Teachers Driving Web 2.0 Use in Schools Says National Research Survey

While many stakeholders are involved in developing policies on the use of Web 2.0 technologies in K-12 education, new research suggests that teachers are the most important group driving adoption. This is a finding of a recent commissioned by Lightspeed Systems and Thinkronize Inc. There is a persistent gap between how today’s “digital” kids learn…

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Survey: Too many children fear end of Earth

One out of three children, ages 6-11 years old, fear that the planet won’t exist when they grow up and more than half believe that the Earth will not be as good a place to live. That’s according to a new telephone survey of 500 pre-teens commissioned by Habitat Heroes, the first global, social networking…

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Time Spent Online Important for Teens

Since its release in November, the discussions within the blogosphere about this new study—and people on Twitter referencing it—has been a major driver of online conversation due to it being a key validation of the social media space, especially where it relates to the generation we’re raising, those who are poised to run our world.…

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