards? Pct. of Respondent Districts

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Important Factors in Using IWBs Please indicate the importance of the following factors in your decision to use interactive whiteboards in the classroom. Pct. of Respondents Using Whiteboards

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection IWBs: Installed Base How many interactive whiteboards are in use in your district? Feel free to estimate the total number (e.g., 1,250). Pct. of Respondents Using Whiteboards

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Features in Whiteboard Brand Selection Please rate the importance of these factors in selecting your particular brand and model of interactive whiteboards. Pct. of Respondents Using Whiteboards

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Integration of AV Tools 65. Who is responsible for integrating AV equipment for whiteboards, projectors, sound systems, response devices and other devices in your classrooms? Please check all that apply. Pct. of Respondents Multiple Responses Allowed

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Trend 6 Internet Bandwidth Awareness of the Internet Bandwidth Crisis Reveals New Concerns

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Internet Bandwidth Growth What is your total aggregate bandwidth, between all schools and district buildings and the Internet, via your ISPs? How do you expect bandwidth per student to increase in the future?

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Future Funding Challenges Do you foresee problems with bandwidth funding? Pct. of Respondents Multiple Answers Allowed

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Leveraging Bandwidth Capacity Have you used any of the following to leverage the existing capacity of your bandwidth? Please check all that apply. Pct. of Respondents Multiple Answers Allowed

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Local Hosting or ASP If you were considering purchasing a new application with the option to be locally hosted inside your firewall or ASP-hosted, which would you choose? Pct. of Respondents

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Third-Party Software Applications Inside the District Firewall Software vendors are providing many applications that use machines inside the district firewall and require external access. Please check all with which you agree. Pct. of Respondents - Multiple Answers Allowed

© 2008 America’s Digital Schools 2008, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection Wrap-up 1.Large-Scale 1:1 Implementations Are Alive and Well 2.Learning Management Systems Go Mainstream 3.Online Assessment Is Replacing the No. 2 Pencil 4.Student Computing “Race to Mobility” Accelerates 5.Interactive Whiteboards Come Into Their Own 6.Internet Bandwidth Crisis Reveals New Concerns

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