1 in 4 of the world's population now uses the internet, with most people accessing it via mobile phones and devices beyond just computers. The top countries for internet usage are the US, China, Japan, Germany, and the UK. People use the internet for a wide variety of activities like searching for information, social networking, learning, shopping, banking, and communicating. The internet has become an important tool for both work and leisure in people's daily lives.

1. Living Online or, who are these internet users and what are they doing? With thanks for inspiration to Hallmark “Maxine” I keep hitting ‘escape but I’m still here

2. I’m not going online, ever! Original image: ' Kids # 43 ' http://www.flickr.com/photos/81765265@N00/870076539 by: Jean-Marie LBReleased under an Attribution-ShareAlike License

3. 1 in 4 of the world’s population use the internet 6 in 10 of the world’s population use a mobile phone Access by PC, Laptop, PDA, Smartphone, Mobile device Internet usage 45M 2000 420M 1 billion + 2009 1.7 billion and growing Norton Online Lifestyle Report www.norton.com/onlineliving 2009 Computer Industry Almanac http://www.c-i-a.com/pr0109.htm Worldwide number of Internet users Original image: ' swiss-memory ' http://www.flickr.com/photos/75755822@N00/935197028 by: Jamin GrayReleased under an Attribution-ShareAlike License (Est. world pop 6.7 billion)

4. Countries online Top 15 Countries In PCs In-Use (worldwide 1.190) Year-end 2008 PCs In-Use (#M) Share % 1. U.S. 264.1 22.19 2. China 98.67 8.29 3. Japan 86.22 7.24 4. Germany 61.96 5.21 5. UK 47.04 3.95 6. France 43.11 3.62 7. Russia 36.42 3.06 8. Italy 35.69 3.00 9. South Korea 34.87 2.93 10. Brazil 33.30 2.80 11. India 32.03 2.69 12. Canada 27.63 2.32 13. Mexico 19.13 1.61 14. Australia 17.01 1.43 15. Spain 16.71 1.40 Top 15 Total 853.9 71.70

5. A majority of online adults indicated they cannot live without Internet access. Internet access topped the list of necessities for the UK, Germany, Italy, and Brazil. Most adults in the U.S., Canada, France and Australia would prefer not to live without their car Adults in China and India are most attached to their cell phones.

6. Searching and Exploring Original image: ' Google logo - spring 09 ' http://www.flickr.com/photos/73532212@N00/3370674355 by: Matt Hamm Original image: ' Google's 9th Birthday - September 27, 2007 ' http://www.flickr.com/photos/65929446@N00/1446045529 by: Justin Original image: ' Google ' http://www.flickr.com/photos/36875686@N00/189010710 by: Jürgen Plasser

7. Searching and Exploring Online beauty and fashion advice has become popular globally with nearly 3 to 4 in 10 online users seeking advice. Another report mentions that in the countries surveyed, more than 35 percent of users said they go online at least weekly to look for information about a product. * Original image: ' carbon black mac eyeshadow smoky eyes ' http://www.flickr.com/photos/33037761@N07/3336793227 by: courtney r Original image: ' MAC ‘ http://www.flickr.com/photos/93768800@N00/218197446 by: unknown

8. Searching and Exploring The Internet exceeds the offline world as a source of key information about the world we live in. Most online adults spend at least one hour per month both reading news from online sites/blogs and from a print outlet. Times online Tech and Web http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/ Original image: ' laptop news ‘ http://www.flickr.com/photos/54289096@N00/693597 by: zen Sutherland

9. Searching and Exploring - Travel http://wikitravel.org/ People in the UK are by far the largest users of online travel sites, with 81 per cent booking their travel online. Australia is second to the UK with 67 per cent

10. Searching and Exploring - Travel

11. Which are the best seats on planes? http://www.seatguru.com/

12. Socialising Original image: ' My social Network on Flickr, Facebook, Twitter and MyblogLog ' http://www.flickr.com/photos/49503019876@N01/1824234195 by: Luc Legay

13. Socialising Spaces Original image: ' IMG_5299.JPG ‘ http://www.flickr.com/photos/39039882@N00/2346557449by: Tantek Çelik Twitter Facebook Skype

14. Making friends Half of adults globally have made friends online. Of those users, approximately 60-80 per cent have translated some of these online friendship to their offline world 40-60 per cent of online adults globally prefer their online friendships the same amount or more than their offline friendships The UK’s adults feel more comfortable than their European counterparts socialising online. Twenty eight per cent say they feel confident in doing so compared to 21 per cent in Germany and just 16 per cent in France. Globally, China leads the pack with 44 per cent of adults claiming to feel confident socialising online. 30-40 per cent of online children have made friends online.

15. Living Online (your customers) Original image: ' IMG_1596 ‘ http://www.flickr.com/photos/39039882@N00/137063302 by: Tantek Çelik Original image: ' Joey and April working on their keyboarding skills ' http://www.flickr.com/photos/27315689@N00/749317332 by: Michael Surran

16. Need a recipe? Making playdough? Photo © Frankie Forsyth, all rights reserved.

17. Missed a MasterChef episode? http://www.masterchef.com.au/episodes.htm

18. Need to do some Professional Development? Australian Flexible Learning Framework Online Events. Screenshot by Jo Kay

19. Want to learn how to draw online? Ask a digital native, or… @ Frankie Forsyth. All rights reserved.

20. View a step by step video on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaXMUkSQ5tM (quality not guaranteed!)

21. Learning The vast majority of online children in the world use the Internet to help with schoolwork, with the exception of Japan. The UK is third highest with 95 per cent of responding children using the Internet for schoolwork Mathletics and Spellodrome http://www.mathletics.com.au/

22. Exploring Original image: ' azimuth ‘ http://www.flickr.com/photos/73645804@N00/3380581163 by: woodley wonderworks

23. Learning for all – hole in the wall computers

24. Learning /Meetings – online classrooms http://www.elluminate.com/

25. Creating Original image: ' thursday morning desk ' http://www.flickr.com/photos/24782931@N00/3310970739 by: Tony Delgrosso. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lf9ukWrJCo&feature=channel_page http://www.deviantart.com/# http://www.lulu.com/

26. Collaborating http://islandsaroundtheworld.wikispaces.com/Tasmania

27. Buying, Selling, Shopping Original image: ' 1026purchases ' http://www.flickr.com/photos/8911231@N04/2976486739 by: air tank

28. Shopping The UK is ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to shopping online, with 96 per cent of adults responding that they shop online at least sometimes. Germany is second to the UK, with 93 per cent. China (86 per cent) and Brazil (80 per cent) had the lowest positive responses Half of all global online users feel confident shopping online Compared to their parents, the UK’s children have significantly less confidence in shopping online with just 32 per cent feeling confident or very confident shopping online. China’s children are the most confident online shoppers – 69 per cent offering positive responses

29. Communicating http://www.skype.com/

30. Banking

31. Keeping track - Igoogle http://www.google.com.au/

32. What can you do online?

33. What can’t you do online?

34. Original image: ' Oh, of course. Now I see. ‘ http://www.flickr.com/photos/46207792@N00/11951382 by: Doug Shick

35. Web cam Strahan Web Cam 9.30 am 12/8/09 http://www.strahanholidays.com.au/

36. Frankie Forsyth – offline Photo © Frankie Forsyth, all rights reserved.

37. Frankie Forsyth – online Own Website Del.icio.us Edna sandpit Me.edna i-Google Twitter Facebook Wikispaces Bloglines Plus other people’s web spaces! Skype Flickr

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39. Thank you  Original image: ' Rainbow Cafe's door knob ' http://www.flickr.com/photos/93382027@N00/80959145 by: CarolineReleased under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License Contact me: [email_address] and on skype: frankieforsyth A copy of this presentation is available at http://www.slideshare.net/