1. 6.0 Foundations of Technology
6.1 Definitions of Technology

2. Definition of Technology (Student)
Too Varied

3. Technology (Dictionary)
The science of the industrial arts

4. Technology (Wert’s World)
The study of change

5. - ology Biology Geology Psychology
Greek – suffix meaning “the study of”
Biology
Geology
Psychology

6. Biology -logy Biology Bio “the study of life”
Greek – meaning “of or pertaining to life”
-logy
Greek – meaning “the study of”
Biology
“the study of life”

7. Geology -logy Geology Geo “the study of the land”
Greek – meaning “of or pertaining to the land”
-logy
Greek – meaning “the study of”
Geology
“the study of the land”

8. Psychology -logy Psychology Psyche “the study of the mind”
Greek – meaning “of or pertaining to the mind”
-logy
Greek – meaning “the study of”
Psychology
“the study of the mind”

9. Technology -logy Technology Techno
Greek – meaning “the act or craft of making things”
-logy
Greek – meaning “the study of”
Technology
“the study of the act of making things”

10. Technology The study of change
The process whereby human beings use tools, machines, materials and knowledge to solve problems in order to satisfy our needs and wants.

11. Construction
The process whereby human beings convert raw materials into finished products or useful goods.

12. Manufacturing
The process whereby human beings convert raw materials into finished products or useful goods.

13. What’s the difference?????
In construction the intention is to produce one product on site.
With manufacturing you produce more than one product at a time which can be moved from one place to another.

14. Communication The process whereby human beings transfer information
from one place to another.
Sender  Message  Receiver
Examples:
sign-language
computer projector
speaking

15. Transportation
The process whereby human beings transfer people and or goods from one place to another.
Examples
cars
ships
airplanes
space shuttle

16. Bio-Technology
The process whereby human beings use living organisms to create products.

17. Fields of Bio-Technology
Ergonomics
study of how humankind works
Agrobiotech
agriculture with a twist
Cryogenics
freezing 6th graders
Hydroponics
farming without soil

18. from 1980 to 2030 it is predicted that there will be a 3200% increase in the amount of knowledge'
this increase will represent 97% of all of the knowledge learned since the beginning of recorded history