Speak Up 2015 Snapshots for School Communications

Communication Officers and Community Member Preliminary Data Snapshot

This is a special release of the preliminary data findings from Speak Up 2015 (data collected from October 1 – December 4th from 182 Communication Officers and 4,070 Community Officers nationwide). The final data results will be published in a series of national reports in spring 2015.

Do you want a chance to win a $225 classroom or school grant? Participate in Speak Up, before it closes on Friday, December 19^th! Then take a photo using the Speak Up America badge showing your classroom or school participation for a chance to win a $225 classroom grant! Learn more about this great opportunity here: http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/speakupamerica.html#challenge.  

Take the survey at: http://www.speakup4schools.org/speakup2015/. Now is the time to Speak Up about education – be sure to participate before Friday, December 18th.

Speak Up 2015 Snapshots for Science Teacher

Science Teacher Preliminary Data Snapshot

This is a special release of the preliminary data findings from Speak Up 2015 (data collected from October 1 – December 4th from 1,689 Science Teachers nationwide). The final data results will be published in a series of national reports in spring 2015.

The Speak Up survey is open to anyone who is interested in sharing their thoughts about education. If you are not a student, educator, administrator or parent but would like to take the survey, please take our community members survey. Feel free to share the survey (http://bit.ly/SU15survey) with anyone who may be interested as well!

2015 Preliminary Data Student Snapshot

Check out our third preliminary data snapshot of the week from this year's Speak Up survey! This one is on middle school student data pulled from 80,501 student surveys as of 12/4/15.




If you have not already, please take a moment to complete the Speak Up Survey as today is National Speak Up Day!

By giving 15 minutes of your time to Speak Up Day, you can make sure your voice is heard loud and clear from classrooms to the halls of Congress, from state capitols to boardrooms.  Ensure that policymakers are making those important program and funding decisions based upon real data from real education stakeholders – you!   

To “Speak Up,” simply visit http://www.speakup4schools.org/speakup2015 to take the survey by Dec. 18^th!

We would like everyone to have a voice in the future of how technology is used in our nation’s schools.  So, please share this link with your friends, students, teachers, parents, administrators, community organizations, members, affiliates or anyone who has a passion for improving education and ask them to take the Speak Up survey TODAY. 

Speak Up America 2015 is almost here!

Mark your calendars! Speak Up America is just around the corner, taking place from December 7th through 11th! In honor of this year's superb survey period, we're holding a celebration just for you - our Speak Up participants and supporters. During this week long event, we're bringing back our Speak Up 2015 preliminary data snapshots, opportunities to win free conference registrations, and our photo and video challenges with chances to receive classroom or school grants. Now's the time to kick your survey promotion into high gear - visit our Speak Up America promotional materials page for ideas on how you can spread the word before December 7th. Check out what we have planned for Speak Up America: ▪ National Speak Up Day - Wednesday, December 9th ▪ Classroom/School Grant Photo and Video Challenge - with 5 chances to win! ▪ Free National Conference Registrations - multiple chances to win throughout the week! ▪ Free Regional Conference Registrations to CUE, NCCE, NETA, and TCEA. ▪ Speak Up 2015 Preliminary Data Snapshots - released daily!

We hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! Feel free to share your thoughts with us on Facebook, Twitter, and our Blog. -The Project Tomorrow team

National Speak Up Day Wednesday, December 9th The highlight of the Speak Up America 2015 Campaign will take place on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 with National Speak Up Day! National Speak Up Day is the day to encourage your community to participate. We would like everyone to have a voice in the future of how technology is used in our nation’s schools, so please share this link http://www.speakup4schools.org/speakup2015 with your students, teachers, parents, administrators, community organizations, members, affiliates or anyone who has a passion for improving education and ask them to take the Speak Up survey.

Photo and Video Challenge Educators, win a grant for your classroom or school just by having your students participate in Speak Up! Planning to have your class or school participate in Speak Up this week? Already had your class or school participate? Need a little incentive to get your class or school to participate? Get your photos and videos ready for our Speak Up for America Photo and Video Challenge - we've already had a few entries submitted, so start brainstorming! Photo Challenge Hashtag: #SpeakUpSnapshot To celebrate technology and all our wonderful Speak Up participants, we will be offering $225 grants to three lucky Speak Up participating classroom or school during the week of December 7th. All you need to do is take a picture with the Speak Up for America 2015 Badge (above) highlighting your Speak Up experience and upload to one of our social media sites or the photo challenge page. Contest is open now, so get your cameras out and shoot a photo showing you and your students Speaking Up! For contest rules please visit our photo challenge page here. Video Challenge Hashtag: #VoicesofSpeakUp Last year, we heard you loud and clear with multiple #speakupsnapshotssubmitted to the 2nd annual Speak Up America photo challenge. Now in our third year of Speak Up America, we want to see you and your class “Speaking Up” in action! In our social media video challenge, Project Tomorrow wants to know: "Why is using digital tools for learning important for your (students’) future?” All you need to do is create a short 15-30 second video answering the question above. Use this opportunity to get your class involved by making this into a class project. Submissions can come in the form of videos, animations (PowToon), slideshows, voice snippets and more! The more creative the better! In this challenge, there will be 2 grant opportunities to win $225! Never has your chance of earning a classroom grant been easier. Enter your#VoicesofSpeakUp video into the Speak Up America video challenge today! Learn more about the video challenge contest rules here.

Free National Conference Registrations We are excited to announce chances to win free conference registrations toBbWorld 2016, the 2016 Annual CoSN Conference, the 2016 iNACOL Blended and Online Learning Symposium, and the International Society for Technology in Education 2016 Conference and Expo! One lucky district will be chosen for each free registration, and two will be chosen for ISTE 2016. Winning is easy – just follow the instructions below to enter your district into our competition: 1. Get in any last minute surveys! Any survey that comes in during Speak Up America 2015 campaign beginning Monday December 7, 2015 through Friday December 11, 2015 (in addition to surveys already submitted earlier in the survey period) will be entered into the competition. Increase your chances to win! 2. Encourage participation in National Speak Up Day (12-9-15)! Every survey submitted on this date will be entered into a separate drawing for a free ISTE 2016 Conference & Expo registration.

Free Regional Conference Registrations to CUE, NCCE, NETA and TCEA. Are you a California, Nebraska, Nevada, Texas or Northwest (Idaho, Montana, Oregon, or Washington) district? You're in luck - the awesome folks at CUE, NCCE, NETA, and TCEA are also offering free conference registrations! Winning is as easy as speaking up! All you need to do is encourage your staff, students, their parents and the local community to participate in Speak Up. Every participant from your district will enter you in to the drawing to win – the more surveys you have in the more chances you have to win!One winner will be selected for the NETA, NCCE, and TCEA conferences, and three for the CUE conference. We will randomly select a survey from your state and announce the winners on Friday, December 11th at 5PM PT/7PM CT/8PM ET.

Daily Speak Up 2015 Preliminary data snapshots During Speak Up America Week, we'll pull a special snapshot of preliminary data for students, parents, teachers, administrators and community members. Each day we will release a special video infographic on NEW Speak Up findings. Check below to see when we will be releasing each snapshot of data: ▪ Monday, December 7, 2015 —Teachers ▪ Tuesday, December 8, 2015 —Parents ▪ Wednesday, December 9, 2015 —Students ▪ Thursday, December 10, 2015 —Librarians ▪ Friday, December 11, 2015 — Principals

We will also be releasing preliminary data reports to all participating schools and districts during Speak Up America week! Stay tuned for more details.

Thank you for your interest and continued support of Speak Up! Be sure to stay updated on all things Speak Up by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and our Blog. If you have any questions please feel free to contact our Speak Up Operations Manager, Jenny Hostert, at jhostert@tomorrow.org or via phone at (949) 609-4660 ext. 17.

Many thanks to our sponsors and partners for the support of Speak Up: Blackboard, Inc., BrainPOP, CDW, DreamBox Learning, Fuel Education, Qualcomm Wireless Reach, Rosetta Stone, Scholastic Education, American Association of School Administrators, Consortium for School Networking, CUE, Digital Learning Day, iNACOL, International Society for Technology in Education, National School Boards Association, National School Public Relations Association, National Science Teachers Association, National Secondary School Principals Association, State Education Technology Directors’ Association and TCEA (Texas Computer Education Association).

Sneak peek: Speak Up America 2015

Speak Up America 2015 is only three weeks away! Our weeklong celebration of past, present, and new Speak Up participants takes place from December 7th-11th. During this event there will be a daily release of Speak Up 2015 preliminary data snapshots, recognition of our current top participants, and opportunities to win free conference registrations and multiple chances to receive a classroom or school grant! Get a sneak peek of some of our prizes below:

Free National Conference Registration

BbWorld 2016: Mark July 12-14, 2016 on your calendar because our friends at Blackboard, Inc. are giving away one free registration to BbWorld 2016 in Las Vegas – a $550 value! Start promoting the survey and encouraging participation throughout your district to increase your chances of attending this annual premier education technology training, networking, and professional development event for Blackboard users from around the globe. To learn more about BbWorld, click here.

Free Regional Conference Registration

California and Nevada Districts: Want a free CUE membership and conference registration to the CUE conference ($320 value) this upcoming March in Palm Springs? Now’s your chance, CUE has offered two free conference registrations/memberships to one lucky district in California and one lucky district in Nevada! Encourage your schools to participate to increase your chances at winning! Learn more about the conference and all its great offerings here.

To enter into your district into our competition for a chance to win these conference registrations, all you need to do is submit as many surveys as you can during Speak Up America week! Every survey submitted from December 7th through December 11th will be entered into the drawing. Start spreading the word about our weeklong event to your school(s) - visit our website for more information.

Save the date! Speak Up America 2015 will take place this December.

This year's Speak Up America campaign will take place from December 7th through December 11th, 2015. Our week long event will feature opportunities to win free conference registrations, Speak Up 2015 preliminary data snapshots, and more!

 Click here to read a recap of last year's Speak Up America campaign, and stay tuned for more details about Speak Up America 2015.

Speak Up News, January 2015

Happy New Year! We hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. This past survey period brought in record-breaking numbers, with a total of 521,861 surveys taken by 431,238 students, 44,299 teachers, 4,326 administrators, 35,342 parents, and 6,656 members of the community! Although Speak Up 2014 is over, we still have exciting news and events to look out for. Keep reading to learn more! In this newsletter, you will find information regarding... ▪ Speak Up 2014 data release: Your survey results are in and will be released on February 4th! ▪ Speak Up America winners: We are thrilled to announce the Speak Up America winners of classroom grants, conference registrations, and more! ▪ Making Learning Mobile: The results from our two-year-long study on mobile learning with Kajeet are in! ▪ Speak Up on the go! Learn more about upcoming presentations with our CEO, Julie Evans.  Happy reading! Feel free to share your thoughts with us on Facebook, Twitter, and our Blog. -The Project Tomorrow team

Speak Up 2014 Data will be released on February 4th! Thank you to the 431,238 students, 44,299 teachers, 4,326 administrators, 35,342 parents, and 6,656 members of the community who participated in Speak Up 2014. We are thrilled to release the survey data on February 4th! Be on the lookout for more information closer to the release date. In the meantime, check out the preliminary data we pulled during Speak Up America week: Preliminary data Last month we pulled special snapshots of preliminary data for students, parents, teachers, librarians and principals. Each day during Speak Up America Week we released a special video infographic on new Speak Up findings. Check out each snapshot below: ▪ Teachers ▪ Parents ▪ Students ▪ Librarians ▪ Principals Click here to view all the snapshots.

Speak Up America Last month, over 85,000 students, parents, educators, administrators, and community members participated in Speak Up America 2014! In its second year, Speak Up America celebrated past and present participants with opportunities to win classroom grants, free conference registrations, and more. We are thrilled to announce the winners below:

Photo and video challenge winners Speak Up for America Photo Challenge Winners ▪ Hunters Creek Middle School from Onslow County, NC ▪ Southwood Elementary School from MSD of Wabash County, IN ▪ Martin Kellogg Middle School from Newington Public Schools, CT Speak Up for America Video Challenge Winners ▪ Saint John XXIII Catholic School from Scottsdale, AZ ▪ Escola Antoni Gaudi from Barcelona, Spain

Conference registration winners ISTE 2015 Conference and Expo Shelby County School District, AL Wake County Public School System, NC TCEA 2015 Conference & Exposition Mission Consolidated Independent School District, TX CUE 2015 Annual Conference Clark County Schools, NV  Anaheim City School District, CA NETA 2015 Spring Conference Mullen Public Schools, NE NCCE 2015 Conference Lakeside High School from Nine Mile Falls School District, WA BbWorld 2015 Klein ISD, TX 2015 iNACOL Blended and Online Learning Symposium Albemarle County Public Schools, VA BrainPOP classroom certificate winners ▪ Bradie M Shrum Elementary from Salem Community Schools, IN ▪ Magma Ranch K-8 School from Florence Unified School District, AZ Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who participated in Speak Up America! Learn more about the week long event here.

Making Learning Mobile The Making Learning Mobile 2.0 study, sponsored by Kajeet with funding fromQualcomm's Wireless Reach Initiative and Project Tomorrow, takes an in-depth look at the impact of 1-to-1 tablet implementation, including Internet access outside the classroom, with students from Chicago Public Schools. For the past two years, Project Tomorrow has worked with Kajeet to assess the impact of mobile devices on teaching and learning, and the results are in! Results from the Making Learning Mobile study ▪ The school-issued tablet increased at-home Internet access for this cohort of students by 53%. This is especially significant given the persistence of the digital divide in home Internet access within our communities. ▪ The teachers felt more comfortable and assigned more reading and writing homework because the students had home Internet access. This resulted in increased reading and writing fluency, which is especially important for English Language Learners. ▪ 60% of the students agreed their reading increased because of their personal access to the tablet and the Internet; 60% noted they did more writing this school year than in previous years and that the tablet helped them improve their writing skills. Interested in learning more? Download the report, and don't miss our webinar with Kajeet on Wednesday, February 18th at 4pm EST - click here to register.

Speak Up On the Go! Upcoming presentations 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning District leadership workshop San Marcos, CA Friday, January 23rd Sneak Peek at Speak Up 2014 Findings Marketing Boot Camp at TCEA Austin, TX Tuesday, February 3rd Webinar: Results from the Making Learning Mobile 2.0 Project in Chicago Hosted by Kajeet Wednesday, February 18th Register here The Current Pulse on Ed Tech NASSP Conference San Diego, CA Friday, February 20th Workshop: Designing, Implementing and Evaluating Gender-Sensitive Mobile Learning Projects in Educational Settings UNESCO's Mobile Learning Week Paris, France Monday, February 23rd

Thank you for your interest and continued support of Speak Up! Be sure to stay updated on all things Speak Up by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagramand our Blog. If you have any questions please feel free to contact our Speak Up Operations Manager, Jenny Hostert, at jhostert@tomorrow.org or via phone at 949/609-4660 ext. 17.

Many thanks to our sponsors and partners for the support of Speak Up 2014: Blackboard Inc., BrainPOP, Fuel Education, DreamBox Learning, Schoolwires, Qualcomm Wireless Reach, Rosetta Stone, American Association of School Administrators, Consortium for School Networking, Digital Learning Day, Digital Promise, edWeb, International Association for K-12 Online Learning, International Society for Technology in Education, National Association of Secondary School Principals, National School Boards Association, Secondary Education Teachers’ Association, and the Southern Regional Education Board.

   

Today is the last day to participate in Speak Up!

The last day of Speak Up is here! This year’s survey period has been amazing with over 520,000 surveys already submitted - a record breaking number! We still have a few hours left, so be sure to take the survey by midnight PT! To keep that Speak Up momentum going for the last few hours of the survey, check out these exciting opportunities and announcements: ▪ Free BbWorld, iNACOL, NCCE and NETA Conference Registrations: Take the survey before midnight PT for a chance to win one of these free registrations!  ▪ Speak Up America: We are thrilled to announce our Speak Up America winners! ▪ Happy Holidays from the Project Tomorrow team! ▪ Start making plans now for ways to use the Speak Up data. Local data results for all participating schools and districts will be released on February 5, 2015. If you haven't already please be sure to take the survey before midnight! Click here to take the survey and pass it on. Happy reading! Feel free to share your thoughts with us on Facebook, Twitter, and our Blog. -The Project Tomorrow team

There is still time to win a free conference registration! Speak Up may be ending soon but there are still plenty of opportunities to win free conference registrations! In a special extension of our Speak Up America promotions, our good friends at Blackboard, iNACOL, NCCE, and NETAhave graciously offered free conference registrations to their respective events! All entries submitted today before midnight are eligible to be entered into a drawing to win a free registration! Winning is as easy as speaking up! All you need to do is encourage your staff, students, their parents and the local community to take the survey before it closes at midnight. This is a great way to reach out to different audiences that may have a lower participation than you would like, for example to target your K-12 parents, teachers or local community members! The more surveys you get in, the more opportunities you have to win! Click here to learn how you can win a free conference registration

Speak Up America winners Thank you to all who participated in Speak Up America last week! We are thrilled to announce the winners of our photo challenge, video challenge, BrainPOP classroom subscriptions, and conference registrations:

Photo challenge This year we had so many more #speakupsnapshot entries than we had ever envisioned submitted for our photo challenge! Check out our top 3 photos (above) and the winning schools: ▪ Hunters Creek Middle School from Onslow County, NC ▪ Southwood Elementary School from MSD of Wabash County, IN ▪ Newington Public Schools, NC Thank you to everyone who submitted a #speakupsnapshot this year! Click here to view all the entries.

Video challenge In its first year, our #VoicesofSpeakUp video challenge received many wonderful entries, each answering the question, "“Why is using digital tools for learning important for your future?” Check out our 2 video challenge winners, and click on the links below to watch the winning videos: ▪ Saint John XXIII Catholic School from Scottsdale, AZ ▪ Escola Antoni Gaudi from Barcelona, Spain

BrainPOP Classroom Certificates Our friends at BrainPOP have offered not one, but two free classroom certificates this year! The winners of the free certificates are: ▪ Bradie M Shrum Elementary from Salem Community Schools, IN ▪ Magma Ranch K-8 School from Florence Unified School District, AZ

ISTE Conference Registrations Thanks to our good friends at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), we are proud to announce the 2 districts who have won free 2015 ISTE conference registrations: ▪ Shelby County School District, AL ▪ Wake County Public School System, NC

TCEA Conference Registration This year the wonderful folks at the Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) offered a free TCEA 2015 Conference & Exposition registration to one lucky Texas school district. The winning district is Mission Consolidated Independent School District in Mission, TX. Congratulations!

CUE Conference Registration Congratulations to Clark County Schools, NV andAnaheim City School District, CA on winning free registrations to the CUE 2015 Annual Conference! Thank you CUE for this amazing opportunity! Thank you once again to everyone who participated in Speak Up America this year! Don't forget - there is still time to participate in Speak Up and win more conference registrations!

Happy holidays! Thank you all for your support of Speak Up this year! We hope you all have a wonderful holiday break! The Project Tomorrow office will be closed December 22, 2014 through January 5, 2015. We look forward to speaking up with you in the new year!