Technology+Standards

=What is technology?=

Here are some thoughts from major company businessmen over the past 50 years:

 * "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." --Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943
 * " I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last the year." --The editor in charge of business books for prentice Hall, 1957
 * "But what .....is it good for?'--Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip
 * "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." --Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
 * "640K ought to be enough for anybody."--Bill Gates, 1981

=What is a standard?=

Dictionary.com defines it as the following:

 * 1) something considered by authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison
 * 2) an object that is regarded as the usual or most common size or form of its kind
 * 3) a rule or principle that is used as a basis for judgement
 * 4) an average or normal requirement, quality, quantity, level, grade, etc
 * 5) standards, those moral, ethics, habits, etc., established by authority, custom, or an individual as acceptable

=Technology Think Alouds=

Why do we teach technology? Why do we have standards that we expect our students, teachers, and administrators to follow? Click on the links below to find out about a couple of intiatives:
[|21st Century Skills]

[|Did You Know 2.0]

[|A Vision of K-12 Student Today]