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Saturday, September 18, 2004
Broadband has positive impact on education says research - Public Technology
Broadband is having a marked impact on children’s education in the UK – a study has shown. OK, so the research was commissioned by BT, but its findings seem intuitive and sensible. An in-depth survey of 50 UK families by the Future Foundation revealed that two-thirds of children with broadband access were spending more time using the internet for academic purposes including research and revision. Over the three-month period of the study, the time children’s spent on-line for educational purposes increased by 19 per cent, while time spent on gaming and entertainment fell by 21 per cent. Almost every child in the study (97 per cent) used their broadband internet connection to do their homework and more than half, (58 per cent), felt that their schoolwork would suffer without it. Paul Flatters, Chief Executive Officer, Future Foundation said: “We were surprised at the proportion of time that was dedicated to education by participants, it certainly challenges traditional fears that children will primarily use the internet for entertainment.
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