Pew Internet - Education

Summaries of recent Pew Internet reports about how educators and students exploit and adapt the Internet for their complete educational environment, including administration, teaching, learning, research, and communication.

1. The Internet at School: There has been a 45% increase since 2000 in the number of teenagers who use the internet at school.
   
   
2. The Internet Goes to College: This is a report of a study of college students’ use of the Internet. Most all college students surveyed had used the Internet. The academic and social impacts of their Internet use is discussed.
   
   
3. College Students and the Web: Data provided by comScore Networks detailing the kinds of Web sites that are particularly appealing to college students, and the kinds of sites where a high proportion of shoppers are college students.
   
   
4. The Digital Disconnect: The widening gap between Internet-savvy students and their schools: A study of Internet savvy middle school and high school students. Based on 14 national, diverse focus groups conducted by the American Institutes for Research, and found that students report that there is a substantial disconnect between how they use the Internet for school and how they use the Internet during the school day and under teacher direction.
   
   
5. The Internet and Education: An overview of how today’s student and parents use the Internet to do research, homework, contact schools and teachers, and also sometimes to cheat.
   
   
6. Teenage Life Online: A detailed look at how children and young adults have incorporated the Internet into their lives, with a focus on family and friend relationships, and fervor with which adolescents use instant messaging technology.
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