Technology trends in the 21st century
We are more connected than ever. At the end of 2017, the number of high-speed mobile subscripti ons in OECD countries reached a milestone: more subscripti ons than the number of people (OECD, 2019). And young people are parti cularly acti ve on line. In 2015, a typical 15-year-old reported using the Internet since the age of 10 and spending more than two hours every weekday on line aft er school (an increase of over 40 minutes since 2012), and more than three hours every weekend day (OECD, 2017). Not only are youth using the Internet more, they are doing so at younger ages (Hooft -Graafl and, 2018). Some research suggests that preschoolers become familiar with digital devices before they are exposed to books (Hopkins, Brookes and Green, 2013). In the United Kingdom, the most recent fi gures show that 52% of 3-4 year-olds and 82% of 5-7 yearolds are on line (Ofcom, 2019).