In a 2001 study, 25 percent of 5 year-olds reported using the Internet. In the same study, 59 percent of students age 5-17 reported using the internet.

Computer and Internet Use by Children and Adolescents in 2001; NCES, 2001

In a 2000 study, 84 percent of young adults age 18-24 reported they were more likely to use the Internet to retrieve useful information than to go to a public library.

Teenage Life Online;
Pew Internet and American Life Project, 2000

A 2002 study revealed that students age 5-18 perceive the Internet as a "virtual locker, backpack, and notebook".

The Digital Disconnect;
Pew Internet and America Life Project, 2002

As an educator,
how do you use the Internet?