Communication and transport “The Shrinking Globe Effect” The Role of Technology Communication and transport “The Shrinking Globe Effect”
1500s-1850 Horse-drawn coach Sailing Ship Telegraph (1835) Top speeds of: 14km/h Travel England to Australia: 2-3 months
1850-1930 Steam Train (120km/h) Steamship (60km/h) Mailbox Wired Telephone Radio (1901) Production line of Motor Vehicles Top speeds of: 120km/h Travel England to Australia: 11 Days – 2 weeks
1930-1950 Let there be ‘Flight’ Propeller aircraft Radio Telescope Commercial Television Top speeds of: 600km/h Travel England to Australia: 28 hours – 2 Days
1960s Jet/Turbine Aircraft Space Travel Satellite messages Cell Phones Top speeds of: 1000km/h Travel England to Australia: 16hours-1 day
2000’s WWW - Internet message E-email Cheaper Commercial Flights International Purchases of Goods/Services Access to Global News Top speeds of: 1500km/h Travel England to Australia: ¼ of a Second
The Future… What do you think will happen next?
Interpreting ‘%’ Bar Graphs... A percentage bar graph has a scale of 0-100 percent
Interpreting ‘%’ Bar Graphs... A Key/Legend is essential
Interpreting ‘%’ Bar Graphs... Each bar is the ‘same’ length because each bar represents 100%
Interpreting ‘%’ Bar Graphs... Sections within the bar show the percentage of each item that makes up a whole
Your Task... Identify the strongest and weakest % of your region’s Access to ICT. List the actual % for each of these in comparison to the other regions. Calculate the difference between the percentage of GDP of your region and Africa What conclusions can you make from your region using specific examples from the graph
Regional overview of main indicators, World 2006 Your Task... Regional overview of main indicators, World 2006
For Homework... Over the weekend find a newspaper article of a particular refugee/immigration crisis These could include: Asylum Seekers/Detention Centres Immigration/migration problems Tourism problems (Not enough or too many people) You may research an article on the internet however print a copy and bring it next lesson.