Technology is the application of knowledge for achieving practical goals in a reproducible way. It can also refer to the products resulting from such efforts, including tangible tools like utensils or machines as well as intangible ones such as software.
While individual inventiveness is essential to technological development, social and economic forces strongly influence what technologies are endorsed, paid attention to, invested in, or used by society at any given time. These decisions often involve trade-offs: what benefits will be gained and what costs will be incurred?
When a technology becomes popular, it tends to scale the behavior that it enables. TVs, for example, exponentially scaled the behavior of zoning out in front of screens hypnotized by continuous visual stimulation. More recently, social media sites have exponentially scaled the occurrence of one-way parasocial relationships.
In the business world, technology is a powerful tool that helps organizations keep up with competition and provide better services to customers. With automation tools, it is easy to handle large volumes of data and make important decisions with accuracy.
Teachers are constantly pushed towards new pedagogies, which is great for students but can be overwhelming for teachers already overburdened and overworked. Integrating technology into your teaching isn’t as difficult as it sounds, though – simply alternating between different types of activities or platforms can add variety to your lessons and keep students engaged. For example, using educational apps such as Kahoot in class allows students to review information from a previous lesson or unit and also gives them an opportunity to interact with their peers.