GLOBALIZATION LEARNING TARGET #4

DEFINITIONS: GLOBALIZATION Globalization- is the extending to all parts of the world; connectedness across the globe.

DEFINE: GLOBAL ECONOMY Global Economy- is when the economies of the world exchange goods and services

DEFINE: FREE TRADE Free Trade- is open trade without tariffs (taxes) and quotas (limits).

GLOBALIZATION VIDEO

POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES OF GLOBALIZATION Positive Effects Negative Effects Cheaper Goods Company Downsizing (eliminating jobs/firing workers) Increase trade of ideas Jobs move overseas

RELECTION: Click on the link below to go to a Google form and reflect on Globalization and its impact.

ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY LEARNING TARGET #5

I-JOURNAL ACTIVITY—PAGE 20 You will need to use the links that follow and the video clips to help you complete pages 20-21 in your I-Journal. This is an inquiry activity—the answers are not going to pop out at you. You will need gather and dig to find your answers.

TELEVISION The link below will help you find out—the year it was introduced, what it does and how it changed life in America. Record the information in your I-Journal. http://www.toptenreviews.com/electronics/articles/television-through-the-decades-and- the-ways-it-changed-our-world/

VIDEO CLIP—EVOLUTION OF TV

PERSONAL COMPUTER The link below will help you find out—the year it was introduced, what it does and how it changed life in America. Record the information in your I-Journal. http://www.pcworld.com/article/165612/evolution_of_the_pc.html#slide1

VIDEO CLIP—EVOLUTION OF THE PC

CELL PHONE The link below will help you find out—the year it was introduced, what it does and how it changed life in America. Record the information in your I-Journal. http://readwrite.com/2014/07/04/cell-phone-evolution-popsugar/

VIDEO CLIP—CELL PHONE

DEFINE—DIGITAL AGE Digital Age—the label for our lifestyle today; it started in the 1970s with the transfer of information more freely and quickly.

DEFINE--INTERNET Internet—a network that connects computers allowing instant communication.

DEFINE—E-COMMERCE E-Commerce—the digital age has brought about this business model, buying goods online.

DEFINE—SOCIAL MEDIA Social Media—the newest, quickest way to get information. Examples: Twitter, Facebook, You Tube, Pinterest.