These summary reports are of interest; they portray the future users and creators of educational technology. Reported in Newscan Daily:
NINE OUT OF TEN KIDS USE COMPUTERS
About 90% of U.S. children ages 5 to 17 use computers and 59% of them use the Internet, according to two new studies released by the U.S. Department of Education. The new data also show that 99% of public schools now have Internet access, up from 35% eight years ago. "Children are often the first adopters of a lot of technology," says John Bailey, who oversees educational technology for the federal agency. "· Students, by and large, are dominating the Internet population." That's not surprising, given the
rapid penetration of computer technology among U.S. homes, says educational technology expert Peter Grunwald. "The dramatic increase in younger kids' use of technology is not disconnected from what's going on with their parents and their families. Younger kids are likely to have younger parents, and it is those parents, especially mothers, who have a much higher comfort level with technology than older parents -- or even younger
parents of five years ago." Almost 75% use the Net for help in school
assignments and more than half use it for e-mail, IM-ing or playing games. Research shows the digital divide is still evident, however: while almost two-thirds of white youth aged 5-17 use the Internet, less than half of black youngsters do, and slightly more than a third of Hispanic young people log on. (AP 30 Oct 2003)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20031030/D7UGGVI00.html." [The links within the AP news article in Excite to the primary DofE reports did not work.]
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