Comments on: Technology: A Required subject for all students

By: M Cavada

M Cavada — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:46:53 +0000

Getting students to be more technologically “creative, inventive, visionary”, is what I like to think we do most. (and best) As a group that teaches problem solving activities to get students to “think”, we ourselves can’t seem to come up with the winning words to express what we do.
We better think fast, before more of our courses continue to disappear into the increased use of mini general education activities.

By: Josh Hoffman

Josh Hoffman — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:17:17 +0000

If only I had seen this before I commented on the other “name change” post.

By: Jared Bitting

Jared Bitting — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:32:09 +0000

I think leaving the word ‘technology’ as it stands now could lead to the same confusion of computer = technology that we currently suffer from. When we all talk about what confuses people with are name it is really that one word, sadly. Regardless of our best efforts to equate technology with the larger technological world, people are who they are and think how they think…

By: Andrew A. Perlstein

Andrew A. Perlstein — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:41:03 +0000

I agree with Dr. Wright and really like the change that he mentioned “PATT” would be an excellent name for the association.

By: Jared Bitting

Jared Bitting — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:27:35 +0000

I agree, though we may want to consider other changes such as using the term Technological Studies instead of Technology Education. We need to give careful consideration to what name we pick, lest we be in the same position again down the line…

By: JL

JL — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:27:45 +0000

There needs to be more clarification about what we do in Tech. Ed. When I tell someone that I am a Technology Education teacher they say ” Oh, you teach computers.” While Engineering may not be a good addtion or change I do feel that it is time for a change.