The Digital Divide

08/13/2008

Do one thing every day that scares you.
Eleanor Roosevelt

A Norton Online Living Report, reviewed by the Center for Media Research, found some interesting and some concerning trends in online activity. For example:

Out of thousands of children and adult Internet users surveyed in the U.S., U.K., Australia, Germany, France, Brazil, China, and Japan, 52 percent report having made friends online.
46 percent of users who made friends online said they enjoyed those relationships as much or more than friendships made offline.
Parents in the U.S. reported their kids are online two hours a month.
U.S. kids report spending 20 hours a month online.

Resource on Online Learning

If you are eager to use the Internet appropriately as a professional development tool, you may want to check out The ecelearn Guide to Learning Online. In this valuable guidebook, written for non-techies, online guru Chip Donohue provides tips for both teaching and learning online.

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