Technological usage in relation to academic achievement of the higher secondary students in Coimbatore

This 21st century is otherwise known as digital age. The learners of this age are known as digital natives, who are experts in digital Medias, electronic gadgets, and technological devices. In this internet, age knowledge explosion is very high compared with past eras. Learners of this age use various digital medias via, computer, laptop, tablets, mobile phones, digital cameras, digital microscope etc. they are not only familiar with the devices but digital technologies such as e-books, e-lessons, e-libraries, virtual labs, virtual museums etc. for most of the educational purposes the learners of this 21st century use digital technology. The digital learner can interact and share across the globe with the peer group and experts. Global knowledge of the digital learner on the particular subject influences the academic performance of the digital learner. Hence the study ‘Technological usage and academic achievement of the higher secondary students in Coimbatore’. Survey method is used in this study, data were collected from 300 sample by using Random sampling with the tool ‘Digital Usage Rating Scale’, Test of significance was used to analyze the data.