Technology:Objects that fulfill our needs and wants

Technological Literacy: Understanding and using technology to communicate and problem solve

Families of Technology

• Communication - transfer of information
• Manufacturing - mass producing items
• Construction - building structures
• Transportation - moving objects from place to place
• Energy - ability to do work
• Biotech - technology that is made with living objects in mind

Ages of Technology

Stone Age:

• Nomads
• Cave Art
• Tools were weapons
• Materials used: Stones, sticks, bones, leather hide

Agriculture Age:

• Material used: bronze, iron
• Tools for farming
• Domesticating animals, farming
• Developing villages and staying in one place

Industrial Age

• Products made in factories
• Assembly line production
• cheap labor
• many inventions

Information Age

• Computers and Internet
• World Wide communication
• easy access to all information

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