21st Century Learners + Web 2.0

A national survey of 281, 150 students by Project Tomorrow (www.tomorrow.org) gives us an idea of the ways high school students are utilizing Web 2.0 tools.

For students grades 9 - 12, the tools they use for creation of materials include:

• Update social networking profile - 44 %
• Upload / download digital media - 39 %
• Create / modify digital media - 32 %
• Use tools to set up alerts about topics - 22 %
• Create new work using pre-existing media - 22 %
• Create a list of resources to share - 15 %

For students grades 9 - 12, the tools they use for collaboration include:

• Participate in online games - 30 %
• Use web tools for collaborative writing - 19 %
• Contribute to a blog - 18 %
• Participate in virtual reality environments - 13 %
• Contribute to a WIKI - 11 %

This data is from the Speak Up 2008 national survey. In total, over 335,000 K-12 students, teachers, parents and administrators responded to this survey.