Education at a Glance 2008: OECD Indicators. The 2008 edition of 'Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators' provides a comparable and up-to-date array of indicators on the performance of education systems and represents the consensus of professional thinking on how to measure the current state of education internationally.

Children's use of computers and the Internet at home. For children, playing games and school-related or educational purposes are the most common uses for a computer at home. In its 2006 survey, the Australian Bureau of Statistics found around 80 per cent of people aged 14 years or under took part in these activities. Half the children surveyed used a computer at home for Internet-based activities, in which school-related or educational activities also dominated. A growing proportion accessed the Internet daily, with usage up from 14 per cent in 2003 to 25 per cent in 2006. However, it was most common for children to access the Internet 2–6 days a week.

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