Defining Technology

Technology for All Americans Project
1997 South Main Street, Suite 701
Blacksburg, VA 24060
Phone: (540) 953-0203 / Fax: (540) 953-0014
cnichols@iteaconnect.org

  1. Technology for All Americans Project
  2. Standards for Technological Literacy
  3. Standards Online
  4. Advancing Excellence in Technological LiteracyStudent Assessment, Professional Development, and Program Standards
  5. Standards Online
  6. History
  7. TAA: A Rationale and Structure for the Study of Technology
  8. Publications
  9. Gallup Polls
  10. Standards for Technological Literacy Dugger -- Kappan
  11. Science for All Americans Online
    1. Chapter 3: The Nature of Technology
    2. Chapter 8: The Designed World
  12. Pennsylvania: Academic Standards for Science and Technology
  13. National Standards and Reform, Technology Education and Related Areas
  14. Educating Americans for the 21st Century Extended Notes
  15. National Academy of Engineering Links
  16. British National Curriculum Online
  17. About ICT in the National Curriculum
  18. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills
  19. Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology
  20. FAQ
  21. What is Technology?

    "Broadly speaking, technology is how people modify the natural world to suit their own purposes. From the Greek word techne, meaning art or artifice or craft, technology literally means the act of making or crafting, but more generally it refers to the diverse collection of processes and knowledge that people use to extend human abilities and to satisfy human needs and wants." (Excerpt from Standards for Technological Literacy, ITEA, 2000)

    Technology Ñ 1. Human innovation in action that involves the generation of knowledge and processes to develop systems that solve problems and extend human capabilities. 2. The innovation, change, or modification of the natural environment to satisfy perceived human needs and wants.

  22. What is Technological Literacy?
    Technological Literacy is the ability to use, manage, understand, and assess technology.
  23. What is Technology Education?
    A study of technology, which provides an opportunity for students to learn about the processes and knowledge related to technology that are needed to solve problems and extend human capabilities
  24. What is Science?
    The study of the natural world through observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanations. (STL, 2000)
  25. What is Engineering?
    Engineering is the profession of or worked performed by an engineer. Engineering involves the knowledge of the mathematical and natural sciences (biological and physical) gained by study, experience, and practice that are applied with judgment and creativity to develop ways to utilize the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind. (AETL, 2003)
  26. What is Educational (Instructional) Technology?
    The use of technological developments, such as computers, audio-visual equipment, and mass media, as tools to enhance and optimize the teaching and learning environment in all school subjects, including technology education. (AETL, 2003)
  27. Standards in Science and Technology Education: Technology for All Americans
  28. A United Vision: Technology for All Americans
  29. Project 2061:Science for All Americans
  30. Arizona: Technology Education Standards
  31. Texas: Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Technology Education/Industrial Technology Education
  32. Texas: Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Science
  33. Iowa Department of Education: Standards for Industrial Technology Education Iowa Department of Education
  34. National Science Education Standards
  35. Wisconsin: Madison Metropolitan Area Technology Education Standards and Benchmark Indicators
  36. Benchmarks for Science Literacy
  37. Indiana: Indiana Technology Education Curriculum Content Standards Booklet
  38. National Science Education Standards
  39. Technology Education Enters the Classroom
  40. Technology as Knowledge: Implications for Instruction DeVore cited
  41. DeVore
  42. Technology Education from the Academic Rationalist Theoretical Perspective Erekson
  43. Collaboration Between Science & Technology Education Welty
  44. Journeys and Destinations in Technology Education: Implications for Research2061 Welty
  45. Technology Education AKA Industrial Arts
  46. Diversity, not Uniformity United, not Standardized: A Reaction to Wright's "Challenge to all Technology Educators" Petrina
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August 2005