Students love technology: Infographic

August 9, 2011 By Molly McHugh

Is the idea that students love technology surprising? No, but this infographic sheds a little light on this gadget-addicted generation.

In the wake of the back-to-school buying frenzy, we’re seeing fewer pen and pencil sets at the registers and more netbooks and tablets. College students in particular stay on the cutting edge of technology, and spend most of their four university years hooked up to every gadget they can get their hands on. Don’t believe us? OnlineEducation.net has mapped out the various ways college students get their electronic fix. These tech-obsessed 18 to 22 year olds’ activity ranges from Facebook addiction to class updates via Twitter. Check it out below.

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Benjamin Kubilus at 4:44pm 10th August 2011 Which is especially frustrating for those of us who get no mommy/daddy support whatsoever. Well, not so much frustrating I guess as just mind boggling.
Mike Dunn at 11:10am 9th August 2011 What i think is amazing in this infograph is that only 82% of college students use a device to write papers. It blows my mind that 18% of college students don't use a computer, or even a typewriter?
1. Molly McHugh at 11:15am 9th August 2011 I actually owned both, if you can believe that.
  1. Mike Dunn at 12:05pm 9th August 2011 Were you a hipster before it was cool? I always liked the idea of writing on a typewriter, but then remembered that I'm pretty lazy and got over that idea.
    lunaticrime at 10:17pm 10th August 2011 me in indonesia still using typewriter for writing essays. teacher said it was to avoid copy paste. we should keep our writings original.
    Mike Dunn at 7:47am 11th August 2011 Yikes! I can't imagine writing a whole essay on a typewriter. I depend on spell check far too much!
    lunaticrime at 8:04am 11th August 2011 we know a tool named type x, that alcohol-smelled-white-liquid in a bottle to correct typo. welcome to the jungle mike.. :D
Blake Tibbetts at 5:31pm 9th August 2011 Students love wasting their parents money.