Technology
Technology Is…
• The application of knowledge and skills
to make goods or to provide services.
• It includes the tools and machines that
people use to make goods or provide
services.
• Technology is therefore both product
and process: Any product or process
that allows humans to extend their
natural abilities.
Technology and Change
• Technology is one of the most
powerful agents of change in
society.
Technology and Change
• The whole of the 20th century is
equivalent to 20 years of progress
at today’s rate of achievement.
• By today’s standards, it would take
20 years to invent everything that
was invented in the 20th century.
Technology and Change
• 21st century technological change
will be a thousand times greater
than those of the 20th century.
Technology: Good and
Bad
• There are many ethical dilemma’s
associated with technology, for
example:
• Genetic engineering
• Cloning
Technology and
Transportation
• In the 1800’s the
railway was
advanced
technology
Technology and
Transportation
• Today’s
technology
provides electric
cars.
• With the price of
gas, more people
want to purchase
more efficient
vehicles.
Technology and
Communication
• We live in the
Information Age.
• Information is the
fastest growing
commodity.
• Distance education
makes it possible
for people to take
courses from their
homes.
Technology and The
Fishing Industry
• Technology has
devastated the
Northern Cod
fishing industry.
Technology and Mining
• Technology has
made mining
safer and easier.
• Disasters such as
Westray and
Springhill are an
unfortunate part
of our history.
Technology and Forestry
• Lots of
controversy
• Clear cutting is
common
• Clear cutting
means that all the
trees in a large
area are
harvested
Technology and Farming
• Farms are
becoming high
tech.
• Cows wear
computerized
collars.
• Use of pesticides
is controversial.
Technology and
Manufacturing
• Major impact, for
example:
• CAD
• Computer
automation
• Marketing
Issues Around Technology
and Work
• Downsizing
• Outsourcing
• Tele working
• Life long
learning
Technology Task
• Read textbook pages 196-201 and answer the
following:
1. Predict two pieces of current technology which
will be obsolete in 20 – 30 years. Explain the
reasoning behind your choices.
2. List four of Alexander Graham Bell’s
inventions. How do these inventions affect our
lives today?
3. What are three characteristics persons like Bell
and other inventors might share?