Students+of+today

media type="youtube" key="b3i0bEjv2ts" width="472" height="405" align="left" As the video states, the students of today are growing up in a very different environment than most educators grew up. Students today have access to technology in a regular basis. In 2010 Project Tomorrow ound startling statistics about students and technology. (p. 5) 6-8 ||= Grades 9-12 || Furthermore, parents see this technology having a postitive educational impact on their child. Project Tomorrow found that 63% of the parents of kindergarters to 5th grade and 69% percent of parents of students in grades 6th through 8th were willing to invest in a device for their child in oder to use for school and school projects. At the high school level, 9th-12th grade, 70% of the parents would also buy a device. (p.6)
 * ~ Personal ||~ Access ||~ to ||~ Moblie ||~ Devices ||
 * = Device ||= Grades K-2 ||= Grades 3-5 ||= Grades
 * = Cell phone (w/out internet access) ||= 21% ||= 29% ||= 51% ||= 56% ||
 * = Smart phone ||= 16% ||= 19% ||= 34% ||= 44% ||
 * = Laptop ||= 37% ||= 42% ||= 60% ||= 67% ||
 * = Tablet Device ||= 10% ||= 8% ||= 13% ||= 10% ||
 * = MP3 ||= 37% ||= 55% ||= 79% ||= 85% ||

As devices become less expensive and play an integral part of our daily lives, the trend to use them will continue to increase. This is not a phenomena unique to America. The graph to the left illustrates that Australia has experienced the same trend in the last twelve years.