Two reports published recently address on the issued of usage and usability for children and seniors.
One Rates of Computer and Internet Use by Children in Nursery School and Students in Kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade: 2003 describes the levels of computer and Internet usage by children. “This Issue Brief describes the percentage of students in grades 12 or below who used computers or the Internet in 2003. The Brief highlights the fact that computer and Internet use is commonplace and begins early. Even before kindergarten, a majority of children in nursery school use computers and, and 23 percent use the Internet.”
The other, Older Wiser Wired, published by AARP documents some usability studies. “More and more U.S. adults over 50 have computer access (approximately 36 million), with most of those using their computers to go online. They bank, they buy, they search, they read, they contribute. But how hard is it for them to find what they need? AARP is convening a community of those who use the web to provide information and services to older adults, those who write about this subject, or those who develop web content for clients with older adult audiences.”
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