Group Global Project

Project Description

The Global Group Project was definitely one of the most interesting in all the projects we had to do, and that mainly stems from the fact that we've covered our technological developments and concerns, and rarely discuss developments into other countries. This project gave us the chance to do just that, research other nations and how they were living in the technological period. Then, not only do we get to learn about one country, but we can learn about another when we compare research with our partner. So, which countries did we research?

What did We Research?

For this project, I researched China and my partner researched the Philippines, two counties relatively close on the map let incredibly different in size, population, and global significance. Seeing the contrast of these nations, and even more profound the similarities, painted a picture of what other places are going through when it comes to technological advancements and digital divide. The most interesting facts about the places come from their similarities. China is a technological powerhouse, prioritizing innovation as one of it's most important, the Philippines, while caring about innovation, does not have such high goals. However, even with their clear differences in advancements, both countries struggle with the same issue; lack of connectivity in poorer, rural areas. It seems that no matter how advanced a nation is, it's incredibly difficult for everyone in said country to have internet access, even in the US where 93-96% have internet, there's still millions out there who do not.

PowerPoint Presentation

This was the PowerPoint presentation my partner and I made, comparing each of the countries by population. demographics, climate, and most importantly... tech.

Word Document

Here's the initial word document used to gather research on the country I chose, China. It served as a great guide when I had to share my information into the PowerPoint.

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What I Learned

Well, other than learning a multitude of things about how other countries have adapted to technology, which is the meat and potatos of the project, I already stated all that above and within the project itself. So, for here, we're gonna look at this big picture. For starters, I learned how challenging it is to communicate with someone in the digital world, funnily enough. In an online class, it's actually pretty challenging to communicate with a classmate only through email, especially considering emails can get lost or we're not always checking it like we should be, even in this age of hyperconnectivity, we still struggle to communicate. I find it very ironic that we learn about how these other countries struggle with digital divide and not being able to connect in the digital age, meanwhile we have all the tools and it's still not fullproof. When we were on it and communicating, we collaborated pretty well; we effectively split up the work and compared our information, even if I completed a little more of the presentation considering they were so busy. The big thing is we made it work, and that's most important. I also learned how to correctly portray information into a presentation, something you think would be relatively easy, but the effectiveness of your presentation can drastically be decreased without proper formatting or too much text. Overall, I took a lot away from this project, which is why it's at the top of the list for project's we've done this semester.

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