Technology Education

Per the CT Frameworks for Technology Education*, Greenwich Public Schools students will:

• evaluate the effects of existing and emerging technologies on people and the environment over time

• recognize the scope of technology and evaluate the impact and influence technology has on society, culture and the environment – past, present and future

• develop and use strategies for adjusting to new technologies and changing interactions among science, technology and society

• develop cognitive and psychomotor problem-solving skills through applied research, design, production, operation and analysis of technological systems (informational, physical and biological)

• safely and effectively use resources, processes, concepts and tools of technology

• create devices for solving problems, using creativity and concepts of design and
technology

• understand the influences of technology on consumer and career choices.

Connecticut State Department of Education Division of Teaching and Learning (1998) CT Technology Education Curriculum Framework