Impact Sectors - AgTech

Instructor directions are listed below:

1. Ask students what they think are problems that impact people globally. As students provide responses, highlight categories you find within the types of problems students are presenting.
2. Ask students how they think cellular technology could help to solve those problems or how an engineer at Qualcomm would try to solve those problems.
3. Explain that Qualcomm Wireless Reach focuses on 5 sectors: Education, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Health Care, and Public Safety
4. Explain that for the purposes of this project, we will focus on the Environment* sector as it relates the most to Agricultural Technology. Go into more depth, and ask students guided questions to help them learn about what the sector means and how technology can be incorporated.

Instructor directions are listed below:

1. Ask students how they imagine technology could improve our environment.
2. Explain that Wireless Reach impacts the Environment sector by providing technology that can assist those who work outdoors, like farmers or fisherman, do their jobs more effectively. Technology is also used to educate people about their carbon footprint and how they are impacting the environment.
3. Consider showing this video from a Wireless Reach program in Brazil focused on the environment (note the crossover between environment and entrepreneurism).

Instructor directions are listed below:

1. Ask students how technology could help improve education at their school or in another country.
2. Explain that Wireless Reach impacts the education sector through programs provided to students on tablets or laptops or by providing internet access to help students access more resources to enhance their educational experiences.
3. Consider showing this video from a Wireless Reach program in South Africa focused on Education.

Instructor directions are listed below:

1. Ask students if they have ever heard of the word entrepreneur and if they know what it means. Explain that an entrepreneur is someone who starts their own business. Remind them that Irwin Jacobs, the co-founder of Qualcomm, was an entrepreneur when he first started Qualcomm.
2. Ask students how they think technology might help an entrepreneur.
3. Explain that Wireless Reach impacts the Entrepreneurship sector by providing technology for small businesses to allow for mobile banking and help them maximize their profits. They also help fishermen and farmers increase production and get the best prices for their goods.
4. Consider showing this video from a Wireless Reach program in the Philippines focused on Entrepreneurship.

Instructor directions are listed below:

1. Ask students how technology could improve Health Care.
2. Explain that Wireless Reach impacts the Health Care sector by creating mobile technology that can monitor health and connect people who do not have easy access to health care providers to the support they need.
3. Consider showing this video from a Wireless Reach program in China focused on Health Care.

Instructions Instructor directions are listed below:

1. Ask students how technology can be used to keep people safe and allow them to have access to help when in danger.
2. Explain that Wireless Reach impacts the Public Safety sector by providing mobile technology that gives people easy access to help in an emergency or technology that can educate people about how to keep themselves safe in various situations.
3. Consider showing this video from a Wireless Reach program in India focused on Public Safety.

As you decide what sectors to focus on, keep in mind the group of students that you are working with. Ask yourself what sectors impact their communities the most and what sectors they may have never heard of before. Sectors like education, the environment and health care are ones that students will likely have the most background knowledge on.

Depending on the amount of time and interest of the students, you can go in depth into all sectors or chose a few. You could also have students (either individually or in small groups) look at different sectors and then share that information with the rest of the class.