Perhaps it should not be surprising, but teaching technological literacy relieves an anxiety expressed by many teachers. What students need most is the panoramic view that places technology in relationship to our world. The activities in First Context will be familiar in structure and approach to any teacher. The focus the activities take on technology, the technology content itself, and the structure into which they fit is what distinguishes them. Pilot classes in several different schools with varying student composition prove students receptivity.
Understanding comes from context and context from breadth of knowledge.
Making connections from technology to science, math, history, communication, and perhaps any field, is a goal suited to teachers. So at a time when many feel left behind by technology and by their students who so readily play with it, it is reassuring to discover that teachers have the right background to bring perspective to the changes and to teach technological literacy. Steve Wozniak created the personal computer that he, himself, wanted to play with. Steve Jobs recognized that it would have general appeal and so developed it into the first Apple computer. The Next Fifty Years of Computing .