Kids, computer games and — oh yeah, learning

Last Wednesday I gave a Keynote Address to a meeting of the Sussex Learning Network. There’s a pdf version of my lecture here.

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So who says the Net doesn’t matter?

Latest research report from the Pew Internet Survey.
The internet has become increasingly important to users in their everyday lives. The proportion of Americans online on a typical day grew from 36% of the entire adult population in January 2002 to 44% in December 2005. The number of adults who said they logged on at least [...]

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Statistics on Internet access and use through the EU

AP reports that a European Union report released yesterday shows wide differences in the level of Internet use among EU nations, with Benelux and Nordic countries leading the way and eastern and southeastern Europe generally lagging behind.
In the Netherlands, 78 percent of households are connected to the Net, compared to just 16 percent in Lithuania, [...]

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For some Americans, the Net is now their primary news source

From the PEW Project…
“By the end of 2005, 50 million Americans got news online on a typical day, a sizable increase since 2002. Much of that growth has been fueled by the rise in home broadband connections over the last four years. For a group of “high-powered” online users – early adopters of home broadband [...]

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TV viewership statistics

Justin says that the IPA did an interesting “touchstone” survey with fine-grain detail which found that people watch TV for an average of 4.2 hours a day. That’s 29.4 hours a week, which is almost exactly half of the 58 hours I estimate they have available for leisure activities.
He also intimated that the overall [...]

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