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Technology gaps are closing
Friday, October 16, 2009
Generational gaps are closing in technology use at UW-Madison. Here is how some technology choices of students and faculty/staff compare, based on results from the 2009 campus computing surveys (2008 results are in parentheses):
| Faculty/staff | Students | |
|---|---|---|
| Use a laptop | 68% (63) | 93% (87) |
| Use a desktop computer | 88% (91) | 26% (31) |
| Use a cell phone | 52% (55) | 77% (81) |
| Use hand-held Web device (iPhone, BlackBerry, smartphone) | 20% (11) | 24% (12) |
| Use text messaging | 44% (35) | 83% (75) |
| Back up important data daily | 30% (33) | 15% (6) |
| Back up important data never | 20% (21) | 17% (18) |
The full reports are online at www.doit.wisc.edu/about/research/