Parents and Children’s Views on the Internet
A new survey has been published about students’ and parents’ attitudes toward the Internet at home and school. Some of the more interesting points:
- More than two million children aged 6-17 already have their own websites, and 44% of kids 13-17 plan to create one if they haven’t already.
- Girls are more likely to set up websites than boys. Over 12% of girls in the 6-17 age range have already done so, while only 8.6% of boys have.
- 76% of students with broadband (cable or DSL) and 62% of students with dial-up connections at home felt that their school networks were slower than their home Internet access.
- Of families with Interent access at home, 49% of their kids and 32% of their parents felt that there was not enough time spent online in school. Both of those figures are nearly double the 2000 survey figures.
You can read a little more info at the Grunwald Associates website at www.grunwald.com/surveys/cfi/newsrelease.html. Unfortunately, if you want to read the whole thing, you have to purchase it. It costs (ahem) $4,900 for the hard copy, or $7,000 for a searchable electronic version.
If you buy it, can I borrow it?