I have been fortunate to work with some very talented groups of individuals over the last decade. Not the least of which was the Wisconsin Technology Standards Writing Team who was empowered to develop standards for what all students need to know, and be able to do in the State of Wisconsin. The narrative below was used as an introduction to those standards.
Technology appears to have many different meanings to many different people.
I believe that technology fulfills the desire of technological enterprise with the spirit of human yearning. I offer the following information as a suggestion for what technology is, and what it can be. Much like building a bridge, the pilings or footings have to be stable and strong before the remainder of the structure can be built. Consider this narrative, and let it provide a foundation from which you can construct your own definition. It has been said, we live in permanent whitewater, a time in which change is a constant, a time when schools and other institutions must respond if change is to be managed.