GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE CAMBRIDGE IGCSE: TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMIC DIVIDE. Definitions, questions for the research project, global/international perspectives, local/national perspectives, family/personal perspectives, useful websites.

1. TECHNOLOGY AND
ECONOMIC DIVIDE
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
CAMBRIDGE IGCSE P16

2. TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMIC DIVIDE
• Technology is the collection of techniques, skills, methods and processes
used in the production of goods or services or in the accomplishment of
objectives, such as scientific investigation. Technology can be the
knowledge of techniques, processes, and the like, or it can be
embedded in machines which can be operated without detailed
knowledge of their workings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology

3. QUESTIONS FOR
YOUR
RESEARCH
PROJECT

4. GLOBAL/INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
• Which are the most/least technological nations?
• Why do nations have differing levels of technology?
• Which are the wealthiest/poorest nations?
• What are the effects of differing levels of technology and economic
status?

5. LOCAL/NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
• How does my country stand in comparison with others with regard to
levels of technology and economic status?
• How does this affect the level of development and living standards of
my region?

6. FAMILY/PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES
• How does my country stand in comparison with others with regard to
levels of technology and economic status?
• How does this affect the level of development and living standards of
my region?

7. WEBSITES
www.cfsk.org/ Computers for schools.
www.digital-links.org/ Information about recycling computers and providing
technology in the developing world.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8568681.stm -Article about the digital divide.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/10/99/information_rich_informatio
n_poor/466651.stm - Article about bridging the digital divide.
www.digitaldivide.net/ The digital divide network.
www.independent.co.uk/news/business/sustainit/closing-the-digital-divide-
1640433.html Article about ICT improving the quality of life in developing
countries.
www.digitaldivide.org/ The digital divide institute.
www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2000/02-01trio.mspx Response to the
digital divide.