FYI:

Do you feel you know more of computers and technology than your teachers/educators/peers?
Do you feel you could even improve/build on/adapt the technology you use?
Do you use this technology to broaden your horizon and communicate with people all over the world?

Then please fill out the questionnaire at www.101research.nl/powerusers for an international research project by the Education Development Centre (EDC.

For people whose mother tongue is not English we apologize: the questionnaire is only available in English. We nevertheless hope you will take the effort to participate in this project and be able to influence this research which is, after all, about you.

For teachers, intermediaries:

After a decade of work focusing on building the capacity of youth and adults to use technology as a tool for living, learning and working, the Education, Employment and Community programmes at the Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) launched a long-term research initiative to learn from and with children who are the power users of technology.

This Power Users of Technology Initiative attempts to focus on Power Users on a large scale. Questions include: What happens to youth when their technology capacity is highly developed? How does this capacity shape thinking and reasoning, educational and career decisions, family and social interactions? How do youth translate their technology skills and interests into “currency” in a global information society?

An important goal in the initiative is to hear from Power Users themselves what they think. A first step is therefore to identify these Power Users and ask them how they would define themselves. In collaboration with EDC / EDC Europe, the Dutch research company 101 Research has formulated a questionnaire on this topic. Although the questionnaire is in English, we would like as many potential Power Users from as many countries as possible to fill out this survey.

Please spread far and wide across your networks.

We appreciate your support in bringing this great initiative to a success!

The questionnaire can be filled in at: www.101research.nl/powerusers

Thank you very much!

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