National Education Technology Plan - Baker School District

Internet Use
by Age
100%-
90%-
80%-
70%-
60%-
50%-
40%-
30%-
20%-
10%-
0%-
2-5 6-8 9-12 12-15 16-18 19-24 25-35 36-45 45-55 56-65 85+
Age
2000 2003
Source: Cole, Jeffrey I., et al. UCLA Internet Report: Surveying the Digital Future, Year Three. UCLA Center for Communication Policy. Feb. 2003; Connected to the Future: A Report on Children’s
Internet Use. Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 2002; Horrigan, John, et al. The Ever-Shifting Internet Population. Pew Internet & American Life Project. 16 Apr. 2003.
The U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education
Statistics found that 72 percent of all first graders used a home
computer on a weekly basis during the summer 35 and by 1999,
97 percent of kindergarteners had access to a computer at school
or home. 36 Even students from low-income groups without access
to technology at home seek and find it – using computers at
schools, libraries or at friends’ homes.
Millennials feel that education is important. Eighty-eight percent
of students reported that attending college is critical or very
important to success in later life; and 91 percent of today’s students
report having a teacher or administrator who personally cares about
their success. 37
18
These studies on the current generation of American students
suggest a determined generation for whom the Internet appears to
have stimulated interest in learning in general and, in particular, a
revival of interest in researching and innovating using technology.