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EDTECHInsider By David Nagel & Project Tomorrow
Chromebooks or Smartphones? 1-to-1 or BYOD? Why Not Both?
As many high schoolers are using their personal devices in class
as school-issued Chromebooks. According to new data released this fall,
more than half — 58 percent — reported using their personal devices in the classroom for school-related activities; a similar percentage (56 percent) are using school-issued Chromebooks. Only 9 percent are using school-issued tablets, and another 9 percent are using school-issued traditional laptops.
More than a quarter — 27 percent —rely on their school library for device access.
The data were released as part of a Congressional briefing by Project Tomorrow, compiled from information collected for the 2016 Speak Up Research Project for Digital Learning, which included input from more than 500,000 K-12 students, teachers, administrators and parents. More than 435,000 participants were students.
Overall, 90 percent of high schoolers have smartphones, but those aren’t the only devices to which they have personal access outside of school. A full
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56 percent have tablets, and another 44 percent have personal access to Chromebooks. But just 9 percent reported having personal access to a traditional laptop.
Only 19 percent of high school and middle school students have access to a school-issued mobile device outside of school.
Meanwhile, teachers cited multiple benefits to the use of multiple devices in the classroom, including:
Increased student engagement
(cited by 75 percent of teachers); College and career prep for students (65 percent);
Increased access to online materials (51 percent);
Personalized learning (49 percent); and Collaboration (48 percent).
The 2017 Speak Up Survey is open now through Jan. 19, 2018 at tomorrow.org/speakup.
David Nagel is editor-in-chief of THE Journal and editorial director for 1105 Media’s Education Group.
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Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
Take tests online
50%
49%
Use an online textbook
32%
36%
29%
28%
Create documents to share
49%
59%
Collaborate with other students
40%
43%
Play game/take quiz
63%
64%
Student self-initiated activities
Take notes
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
Check grades
74%
86%
Look up school or class info
54%
63%
39%
40%
Receive reminders about due dates & upcoming tests
39%
47%
Text classmates for help
27%
39%
E-mail teacher with questions
41%
53%
Source: Project Tomorrow
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