---
title: "13 Things to Know About Teens and Technology"
description: "How digital tools are changing not only how teens communicate, but also how they gather information about the world and present themselves to others."
date: "2014-07-23"
authors:
  - name: "Lee Rainie"
    job_title: "Former Director, Internet and Technology Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/lee-rainie/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2014/07/23/13-things-to-know-about-teens-and-technology/"
categories:
  - "Education"
  - "Teens & Tech"
  - "Teens & Youth"
---

# 13 Things to Know About Teens and Technology

At the [29th Annual ACT Enrollment Planners Conference](http://www.act.org/epc/descrip.html), Director Lee Rainie will highlight 13 things everyone should know about how today's teens use technology. With data from the Pew Research Internet Project's national surveys of teens and parents, Lee will highlight some critical ways digital tools are changing not only how teens communicate, but also how they gather information about the world and present themselves to others.

** [13 Things to Know About Teens and Technology](https://www.slideshare.net/PewInternet/how-teens-do-research-act-college-planners-pdf) ** from **[Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project](http://www.slideshare.net/PewInternet)**