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How do you use technology to support your professional tasks as a special education teacher?
Professional tasks using technology | Elementary School Teachers | Secondary School Teachers |
Create videos of my lessons or lectures that my students can watch | 9% | 11% |
Text with parents of students | 43% | 40% |
Use online quizzes for formative assessment | 45% | 44% |
Customize digital content I find online to meet my class needs | 30% | 34% |
Use a school portal for class information | 13% | 28% |
Use an online curriculum with my students | 31% | 33% |
Do students have access to mobile devices such as tablets, laptops or Chromebooks to support learning in your classroom?
K-5 Classrooms | 6-12 Classrooms | |
Students’ own devices | 12% | 23% |
School provided, personally assigned devices | 27% | 19% |
Class access set | 39% | 30% |
No access | 26% | 25% |
What types of digital content are you using in your special education classroom to support student learning?
K-5 Classrooms | 6-12 Classrooms | |
Online videos | 56% | 57% |
Games | 65% | 45% |
Software/apps for skill development | 44% | 34% |
Online curriculum | 38% | 38% |
Real time data | 22% | 24% |
Online textbooks | 24% | 29% |
What types of digital content are you using in your special education classroom to support student learning?
K-5 Classrooms | 6-12 Classrooms | |
Increased student engagement | 81% | 75% |
Access to online textbooks | 68% | 73% |
Learning extended beyond the school day | 70% | 68% |
Student ownership of learning | 61% | 63% |
Students can review materials anytime | 62% | 67% |
Improves teacher productivity | 42% | 43% |
About special education teachers who participated in Speak Up 2014:
About Project Tomorrow
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Source: Speak Up 2015 Research Project for Digital Learning Findings - the results of the authentic, unfiltered views of 505,676 students, parents and educators nationwide. Learn more about Speak Up and other research findings from Project Tomorrow at tomorrow.org.