IB Geography Global Interactions

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Technology connects us more and more each day. Who are the most and least connected people in the world?

THE number of people going online has passed one billion for the first time, according to comScore, an online metrics company.

Viewpoint: Why do so few Chinese brands go global?

Africa's mobile economic revolution

"GLOBALISATION" is a relatively recent term. A search in the archives of this newspaper, perhaps the one most closely associated with globalisation, shows the word first used in 1961 in an article on the need for economic reform in Spain.

Last year, important internet cables connecting Europe to Asia were mysteriously severed, resulting in days of outages for millions of internet users. It was a stark reminder that, no matter how instantaneously our information seems to travel, it is, in fact, moving through cables on the bottom of the ocean. And, while the internet might seem like the cutting edge of technology, it's interesting to note that information has been traveling this way since the first telegraph cables were laid across the Atlantic ocean in the 19th century.

This video may be a more suited for some younger audiences, but the material can open up some good discussion. Also suitable for SL disparities

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Gangnam Style phenomenon goes global.

Interesting talk to use as a starting point for Global Interactions - How did we get to where we are? Why is it so difficult to produce goods at a small scale today? Where do all the materials we use for everyday products come from? What are the environmental consequences of mineral extraction?