School Is Hot Topic for Teens on Web


Nearly all US students who go online use social networking technologies such as chatting, text messaging and blogging and visit Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace, according to the National School Boards Association's "Creating & Connecting: Research and Guidelines on Online Social and Educational Networking" report conducted by Grunwald Associates.

AUGUST 21, 2007



About 60% of students who use the Internet said they discussed education-related topics such as college or college planning. Half said they talked specifically about schoolwork.
"Our study showed that 96% of school districts say that at least some of their teachers assign homework requiring Internet use," Peter Grunwald of Grunwald Associates said in a statement.

School Is Hot Topic for Teens on Web - eMarketer

Posted: Wed - August 22, 2007 at 11:48 PM          

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