Media Mention

Not all :) as informal writing creeps into teen assignments

Anick Jesdanun , The Associated Press, Google News

Apr 24, 2008

"It's nothing to LOL about: Despite best efforts to keep school writing assignments formal, two-thirds of teens admit in a survey that emoticons and other informal styles have crept in.

The Pew Internet and American Life Project, in a study released T...

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Report

Information Searches That Solve Problems

Dec 30, 2007Lee Rainie, Leigh Estabrook, Evans Witt

There are several major findings in this report. One is this: For help with a variety of common problems, more people turn to the internet than consult experts or family members to provide information and resources.

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Presentation

The New Media Ecology of Students: How the marketplace of ideas and learning is different for 'digital natives'

Apr 14, 2007Lee Rainie

This presentation covers the technology world of teenagers and college students and discusses six realities of the lives of "digital natives" that are especially important for their institutions and their teachers to know.

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The Internet as a Resource for News and Information about Science

Nov 20, 2006John Horrigan

Fully 87% of online users have at one time used the internet to carry out research on a scientific topic or concept.

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Presentation

New Workers, New Workplaces: Digital 'Natives' Invade the Workplace

Sep 28, 2006Lee Rainie

Young workers who have grown up with the internet, cell phones, video games, iPods, and digital cameras are different from their elders. Those who are now hiring the young "digital natives" need to know how their new world has shaped their behavior a...

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Presentation

The New Media Ecology and how it will Affect Work and Learning

Jun 7, 2006Lee Rainie

This speech describes how the internet is forcing change in learnnig and work environments, as well as how people are using digital media in different ways from the past.

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Presentation

Teens and technology

Mar 23, 2006Lee Rainie

This is a discussion of the eight realities of technology and social experience that are shaping the world of today's teens and twenty-somethings.

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More in: Teens, Education, Gaming, Libraries, Generations, Future of the Internet, New Media Ecology

Presentation

National Trends, Fairfax Insights

Nov 7, 2005Susannah Fox

National survey data is compared to an online survey of one Virginia county's public school email list to dig deeper into our understanding of the internet's impact on education, teens, and local government.

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The Internet at School

Aug 2, 2005Lee Rainie, Paul Hitlin

There has been a 45% increase since 2000 in the number of teenagers who use the internet at school.

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Presentation

National Trends, Local Insights

Apr 28, 2005Susannah Fox

This presentation combines national survey data with a special online survey of K-12 school system webmasters in the Washington, DC, region. Topics include: the internet's impact on parents, students, K-12 education, and local government.

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