Technology as a Human Endeavor

Technology has been the center of our current time. Every corner we turn there is some new piece of technology that didn't exist 3 years ago. One such example would be Wireless Mobile Broadband. Technology is designed with the needs of humans in mind.

When technology is able to be accessed and used by humans, it changes the way we plan and organise our lives. For example the creation of Outlook has enabled many people to keep track of important appoints and emails. Outlook along with a PDA such as iPod Touch enable you to be organized where ever you go.

In teaching students can gain knowledge and understanding of technology by exploring the design of products and learning about various design standards. Some examples are listed below:

- Simple as a pair of scissors or as complex as a radio or computer.
- Investigate the way technologies are constructed to fufill a purpose.
- The relationship between the materials used to construct technologies and the design requirements.

 A students' thinking when investigating technology is divided into four major areas of knowledge:

•The non-linear nature of technology education - Is taught in a step by step process.
•Linguistic competence - Discuss virtual ideas and the knowledge to label the physical action needed to work technologically.
•Tacit (doing) knowledge - Students learn on the job, the doing knowledge required.
•Design capabilities -The link between the capability of children to design and realize a product from that design.

Awareness of the developmental age and capabilities of students will ensure better lesson planning and greater student success.

Technology as a Teacher


Teachers need to have knowledge of technology in order to teach technologically. You couldn't teacher Office Excel on an overhead projector.

Teachers are required to use technology to access and orrganize learning content as well as classroom logistical data such as student records.

Teachers are required to creating learning experiences; organise, research, interpret, analyse, communicate, represent knowledge in different ways.

Pedagogy 

Education Queensland teacher standard 6 requires teachers to plan, implement and monitor learning strategies that implement a range of ICT technologies to promote and enhance student learning.