if i study online
       will I miss out?
I mean...
   what about teachers? classrooms?
   friends?
DOES STUDYING ONLINE MEAN
WE CAN’T BE SOCIAL?
OF COURSE NOT!
         These days, 2/3 of internet users are on a social network
AFTER ALL, WE FALL IN
LOVE ONLINE
More than twice as many couples who married in 2010
met through online dating services than at a social event.
AND BREAK UP ONLINE



                IDUMP4U.com will end
                your relationship for you
                for $10.00.
WE WORK ONLINE
  By 2010, 44% of employers offered some telecommuting options
AND READ ONLINE
   By 2011, Amazon sold more e-books than paperbacks.
WE BUY
In 2012, 167 million US consumers will shop
on line
AND SELL ONLINE
26 percent of small businesses sell online
exclusively
WE PLAY GAMES
   Approximately 20 million players have spent 17 billion hours on
Xbox Live. That’s more than 2 hours for every person on the planet
AND LISTEN TO MUSIC
    Over 80 million people listen to
     music online through Pandora.
WE WATCH TV SHOWS
AND MOVIES ONLINE   Online video viewing in the US is up
                    45 percent in 2012
80 percent of all
WE PAY BILLS   households with Internet
               access, use online banking
WE WRITE WILLS
You can now write your own wills online – in under
an hour and often for much less than $100
WE PAY TAXES
By 2010, 70% of taxpayers filed online.
AND SOMETIMES
   GET REFUNDS
WE FINDofJOBS
18 percent job interviews are
now conducted via the Internet
AND PETS
A recent web search for “pets online”
generated 359,000,000 results.
AND EVEN HOUSES
           82% of all home buyers begin
           their home search online.
WE PLAN A WEDDING
70 percent of brides create a website for their wedding.
OR A VACATION
  60 percent of people plan their vacations online.
The average American Adult spends 13
WE MAKE FRIENDS   hours a week  online—excluding e-mail.
AND MAKE MONEY
33 percent of Generation Y’ers turn to social media for guidance in
investing
WE....
AND SOMETIMES
         WE EVEN
#CHANGE THE WORLD
so if we are already being SO
social online....
DOESN’T IT MAKE
SENSE
THAT WE CAN LEARN ONLINE
AND NOT MISS OUT?
Changing the world one laptop at a time.
     www.thirdspacecreative.com

Should I study online?