Defining “Technology”.ppt

1、The Nature of Technology,TEC 2029 Technology exhibiting a willingness to learn about new technologies; participating in decision making about technology; having the capabilities to use, design, and evaluate technologies. Benefits of technological literacy to the individual: ability to make better-in

2、formed choices, become a more actively engaged citizen, contribute to the workforce, function more effectively in society.,Shift in Technological Development,Concept of “renaissance man” Not so long ago, simple tools to produce food, shelter, and basic amenities for survival. Today, work is increasi

3、ngly specialized with highly evolved tools to create and manage complex, often centralized systems of manufacturing, energy production, transportation, communication, and beyond. harder to understand (also evaluate and control) potential reach has expanded far beyond local impact to, in some cases,

4、global impact (e.g. tools of war and global climate change),Perspectives on Technology,Emmanuel Mesthene, Harvard Program on Technology “dont care how it works, just want it to be there when I need it.” NO OPINION / DONT CARE Thomas Jefferson/Benjamin Franklin: Technology is a means for betterment of the human condition, warn of potentially corrupting effects of technological progress. PROGRESSIVE Full measure of a technology will consider not just what the technology does or enables, but its social, cultural, environmental, economic, and politi