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Annual Survey Report
Shifting Media and Materials Use in K–12 Education
Ed Tech from the Trenches
Media and materials use IS shifting.
But how, and compared to what?
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Long-needed data are available to inform product development, marketing, and
school practice. The Ed
Tech from the Trenches report, based on 1600 K–12 participants in two annual surveys, places new and emerging media and materials use in the context of traditional curriculum in the classroom. This grass-roots approach provides powerful points of comparison and perspective on "technologies" in the mix of instructional resources over the next two years.
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28 trend highlights
15 major findings
27 charts
including many year-over-year
and position-group comparisons
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Ed Tech from the Trenches gives answers to 7 key questions.
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Example:
How does use of supplemental products compare to that of textbooks?
The data give a picture of more blended curriculum with a more diversified mix of resources over the next two years.
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- 10% more survey
respondents give
high-use ratings to
streaming video
subscriptions than
to print textbooks.
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- 2–5% more tech
coordinators and
media specialists
give high-use
ratings to podcasts
and wikis than to
print textbooks.
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The full report includes high-use ratings and comparative rankings of print textbooks, digital textbooks and computer courseware along with 20 traditional, new and emerging types of supplemental and reference resources.
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Example:
How effective are current instructional resources for learning 21st century skills?
Traditional materials with 25–43% effectiveness ratings and newer/ emerging resources with slightly higher 34–84% ratings are not adequate.
The full report includes effectiveness ratings for 9 key 21st century skills across 11 types of traditional, new and emerging instructional resources. Responses are broken out by survey participants' position to show differences across teachers, technology coordinators, media specialists and buyers.
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Shifting Media and Materials Use in K-12 Education
Interested in custom analyses, charts and findings?
Contact: Sari Follansbee, EdTech Design Associates,
sari@edtechdesign.com, 617-388-6525
Interested in sponsorship opportunities for the 2008 survey?
Contact: Marilyn Schutz, The Big Deal Book
maschutz@bigdealbook.com, 847-991-8066
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