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Almost all AP <strong>and</strong> NWP teachers report hav<strong>in</strong>g high-speed <strong>in</strong>ternet access<br />

<strong>at</strong> home<br />

<strong>Teachers</strong><br />

Adult <strong>in</strong>ternet<br />

users<br />

All adults<br />

Broadb<strong>and</strong> <strong>at</strong> home Dial-up/Other connection <strong>at</strong> home<br />

Do not go onl<strong>in</strong>e from home Do not use <strong>in</strong>ternet<br />

68%<br />

79%<br />

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%<br />

Source: The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project Onl<strong>in</strong>e Survey of <strong>Teachers</strong>, March 7 to<br />

April 23, 2012, n=2,462 middle <strong>and</strong> high school teachers. Adult d<strong>at</strong>a from Pew Research’s Internet & American<br />

Life Project Track<strong>in</strong>g Surveys.<br />

Once onl<strong>in</strong>e, these teachers’ onl<strong>in</strong>e activities mirror those of the full adult popul<strong>at</strong>ion, <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>clude social<br />

network<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ion seek<strong>in</strong>g, video <strong>and</strong> media consumption, <strong>and</strong> content cre<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />

<strong>Teachers</strong> <strong>and</strong> onl<strong>in</strong>e social network<strong>in</strong>g<br />

The percent of AP <strong>and</strong> NWP teachers <strong>in</strong> this sample who use social network<strong>in</strong>g sites such as Facebook or<br />

L<strong>in</strong>kedIn, as well as the percent who use Twitter, are considerably higher than the n<strong>at</strong>ional figures for all<br />

U.S. adults. They are also higher than n<strong>at</strong>ional figures for adult <strong>in</strong>ternet users.<br />

As is the case with both teens <strong>and</strong> adults n<strong>at</strong>ionwide, the most popular social network<strong>in</strong>g site among<br />

teachers is Facebook, used by 73% of social network<strong>in</strong>g teachers. Rank<strong>in</strong>g a distant second <strong>in</strong> popularity<br />

among this group is YouTube (used by 32%), followed by L<strong>in</strong>kedIn <strong>and</strong> Google+ (each used by 28%).<br />

Asked how frequently they use social network<strong>in</strong>g sites, more than six <strong>in</strong> 10 teachers who use these sites<br />

say they use them daily (30% <strong>at</strong> least once a day, 32% several times a day). Another 23% use these sites<br />

<strong>at</strong> least once a week, while the rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g 15% use them less often.<br />

p e w<strong>in</strong>ter n e t .o r g 18<br />

97%<br />

8%<br />

9%<br />

11%<br />

15%<br />

10%<br />

2%<br />

1%

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