What is happening outside of the United States regarding technology in the classroom? by Dr. Portman https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425 List three facts regarding the use of technoloy in the classroom outside of the United States en-us 2016-10-30 14:12:13 UTC 2016-11-08 22:08:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Thunder.png 126 million youth are illiterate https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136254428 2016-11-08 22:01:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136254428 12% of our world is illiterate  https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136254477 -many are denied access to literacy
-rate of literacy in undeveloped countries is very low
-direct relationship to jobs and probable success ]]> 2016-11-08 22:02:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136254477 https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136254512 1. Technology use is vastly diverse across the world.
2. Technology is not linked to improving global literacy rates.
3. The digital divide is increasing as there is an inequality among its access. ]]> 2016-11-08 22:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136254512 https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136254533 - Youth literacy rates are higher than adult literacy rates
- Literacy rates for females is lower than literacy rates for males

]]> 2016-11-08 22:02:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136254533 https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136254625 -It is becoming easier for students to cheat by pulling up cheat sheets on their devices. 
-Network Overload: many schools do not have a wireless network that is able to handle the number of devices in use. 
-Eliminated dialogue in the classroom. 
-]]> 2016-11-08 22:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136254625 https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136254724 other countries are catching up to the US in usage stats

]]> 2016-11-08 22:03:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136254724 https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136254756 lack of widespread literacy hinders the further development of developing nations.

]]> 2016-11-08 22:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136254756 textbooks are becoming extinct https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136254813 2016-11-08 22:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136254813 classrooms are more collaborative  https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136254880 2016-11-08 22:04:34 UTC https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136254880 Technology is not as common in all other countries as it is in the US https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136254969 2016-11-08 22:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136254969 Countries around the globe are leading the way for effective and engaging learning: https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136255365 Taiwan - The entire population has access to free wifi ]]> 2016-11-08 22:07:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136255365 "An estimated 20 per cent of the world’s poorest people are those with disabilities: over 90 per cent of children with disabilities in developing countries do not attend school, and the literacy rate for adults with disabilities is as low as 3 per cent, in some countries dropping to 1 per cent for women with disabilities."  https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136255590 2016-11-08 22:08:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tele1957/edr425/wish/136255590