PEW - Internet & American Life Project

According to the Pew Internet Project survey "87% of all youth between the ages of 12 and 17 use the internet." and "78% (of those teens) say they use the internet at school." That means that 22% of teens do not use the internet on a regular basis at school. This is an injustice to those students as they are missing out on a wealth of opportunities to learn. As digital natives the students in today's classrooms are quite different from those of past generations and they need to be treated as such. They live in a media rich world where they are constantly connected and have the ability to access information on any topic at their fingertips. As educators we need to embrace this reality and use the internet more in our classrooms to bring learning to life and teach them they skills they need to survive in our technology-driven society.