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The Digital Disconnect: The Widening Gap
Between Internet-Savvy Students and Their
Schools
On behalf of the Pew Internet &
American Life Project, the American Institutes for
Research conducted an exploratory, qualitative
study of how Internet-savvy students use the
Internet for school. The study found that
Internet-savvy students rely on the Internet to do
a whole host of activities related to school, but
that their educational Internet use occurs largely
outside of teacher direction, outside of the
school building, and outside of the school day.
Students are completing their schoolwork
differently because of their reliance on
technology. This reliance raises fundamental
questions about our goals and strategies for
technology's integration into schools, as well as
about how we have been thinking about the impact
of technology on
schooling.
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