Re: GEN: LM_NET not "sad, lonely world in cyberspace"

[Josephine Dervan <rderva@injersey.com>]

> Alice and everyone else:
>
> Anyone who has taken a statistics course knows that a knowledgeable
> person can get statistics to say anything they want to say. This is a
> study of 169 "non-randomly selelcted participants". The disclaimer at
> the end of the article states that "because the study participants were
> not randomly selected, it is unclear how the findings apply to the
> general population". However the media won't highlight that fact because
> it's not an explosive statement that will cause people to stop and
> listen to or read the article.
> A side article goes on to estimate Internet use at 70 million adults.
> How you can predict that the habits of 169 people from 4 school and
> community groups in Pittsburgh are the same as those of 70 million other
> Americans nationwide? I think the old grain of salt rule is applicable
> when analyzing this article.
> This Spring I was talking to a parent who told me that the Internet had
> ruined the lives of "everyone" she knew who used it. She went on to tell
> of a few friends who had changed their lives by running off with people
> they met online. These people sounded like misfits who were desperate
> for some sort of change in their lives. I countered with stories of
> senior citizens that I had taught who now had a link to their
> grandchildren and the world.
> I think we should be aware of articles and studies like this so that we
> can counter the charges of parents and administrators who question
> Internet use in schools. Thanks for bringing the article to our
> attention.
>
> Jo
>
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> Josephine Dervan
> Library Media Specialist and Internet Trainer
> Strathmore Elementary School
> Aberdeen, New Jersey, USA 07747
>
> Home-rderva@injersey.com
> School-jdervan@marsd.k12.nj.us
>
> "Anyone who has a library and a garden wants for nothing"- CICERO
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Josephine Dervan
Library Media Specialist and Internet Trainer
Strathmore Elementary School
Aberdeen, New Jersey, USA 07747

Home-rderva@injersey.com
School-jdervan@marsd.k12.nj.us

"Anyone who has a library and a garden wants for nothing"- CICERO

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