A recent Norwegian survey shows a marked difference between teachers and students.
Students in Norwegian secondary schools are five to ten times as likely as their teachers to frequent social web sites and use the web interactively.
For instance: Four out of five teachers hardly used computers to chat or play at all – while two thirds of the students were chatting or playing games every day.
This is a regional, not a national study. But there is no reason why the results from Sogn and Fjordane county should be very different from those of the other eighteen regions.
Appendix
How often do you use PCs outside school (work) participate in web communities and discussion fora (like Facebook, MySpace, SecondLife, etc.)?
- Less than once a week: 54 percent – 6 percent
- Oncce or several t6imes a week: 27 percent – 41 percent
- Daily or several times a day: 9 percent – 47 percent
- Source: Evaluering av den digitale satsinga i vidaregåande opplæring i Sogn og Fjordane
- Date: 2010
- Note: Based on Table 14, page 30
How often do you use PCs outside school (work) to play, chat, etc.:
- Less than once a week: 77 percent of the teachers – 8 percent of the students
- Once or several times a week: 18 percent – 25 percent
- Daily or several times a day: 4 percent – 66
- Source: Evaluering av den digitale satsinga i vidaregåande opplæring i Sogn og Fjordane
- Date: 2010
- Note: Based on Table 13, page 30
