This undergraduate research is part of a new student-mentorship initiative on campus, Success Through Academic Research (STAR), sponsored by the Metropolitan College. Utilizing community-based applied action research, researchers developed a case study on secondary classroom technology usage in IPRC-Kigali, Rwanda, East Africa and in West Mecklenburg High School, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. The objective of this research was to compare and contrast the educational technology divides at these two secondary institutions. Working with one focus group from each secondary institution, researchers were able to establish an online repository for data collection purposes. In both focus groups--IPRC-Kigali and West Mecklenburg High School--educational technology was imperative as both southern Rwanda and the Northwest Corridor of Charlotte, North Carolina, work to improve overall conditions of their respective communities. In this case study, we collected and assessed not only the computer-generated statistics but also the personal narratives of the students and staff constituting these communities as we sought parallels that yield technology support for both global communities. Face-to-face interviews, web-based networks, field observations, international communiqués, and extensive scholarship review have provided research inroads for addressing the technological needs of students from Rwanda to the Northwest Corridor of Charlotte, NC.