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Growing Up Online : Connected Kids
https://bit.ly/29AWJTw
Growing Up Online : Connected Kids
This research, undertaken for Kaspersky Lab by iconkids & youth, surveyed online 3,780 families with children aged 8 – 16 (one parent and one child per family) in seven countries.
Young people live their lives online, sometimes at the expense of their offline relationships and activities – and even their health and well-being.
Other potential risks include the fact that many young people don’t know what to believe online.
63% find it hard to distinguish between what is true and what is false, and what is appropriate or not (51%). Yet these doubts haven’t stopped them from relying ever more on the Internet for information, entertainment and communication. At heart, even 14 to 16 year olds need and want their parents, the people they really trust, to help them find their way safely through the Internet.

Report: Social network demographics in 2012
https://royal.pingdom.com/report-social-network-demographics-in-2012/
Report: Social network demographics in 2012
Do you know how old the average Twitter or Facebook user is? Do you know what share of Reddit’s users are women? We could go on and on; when it comes to social network demographics, the questions are endless. This article is going to answer those questions for you, showing you the age and gender distribution on 24 of today’s most popular social networks and online communities.
The sites included in this survey are: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Tumblr, Reddit, Hacker News, Slashdot, Github, Stack Overflow, Orkut, Quora, WordPress.com, Blogger, Flickr, Myspace, Tagged, Hi5, LiveJournal, Yelp, deviantART, StumbleUpon, Goodreads and Last.fm.

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ICT in schools survey [Europe]
http://bit.ly/1195Fka
ICT in schools survey – many children not getting what they need; teachers need more training and support
The study was undertaken by European Schoolnet and the University of Liège. This is the third European survey of ICT in schools, and the first to survey students directly. The previous study (eEurope 2005) focused mainly on infrastructure provision; this study has broadened into how ICTs are used and perceived and competences in using ICT. The survey was carried out between January 2011 and November 2012 Findings are based on over 190,000 responses from students, teachers and head teachers of 27 countries.
Students and teachers in Europe are keen to "go digital", computer numbers have doubled since 2006 and most schools are now "connected", but use of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) and digital skill levels are very uneven.
Only one in four 9 year olds studies at a 'highly digitally-equipped school' – with recent equipment, fast broadband (10mbps plus) and high 'connectivity' (website, email for students and teachers, local area network, virtual learning environment).

Young people 'prefer to read on screen'
https://www.bbc.com/news/education-22540408
Young people are now much more likely to prefer to read on a computer screen rather than a printed book or magazine, according to a UK survey.
The National Literary Trust studied almost 35,000 eight- to 16-year-olds.
Its findings suggest a picture of young people who are now immersed in a screen-based culture.
As well as social networking and browsing websites, the study indicates almost a third of youngsters read fiction on online devices.
Technology is central to the lives of these youngsters - 97% reported having access to a computer and the internet at home, 77% said they had their own computer.

Horizon Report 2013 Higher education Edition
https://acreelman.blogspot.com/2013/02/and-winner-is.html
Horizon Report 2013 Higher education Edition
"he New Media Consortium's annual Horizon reports have become a sort of Academy Awards for educational technology and their release is met each year with a wave of excitement. Each year they nominate 6 technologies that will have a major influence on different sectors in education (higher education and school) in three time-to-adoption horizons: one year, 2-3 years and 4-5 years. They also highlight a number of current trends as well as identifying key challenges to education.
The trends they highlight are not surprisingly the spread of openness and the increase in informal net-based learning demonstrated most visibly by the MOOC explosion as well as many less visible but in many cases more innovative approaches (connectivist MOOCs, Peer 2 Peer University, Open Badges, Udemy etc). The challenges facing higher education tend to repeat themselves each year with the lack of systematic training in digital skills for faculty members in focus once again. Similarly there is a mismatch between universities' traditional structures and practices and the potential benefits of new technologies."

How Many Teachers Use Technology in the Classroom?
https://mashable.com/2013/02/05/teachers-technology-infographic/
How Many Teachers Use Technology in the Classroom? Infographics
PBS Learning Media, in preparation for Digital Learning Day on Wednesday, Feb. 6, conducted a national survey of pre-K to 12th grade teachers to find out how many incorporate technology into their day-to-day classroom activities.
According to a press release, close to 74% of all teachers surveyed said they use digital resources — tablets, computers — to expand and reinforce on content in their classrooms.
Among the other highlights: 69% of those surveyed said educational technology helps them “do much more than ever before” for their students, with the most commonly used resources being online lesson plans, interactive web games and online articles.

Student Technology Use Research
https://www.crsd.org/site/default.aspx?PageID=10340
Newtown Middle School
Student Technology Use Research
Since 2006 a sample of 7th & 8th grade students have taken a technology use survey. The results can be viewed below. The survey was administered in the Spring each year in the computer lab under the direction of Mr. McNulty, the Computer Applications teacher. Sample group sizes varied from approximately 50-150 from each grade level.
Course Overview | Student Technology Use | Student Typing Speeds | Articles | Calendar | 7th Grade PowerPoint Shows | NMS Mosaic Project | Online Collaboration Projects | 7th Grade Peer Surveys | Today in Computer Class |

Top m-learning (free) reports of 2012
https://moblearn.blogspot.com/2012/06/top-m-learning-reports-of-2012.html
You know that mobile learning has hit the mainstream when the big guys start to get it … and 2012 is the year that this happened.
With solid reports, and reviews from UNESCO, GSMA and other global giants, as well as a flurry from mobile consultancies across the planet!
Here are a few of the best (free) reports ...

Measuring attitudes towards ICT in school
https://bit.ly/LImu4L
Measuring attitudes towards ICT in school
The aim of the surveys, which received responses from over 1,200 teachers, and 284,000 individual ratings from students, was to find out how both teachers and students would like to see educational technologies deployed.
The project carried out two surveys, designed to measure teachers’ and students’ attitudes to the use of technology in the classroom. The results of the surveys have been published, and are now available to download.

37% Of U.S. Teens Now Use Video Chat
https://tcrn.ch/INOOxC
Study: 37% Of U.S. Teens Now Use Video Chat, 27% Upload Videos
According to a new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 37% of teens now regularly use Skype, Apple’s iChat and startups like Tinychat to video chat with each other.

Pew Report: tablets are changing consumer behavior
https://bit.ly/rNJnvL
Tablet takeover: Pew study shows how tablets are changing consumer behavior [infographic]
Tablet adoption is exploding in the United States and a new study conducted by Pew Research Center shows that 11% of consumers in the U.S. now own tablets just 18 months after Apple redefined the category in March of 2010. According to Pew’s survey of 1,159 tablet owners in the U.S., 77% of them use their tablets daily — about 90 minutes per day on average — and 53% of tablet owners use their slates to read news each day. 67% of owners in the U.S. use their tablets for general web browsing, and other popular activities include sending and receiving email (54%), social networking (39%), gaming (30%), reading books (17%) and watching movies and videos (13%).

First large-scale survey of ICT in Europe’s schools
http://workspace.eun.org/web/essie
First large-scale survey of ICT in Europe’s schools

Pew: Half of U.S. adults now use social networks
http://usat.ly/qdLkUj
Pew: Half of U.S. adults now use social networks
A new study says half of all American adults are now (Summer 2011) on social networks, and use among Baby Boomers is growing.
Pew says its survey, which was released 26 Aug 2011, was conducted April 26 to May 22 2011 among 2,277 adults.

Top Internet Activities? Search & Email, Once Again
http://selnd.com/r7lnBw
Top Internet Activities? Search & Email, Once Again

Students Love ICT : Infographics
https://www.flickr.com/photos/csmith/6031491410/sizes/o/
Students Love ICT : Infographics

A Portrait Of Who Uses Social Networks In The USA
http://selnd.com/mQDx9B
A Portrait Of Who Uses Social Networks In The US (And How Social Media Affects Our Lives)
Did you know that out of all social networking users 92% partake in Facebook, 29% participate on MySpace, 18% are on LinkedIn and Twitter is the least utilized network with just 13% usage? Or that males on LinkedIn nearly double the number of females, yet female usage of Twitter almost doubles male usage?
Pew Internet & American Life Project, a project of the Pew Research Center, launched a detailed report on how social networking affects our lives that contains these results andmore surprising information.

80 per cent of Children Under Age 5 Use the Internet
https://mashable.com/2011/03/14/children-internet-stats/
Nearly 80 per cent of children between the ages of 0 and 5 who use the Internet in the United States, do so on at least a weekly basis, according to a report released from education non-profit organizations Joan Ganz Cooney Center and Sesame Workshop.
The report, which was assembled using data from seven recent studies, indicates that young children are increasingly consuming all types of digital media, in many cases consuming more than one type at once.

What is reasonable to expect from ICT in education?
https://bit.ly/dKBhZW
What is reasonable to expect from information and communication technologies in education?
This article outlines the considerations for implementation of massive computing access projects aimed at systemic low impact long term improvements through what we call “Technology Resource Centers”, where teachers and students may have access to ICT and additional technologies at their own pace and in their own terms.

Pew Internet Reports
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/
Pew Internet Reports

Everyone uses email, but blogging is on decline
http://usat.ly/g4cxmw
Pew study: Everyone uses email, but blogging is on decline
Pew Internet has updated its data on how different generations are using the Internet for 2010, and the results clearly show that the older generations are catching up with younger Internet users, even surpassing them in some online activities.

Pew Studies Internet Use and Income Levels
https://searchengineland.com/pew-internet-high-income-56828
Pew Studies Internet Use and Income Levels

School ICT lessons a 'turn-off', says Royal Society
https://www.bbc.com/news/education-10865856
School ICT lessons a 'turn-off', says Royal Society
Information technology lessons in UK schools are so dull they are putting pupils off the subject and careers in computing, top scientists warn.
The Royal Society said the situation would lead to an unskilled workforce and threaten the UK's economy.
Launching a study of how lessons might be improved, the society said the number of pupils in England doing ICT GCSE had fallen 33% over three years
http://royalsociety.org/

2010 Horizon Report: K-12 Edition
https://www.slideshare.net/nmc/2010-horizon-report-k12-edition-4319456
2010 Horizon Report: K-12 Edition ... a publication of The New Media Consortium
" ... examines emerging technologies for their potential impact on and use in teaching, learning, and creative expression within the environment of pre-college education."
Each edition of the Horizon Report introduces six emerging technologies or practices that are likely to enter mainstream use in the educational community within three adoption horizons over the next one to five years.
Each report also presents critical trends and challenges that will affect teaching and learning over the same time frame.

Pew Internet ... Slideshare Channel
https://www.slideshare.net/pewinternet
Pew Internet ... Slideshare Channel
Pew Internet has shared a lot of their research reports about the internet and internet usage.
Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project

ICT in Education: (UK) : RM Reports
https://www.rmplc.com/reports
ICT in Education: (UK) : RM Reports
On this page you will find links to RM reports and research findings. For the full document use the links to view or download the full Acrobat PDF format.

The Web in Numbers: The Rise of Social Media
https://mashable.com/2009/04/17/web-in-numbers-social-media/
The Web in Numbers: The Rise of Social Media
Includes statistics about the growth of social websites

Imagining the Internet
http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/about.xhtml
The Elon University/Pew Internet Project site Imagining the Internet: A History and Forecast is a multi-section resource containing thousands of pages.
It exposes future possibilities while simultaneously providing a peek back at the past.
In it, you will find the words of thousands of people from every corner of the world, from today and from yesterday, making thousands of predictive pronouncements about the future of humankind.

Time Spent Online Important for Teen Development
https://www.macfound.org/press/press-releases/study-shows-time-spent-online-important-for-teen-development/
Time Spent Online Important for Teen Development
Results from the most extensive U.S. study on teens and their use of digital media show that America’s youth are developing important social and technical skills online – often in ways adults do not understand or value.
The research demonstrates that, although many young people are developing a broad range of sophisticated new literacy and technical skills, they are also facing new challenges in how to manage their visibility and social relationships online. Online media, messages, and profiles that young people post can travel beyond expected audiences and are often difficult to eradicate after the fact. The research suggests that this rapid pace of change presents challenges for both adults and kids as they struggle to keep up with technology and related social changes.
November 2008

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10836101
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
JCMC is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that focuses on social science research on the Internet and wireless technologies. Find archives back to 1995 (most recent issues at a linked site). Topics include online social networks, blogging, types of fantasy sports users, social and economic dimensions of search engines, and more.
Sponsored by the Indiana University School of Library & Information Science and School of Informatics.
An official journal of the International Communication Association.

Google Generation... is a myth
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/news
Google Generation... is a myth
A new report, commissioned by JISC and the British Library, counters the common assumption that the ‘Google Generation’ – young people born or brought up in the Internet age – is the most adept at using the web. The report by the CIBER research team at University College London claims that, although young people demonstrate an ease and familiarity with computers, they rely on the most basic search tools and do not possess the critical and analytical skills to asses the information that they find on the web.
The report ‘Information Behaviour of the Researcher of the Future’ also shows that research-behaviour traits that are commonly associated with younger users – impatience in search and navigation, and zero tolerance for any delay in satisfying their information needs – are now the norm for all age-groups, from younger pupils and undergraduates through to professors.

Children ignoring online dangers
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/EUKidsOnline/
Children ignoring online dangers
Children across Europe are being exposed to online threats but remain apathetic to the risks, according to research by EU Kids Online.
The findings, collated from research published in 21 European countries, suggest that social networking is a large part of the problem.
Our research has found substantial amounts of bullying, harassment and unwanted sexual messages
EU Kids Online believes that social networking sites could do more to advise teenagers about their privacy and ensure that they understand the implications of disclosing personal details.

ICT use and familiarity in Australia
http://www.acer.edu.au/enews/0710_mon62.html
ICT use and familiarity in Australia
An ACER research monograph describes Australian students' access to and use of computers raising serious equity issues in the process.
The monograph complements the 2005 OECD report Are students ready for a technology-rich world?: What PISA studies tell us, which provided a profile of ICT use for the 32 OECD and partner countries that participated in the ICT Literacy option in PISA 2003.
The 2005 OECD report found that Australian students are among the world’s leading users of computers in education both at school and in the home. Specific findings included:

Internet usage in Britain 2007
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/microsites/oxis/
Internet usage in Britain 2007

Internet's future in 2020 debated
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5370688.stm
Internet's future in 2020 debated
The internet will be a thriving, low-cost network of billions of devices by 2020, says a major survey of leading technology thinkers.
The Pew report on the future internet surveyed 742 experts in the fields of computing, politics and business.
More than half of respondents had a positive vision of the net's future but 46% had serious reservations.
Almost 60% said that a counter culture of Luddites would emerge, some resorting to violence.
The Pew Internet and American Life report canvassed opinions from the experts on seven broad scenarios about the future internet, based on developments in the technology in recent years.

Computer and Internet Use by Children 2003 USA
https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005111rev
Rates of Computer and Internet Use by Children in Nursery School and Students in Kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade: 2003
This Issue Brief describes the percentage of students in grades 12 or below who used computers or the Internet in 2003. The Brief highlights the fact that computer and Internet use is commonplace and begins early. Even before kindergarten, a majority of children in nursery school use computers and, and 23 percent use the Internet.

Computers and Student Learning
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=619101
Computers and Student Learning: Bivariate and Multivariate Evidence on the Availability and Use of Computers at Home and at School
We estimate the relationship between students' educational achievement and the availability and use of computers at home and at school in the international student-level PISA database. Bivariate analyses show a positive correlation between student achievement and the availability of computers both at home and at schools. However, once we control extensively for family background and school characteristics, the relationship gets negative for home computers and insignificant for school computers.
Thus, the mere availability of computers at home seems to distract students from effective learning.

Internet and American Life
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/
Internet & American Life : reports "that [explore] the impact of the Internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life."

IFLA International Research Reference Group
https://farrer.csu.edu.au/principal/survey/report.html
Teaching information problem solving in primary schools: An information literacy survey | What does it mean to teacher-librarians? | Teaching information problem solving in primary schools: An information literacy survey | Leadership for collaboration: Making vision work | The Role of the Principal in an Information Literate School Community | ICT | IT | research |

The Role of the Principal in an Information Literate School
http://www.kolumbus.fi/lighthouse/pdfs/alabam4.pdf
The Role of the Principal in an Information Literate School
IT | ICT | principal |

Website Usability for Children
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/childrens-websites-usability-issues/
Our usability study of kids found that they are as easily stumped by confusing websites as adults. Unlike adults, however, kids tend to view ads as content, and click accordingly. They also like colorful designs, but demand simple text and navigation.
To find out how kids really use the Web, we conducted usability studies with 55 children who varied in age from 6 to 12 (first through fifth graders). We tested 39 kids in the United States and 16 in Israel, to broaden the international applicability of our recommendations.
IT | ICT | research | Testing Children's Web Use | Usability Problems Hurt Kids | Age-Appropriate Content | Differences between Children and Adult Users | Advertising Works | Gender Differences | Cool Content, Simple Interaction |

State of the States - USA
https://www.edweek.org/ew/tc/index.html
The following are sources for some of the bulleted information that precedes each state's technology-policy update.
Students per Internet-Connected Computer | Hours of Technology Training for Typical Teacher |