Demos

The Think Tank for Everyday Democracy

Theme : digital

Independent Online Edition > UK Politics Independent Online Edition > UK Politics from : charlietims 23rd February 2007
TV gets left behind as kids head for the web A new survey has shown that two thirds of kids spend more time online than watching TV. More than half use Social Networking sites every week. from : celiahannon 1st September 2006
Joining up the dots The more we find about young people's changing relationship with digital media the more questions this raises about their future as students and employees. Just as some schools find it difficult to capitalise on the creative and technological skills of many of their pupils, so organisations risk overlooking the new skills of young graduates. As the recent Demos publication Working Progress demonstrated, employers think new graduates are arriving without with the skills needed to navigate the... from : celiahannon 30th August 2006
Children and Young People's Home Use of ICT for Educational Purposes:The Impact on Attainment Report by Professor Gill Valentine, Dr Jackie March and Professor Charles Pattie that explores the links between children's educational use of ICT at home and their performance and attainment at school. Based on research conducted in the summer term 2004, in 12 schools. from : hannahgreen 9th August 2006
Digital Beginnings: Young children's use of popular culture, media and new technologies This report presents findings of a study exploring young people's use of popular culture, media and new technologies in the home through a series of interviews with over 1,800 parents and carers and over 500 early years practitioners from : hannahgreen 9th August 2006