INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

GIS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS capture, manage, analyze, and display geographic information/data (often layered on maps)

GIS USED FOR: PLANNING SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, MEDICAL FACILITIES MAPPING CRIME LOCATING SEX OFFENDER HOMES

GPS GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM SATELLITE-BASED NAVIGATION/LOCATION

GPS USED TO TRACK: ANIMALS CARS, BOATS SUSPECTED CRIMINALS CONVICTED CRIMINALS STUDENTS WITH EXCESSIVE ABSENCES

INTERNET

SOCIAL MEDIA

TECHNOLOGY MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND *OWN IT – DON’T LET IT OWN YOU !

ARAB SPRING

Rulers have been forced from power in TUNISIA, EGYPT (twice), LIBYA, and YEMEN. Civil uprisings have erupted in BAHRAIN and SYRIA. Major protests have broken out in ALGERIA, IRAQ, JORDAN, KUWAIT, MOROCCO, and SUDAN. Minor protests have occurred in MAURITANIA, OMAN, SAUDI ARABIA, DJIBOUTI, and WESTERN SAHARA