Global Project

Using online collaboration tools and application software, this project explores global technology issues and practices digital literacy skills. We were asked to conduct research collectively in order to compare and contrast the technological differences between my location and my partners location. I unfortunately never got the opportunity to collaborate with a partner, so the only location I retrieved information for is South Africa.

In comparison to the United States, South Africa has a much lower percentage of people who utilize the internet. 91% of the U.S. population uses the internet, while only 70% of people in South Africa use it. On the other hand, 162 per 100 people in South Africa have mobile cellular subscriptions, this includes the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts; 106 per 100 people in the U.S. have mobile cellular subscriptions.

With the completion of this project, I learned that there are significant differences in the world of technology depending on where you travel to. The technology culture can be very prevalent in one place, but almost nonexistent in the next. In South Africa, there are office buildings with sophisticated electronic wiring as well as one-room houses without electricity within a short distance of one another. That goes to show that sometimes the value that people give technology can vary immensely, even if they're within a tight radius.