Interesting statistics on 2.0

I would like to post a couple of TeacherTube videos I have used in my Computer Applications classes. They present some fascinating statistics about the advent and advancement of technology. 
I had a dual purpose in presenting them to eighth graders. The first was to impress upon them the necessity of expanding their technology usage beyond social media. The second, more obvious reason, was to have them compare styles of three to five presentations and discuss what worked and what didn't when constructing a powerful presentation. They noticed differences in graphical representations, background music, speed of transitions, etc., and noted these in their rubrics and subsequent analyses. It was never necessary to give them a list of "Thou Shalts" when they created their own.
They were quite taken aback at the information presented, although the original presentations were based on statistics from 2006. I think you may find some of them quite alarming. I have chosen  their second favorite because the pace made the information more digestible, and the most recent because the stats are more current.


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Student's Second Choice


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