1. Monday Warm-Up
Answer the following questions using the chart on the left…
What does this chart tell us about Internet usage in the United States?
In conducting their survey, what could have been changed to make the percentages even lower?
How will the percentage of the offline population change over the next five years? Why?

2. Set up your foldable
Technology
FOLD
What has technology improved?

3. Technological Revolution
Technological advances are considered to be the driving force behind the globalization process
The world is currently experiencing a Technological Revolution
As technology improves and evolves interactions between people all over the globe increases

4. Information Technology
Improvements in computers and telecommunications increased people’s ability to access information and economic potential
Information Technology(IT) is the use of systems(computers and telecommunications) for storing, retrieving and sending information
Forms of Information Technology
The Internet
Social Media
Computers
Cell Phones
Tablets
Television
Radio

5. The Digital Divide
The digital divide is referring to the gap in access to technology that exists both nationally and globally
It is estimated that only 38% of the world’s population is actually online
Access to and usage of the Internet is extremely unequal across the world

6. Widening the Gap
Technology has widened the gap between the rich and the poor
Technology continues to change at such an accelerated rate that most countries cannot afford to keep up
This lack of resources hampers a country’s progression in economics, education and healthcare

7. What areas of our lives would improvements in IT effect?
You Got This…
What areas of our lives would improvements in IT effect?

8. IT Improves the Economy
The Internet has provided businesses(small and large) the ability to reach a larger number of individuals
Building a web site has become one of the “must haves” for any business venture
Businesses can reach out to potential customers both near and far
Online Shopping has become extremely popular over the years

9. IT Improves Health-Care
Information Technology is improving health-care in many ways:
Improves responses to outbreak situations
Provides patients and health-care providers with access to their medical records
New technologies help doctors in different ways
Example- digital watch on top of pill caps will allow doctors to monitor the use of medication

10. IT Improves Education
Information Technology improves educational opportunities by allowing educators and students to overcome barriers of distance and by enhancing the content being presented
The internet has provided students an opportunity to extend the reach of their learning
Computers and internet connections are available in most classrooms across the country

11. IT Improves Journalism and Media
New Age of Journalism
Publishing and accessing news easier and cheaper than any other form of communication
Access to news through articles, pictures and videos
Social Media is the newest and most popular form of sharing and receiving news in society
Examples- blogs, twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc.

12. Create An APP Activity Working with your group…
You will be creating a new Social Media App
On your construction paper you will be creating a preview screen for your App that includes:
A title for your App
An icon image
An overview of how your App will work and its purpose

13. Exit Ticket #1
What is the role of technology in the globalization process?
Technology hurts the globalization process
Technology slows down the globalization process
Technology is the driving force in the globalization process
Technology stops the globalization process from happening

14. Exit Ticket #2
Which of the following is NOT a form of informational technology?
The Internet
Social Media
Cell Phones
Newspapers