Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Interesting facts about teens & Technology..What dyu think??

94%: The number of youth ages 12-17 who have Internet Access who say they use the Internet for school research.
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project
Where does that leave our libraries and the hard back encyclopedia? How can we make the Internet more user friendly, on-line librarians to assist you?
64%: The number of online teens who say the Internet takes away from family time.
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project
How can families include technology in their family time? Can the Internet be utilized to spark family times, instead of take away from it?
55%: The number of parents who say it is essential for their children to learn online skills in order to be successful. 40% think mastery of such skills is important.
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project
Shouldn't this number be higher?
500 Billion: The number of text messages sent and received worldwide in 2005. By 2010, it's projected to be more than 2.3 trillion.
Source: Verizon Wireless
That is a lot of overworked thumbs! LOL!
96 Million: The number of myspace.com registered users.
8 Million: The number of facebook.com members.
30 Million: The number of friendster.com members

Any thoughts?

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