What does the research say about what students are doing online? The following articles and reports will provide you with some background information.

2014 Gaggle survey

2015 Pew Research Center Report

CNN "Why some 13-Year-olds check social media 100 times a day"

Hilliard Student Survey Results Fall, 2015
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Highlights from the above reports and articles give us insight to the extent in which today’s students live, study, and socialize online.

95 percent of U.S. teens ages 12-17 are online, and when they are:

71% visit a social network

24% go online constantly to check social media status

91% go online from a mobile device

52% said they have experienced cyberbullying

Want to know more?

danah boyd is a principal researcher with Microsoft who has been researching the online behaviors of teens. She shares her information and research in the following article on NPR Online, Researcher Says, Teens Do What They've Always Done or in her interview with Science Friday below.

In-depth interview with author dana boyd

Andrew Boyd, a 19 year old college student at the University of Texas, shares his insights about what teens are doing online in his article "

A Teenager’s View on Social Media-Written by an actual teen"

In 2012 Common Sense Media held a town hall with teenagers to talk about their digital lives. While many of them reference Facebook, many of the thoughts shared could be about Twitter, Instagram, or other social media sites.

Did you know?

Sometimes as parents we need to understand our children's world a little more before we can help them to navigate it. This includes knowing both the sites and the language they're using. Do you speak their language or do you find yourself saying "IDK". Check out the digital glossary below.

Digital Glossary- A parent's guide to the language of texting and sites kids are visiting.