High Tech

What nation spends the most money per person on information and communication technology?

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Graphic courtesy of statista

1. How accurate was your prediction?

2. What story does the chart tell?

3. Why do you think Americans are the heaviest tech spenders?

4. What do you think is a consequence of such heavy tech spending?

5. What's the best thing about the US spending so heavily on tech?

6. What's the worst thing about the US spending so heavily on tech?

7. How would the US be different if we spent the same amount per capita as China ($294)?

8. How would your life be different if you spent no money on information and communication technology?

9. In the comments section below list one other thing you think the average American spends $3000 per year:

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Learning Extension

Read this Pew Report on Teens and tech usage.

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Action Extension

Calculate how much you spend per year on information and communication technology: (include hardware - phones, software - apps, and digital plans - cable/phone bill, etc). Share your tech spending score on social media and challenge your online friends to share their own scores to see who spends the most and the least.