How do children in my school use the internet?

3.7.15By Josh Mistry

Introduction• My name is Josh Mistry. I am 9 years old in Year 4 at

Wavendon Gate School.• My research topic is how do children in my school

use the internet.• I chose this topic because I enjoy using the internet

myself and wanted to find out what other children in my school thought.

• Also I wanted to find out if there was a difference between how boys used the internet compared to girls.

Methodology• I gave out 70 questionnaires and received 47 back.• My questionnaire had both open and closed

questions.• I analysed my closed questions by tallying a mark for

each answer given.• I analysed my open questions by coding them and

tallying the most popular answers.

• I kept my research anonymous by not saying anyone's names who completed my research.

• I kept all of my data that I received confidential.

• All of the participants in my research had to sign a consent form.

Ethical issues ___________Ethical issuesEthical issues

Who responded my questionnaire?

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FS Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6

MaleFemale

Who responded to my questionnaire?

Q.3 How often do you use the internet?

Daily Every 2-3 days

Weekly Monthly Never Other

23 8 10 5 0 1

Q.4 What device do you use the internet on?

Computer Tablet Phone/Smartphone

Smart TV/Games console

Multiple devices

10 15 4 3 14

Q.5 Which of these do you most use the internet for?

Music Sport News Videos Games Other Multipleanswers

6 0 0 13 10 1 17

Q.6 How long do you spend on the internet each day?

Less than 15 minutes

15-30 minutes

30-45 minutes

45-60 minutes

More than 60 minutes

3 16 8 11 9

Q.6a Do you think the time you spend on the internet is appropriate?

Yes - appropriate No No response31 5 11

Q.6b How long do you think you should have on the internet each day?

5-10 mins

11-20 mins

21-30 mins

31-40 mins

41 mins +

No response

Other

4 5 8 3 17 8 1

Q.7 What time of day do you prefer to use the internet?

Before 9:00am

9:00- 12:00pm

12:00pm– 3:00 pm

3:00pm-6:00pm

6:00pm- 9:00pm

5 1 7 20 5

After 9:00pm

Multiple answers

No response

3 5 1

Q.8 Please state which websites you use most often.

The most popular websites used are YouTube, Google and Friv.

Q.9 Which room do you use in your home to access the

internet?

Q.9 Which room do you use in your home to access the

internet?Bedroom Study Multiple

roomsLivingroom

No response

Kitchen Other

11 4 16 8 4 1 3

Q.10 Who do you use the internet with?

Q.10 Who do you use the internet with?

Alone With parents

With siblings

No response

Other Multiple people

22 5 9 3 2 6

Q.11 Which search engine do you use?

Q.11 Which search engine do you use?

Google Yahoo Bing Ask No response Multiple answers

38 2 1 1 3 1

Q.12 Are there any sites that you are not allowed to use?Q.12 Are there any sites that you are not allowed to use?

Yes No No response Other22 22 2 1

The most popular website not allowed is Facebook.

Q.13 What is your opinion of the internet?

Q.13 What is your opinion of the internet?

Children who answered No response40 7

The most popular opinion of the internet is good for learning.

Q.14 If you could change anything about the internet

what would it be?

Q.14 If you could change anything about the internet

what would it be?Children who answered

No response Nothing

24 9 14

The most popular response was no rude things.

ConclusionConclusion

• Because I only received 47 questionnaires, my results could not say the whole school said what I received.

• One of the main findings that I received was that the most popular website not allowed is Facebook.

• Also, I was surprised that YouTube was one of the most popular websites used because there could be inappropriate videos on there.

• If I was to do my research again then I would either make the questions clearer to understand or only give my questionnaires out to the older years (years 5 and 6)

• This is because a lot of the responses I got back by the younger years (years 2,3 and 4) didn’t really make sense to me.

• It is possible that the pupils could have been influenced by their teacher or other children.

• I would do interviews.

If I was to do my research again…If I was to do my research again…

Thank you for watching my presentation!

Thank you for watching my presentation!

Any questions?Any questions?