Essential Question: What factors give some countries a comparative advantage in the global IT revolution?
Overview
In this lesson, students read about the global revolution in information technology (IT) and explore the factors that give countries such as India a comparative advantage in attracting IT jobs. In a Writing for Understanding activity, students participate in simulated Internet searches and online meetings with three people from Bangalore, India: a call center agent, an auto-rickshaw driver, and a software engineer. Students use their notes from these experiences to write a feature article about the impact of the IT revolution on India.
Objectives
Students will
• examine the factors that give India a comparative advantage in the global IT revolution.
• investigate the impact of the global IT revolution (outsourcing) on Bangalore, India.
• discover factors that cause foreign companies to invest in the United States and the effects of such investment.
Geoterms
Students will define and explain the importance of these key geographic terms: comparative advantage, information technology (IT), outsource, time zone.
Overview
In this lesson, students read about the global revolution in information technology (IT) and explore the factors that give countries such as India a comparative advantage in attracting IT jobs. In a Writing for Understanding activity, students participate in simulated Internet searches and online meetings with three people from Bangalore, India: a call center agent, an auto-rickshaw driver, and a software engineer. Students use their notes from these experiences to write a feature article about the impact of the IT revolution on India.
Objectives
Students will
• examine the factors that give India a comparative advantage in the global IT revolution.
• investigate the impact of the global IT revolution (outsourcing) on Bangalore, India.
• discover factors that cause foreign companies to invest in the United States and the effects of such investment.
Geoterms
Students will define and explain the importance of these key geographic terms: comparative advantage, information technology (IT), outsource, time zone.