After reading the study the results that most resonated with me is the teens and their use of smartphones as a primary source of internet usage and that they use it several times per day. Having coached and worked around high school children for a good amount of times it is easy to see how much kids are attached to their phones. It seems like they interact more through social media and texting than actual human to human.
The most surprising result that I found was how Facebook dominated the social media platforms. I understand that the article is over a year old and that things may have changed but even with that the high percentage of Facebook users and low levels of other platform users is interesting. From my experience it seems that teens were most interested in Twitter and Snapchat, When I was coaching the kids would always be talking about who was snap chatting them or how many people they were connected with on the app. Also from experience it seems as if Facebook is becoming more used by parents and older people compared to the younger generation.
The least surprising out of all the results was that boys were more likely than girls to own and play video games. I believe this is more of a result of societal expectations than any other factor. Also the creators of video games tend to create games more widely appealing to guys then girls. They tend to be violent or based on male sports.
When it comes to how I will apply the results to my teaching, it mostly comes down to that the use of the internet and social media is key to reaching the students. I could do this by creating a class Twitter and Facebook page which detail what is being taught in class as well as other websites and internet resources that can be supplemental and helpful. As long as they follow then they should get notifications and never have an excuse not to know the details of assignments and due dates.
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