What Teachers Think of the Digital Age

From VOA Learning English, this is Education in Special English. Teachers say the digital age has been both a good and bad influence on this generation of American teenagers. More than 2,000 middle and high school teachers took an online survey. Researchers also spoke with teachers in focus groups. Three-fourths of the teachers said the Internet and digital search tools have had a “mostly positive“ effect on their students’ research habits and skills. But 87 percent agreed that these technologies are creati