TechTools resides within ITEC, the Information Technologies Education Center at UNC Greensboro.
Technology is the application of knowledge to meet human needs and to solve problems.
The scientifically literate person understands and appreciates the joint enterprises of science and technology, their interrelationships, and their impacts on society and the environment. There is a distinction between science and technology, although they often overlap and depend on each other. Science deals with generating and ordering conceptual knowledge. Technology deals with design and development, and the application of scientific or technological knowledge, often in response to social and human needs. Outside of their specialized fields, scientists and technologists may not exhibit strong development of all or even most of the Dimensions of Scientific Literacy.