No one really knows how many people are using the internet. The figures published in the media are quite often just a mixture of informed guesswork and surveys (http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/frss/publications/2000090/, http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6608496.html). So how can we know whether teachers are using this technology? And if so, how is it being used by language teachers?
According to teachers' comments - at conferences, in papers and on the internet mailing lists dedicated to ELT - they seen to use it for just about everything: development, updating language skills, finding materials, learning about computer applications, keeping in touch with friends and colleagues, teaching, working on class projects and activities and just having fun.
Computers are becoming increasingly available in schools around the world. Governments, teachers and parents are advocating the networking of these computers, and making plans of their use at all levels of education. New demands are then being made on teachers to use the technology creatively.
