This paper reports on the outcomes of a survey implemented in secondary schools

This paper reports on the outcomes of a survey implemented in secondary schools. The survey identified the types of access and use of computers by students. It was found that the students had significant access to computers but they were not skilled in many features of computer use. Computers were used for a range of activities, some educational and others recreational by some students. Gender differences in computer use were not seen. The study highlights the changing scenario about uses of computer technology by students. Introduction The lives of teens have undergone significant changes in the past few years by the acceptance of computers. We know that the use of computers by teens and their skills affect their life. Teens have extensive exposure to computers in their school and out-of-school contexts and their concomitant dispositions to learning and activity. Nowadays digital technology has been an integral part of their lives. Characteristics of these students are quite different from previous generations because of the social and technological conditions within which they are developing. There is an international recognition of the potential of computer technology to create new learning and environments (Cuban, 2003). Prensky (2001) has been a notable writer on the phenomenon of the digital native. He argued that this generation, having grown up immersed in technology, has