Three annual education technology reports are must-reads for
school administrators: Speak Up (Project Tomorrow), Technology
Counts (Education Week), and the Horizon Report on K-12
Education (New Media Consortium). Late in May, Project Tomorrow
released part 2 of its report on the results of the 2011 Speak
Up online survey* on education and technology in the United
States. Personalizing the Classroom Experience – Teachers,
Librarians and Administrators Connect the Dots with Digital
Learning provides a summary of survey responses from teachers,
librarians, and administrators. It’s usually interesting to
compare the responses of students and parents to those of
educators. This year is no exception. Released in April of this
year, part 1 of this year’s report, Mapping a Personalized
Learning Journey – K-12 Students and Parents Connects the Dots
with Digital Learning, summarizes student and parent responses
on the survey. Key findings include: - Students already use
technology—online learning and mobile devices—to