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2002-11 UPDATE - Market Snapshots
of the WEB
August 2002. 78% of middle and high school
students use the Internet. Students surveyed repeatedly said that the quality
of their Internet-based assignments was often poor and uninspiring, failing to
take advantage of the Web resources they have found on their own. Students use
the Internet dozens of ways to help them in school. They see the Internet as a
virtual textbook and reference library, a virtual tutor and study shortcut, a
place to conduct virtual study groups, a virtual locker, backpack and notebook,
and as a virtual guidance counselor when they are deciding about careers and colleges.
The students argue that the nation's multi-billion dollar effort to wire schools
is at risk of being squandered if educators don't know how, don't want, or aren't
able to use online tools to help them learn or enrich their studies. Most teens
use the Internet for school assignments and in other learning situations, but
they say their Internet use occurs mostly outside of the school day, outside of
the school building, and outside of the direction of their teachers. The study
suggests that educators will either adapt or they will be dragged into a new learning
environment.
-source: American Institutes for Research
2002-03 UPDATE - Market Snapshots
of the WEB
February 2002. Over half of high schools
in the US now offer online courses or are planning to do so. Thirty-two percent
of public school districts will adopt online learning for the first time this
year. Over 40 percent of high schools already offer online courses or plan to
during this school year. A further 17 percent plan to offer them in the future.
- source: Cyber Atlas
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