MEDIA IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION IN LATIN AMERICA

Terms like Internet, cyberspace, virtual reality, in short, globalization, have been frequently words for all of us, in recent years. This refers to the phenomenon that has shaken the people of this world. Are rapidly changing due to technological advances and complex levels reaching relations between countries, corporations, partnerships and people.The attempt to understand the phenomenon of globalization is compounded when we try to understand the term, coined by Marshall McLuhan.McLuhan was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and studied at the Universities of Manitoba and Cambridge, the latter of which he received his degree of Doctor of Philosophy specializing in English Literature. He taught at the universities of Wisconsin and St. Louis and University of the Assumption and Saint Michael's College, University of Toronto, where he was director of the Center for Culture and Technology.Marshall McLuhan and B. R. Powers, wrote the play, The Village Global1. The universe has become a village is the future predicted for them in the 60's. Today reality has overtaken the theory. However, this phenomenon is presented in this work, so whimsical style reminiscent of Jules Verne, but does not clarify the content of the term. While we believe that in the past there were attempts; globalize these attempts were very different from what we understand by globalization. 

MAPOTECA VIRTUAL: UNA HERRAMIENTA TECNOLÓGICA EN APOYO A LA EDUCACIÓN

Mapoteca Virtual es un sitio Web auspiciado por la Escuela de Ciencias Geográficas de  la Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica. Su objetivo principal es apoyar la introducción de las Tecnología de Información Geográfica (TIG) en la docencia, especialmente a nivel universitario. Entre sus principales servicios está el repositorio de mapas digitales producidos por instituciones nacionales que generan información espacial, el cual puede ser accesado por cualquier interesado, dicho material cartográfico puede ser utilizado para la elaboración de tareas, investigaciones o prácticas, a nivel de educación media y universitaria. Adicionalmente es un espacio para profesores y expertos que publiquen documentos y manuales sobre TIG, a la vez que mantiene actualizados a sus usuarios sobre las últimas noticias en dicho campo a nivel nacional.