as i analyze data from student surveys conducted late last year there is much that is surprising me pleasantly. as i have previously noted, i surveyed well over 700 students in grades 6 – 12. one of the questions i asked was how often students use a computer at home.
that’s over 30% using a computer at home for more than an hour a day. 80% are socializing with friends during this time as well as surfing the internet for fun. however, 75% also report to doing homework on the computer at home, so that’s a respectable showing. heh. playing games on the computer was also high at 65%.
amazingly enough, 63% of these students report that they have a wireless network at home (16% weren’t sure). best of all is that under 3% reported having no internet connection and fewer than 10% had just dial-up. i should point out that this district is would be classified as mostly middle class (e.g., lower middle class to regular middle class).
more to come . . .