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 * Standard 1 **


 * Technology Definitions **
 * A. Technology is the correct use of tools. **
 * B. Technology should make life easier and/or more fun. **
 * C. Technology should improve our lives **
 * D. Does technology make our lives easier or fun? List 5 ways it is bad. **
 * Makes us lazy, we get dependent on it, bad spelling, addicting, and weapons kill people. **


 * Ergonomics **
 * A. Design objects that helps people or anything that involves people. **


 * System **
 * A. A system is an organized way to achieve your goal. **
 * B. A system includes 4 parts **
 * -input **
 * -output **
 * -process **
 * -feedback **


 * Trade off **
 * A. All systems have trade-offs **
 * -intended outcome **
 * -unintended outcome **


 * Difference between science and technology **
 * A. Science: focuses on the natural world. **
 * B. Technology: focuses on the correct use of tools. **


 * Technology also includes inventions and innovations **
 * A. Inventions: a new product **
 * B. Innovations: improving existing product **


 * Technology should use resources efficiently **
 * A. Four R's: **
 * -Reduce **
 * -Reuse **
 * -Renew **
 * -Recycle **


 * History of Technology: **
 * A. Agricultural Age: Up to 1700's--People use wooden plows **
 * B. Industrial Age: 1700's to 1950's--People had factories and steam engines. **
 * C. Information Age: 1950's to Present day--People use computers. **
 * 1. Made sharing information faster and more organized. **
 * 2. Sharing information has made inventions and innovations happen faster. **


 * Current Technology: **
 * A. Digital Electronics **
 * 1. Use a binary code--0's and 1's to program computers **
 * 2. Allows us to move a ton of information at one time. **


 * Reasons I use in technology **
 * A. Natural Resources: Man-made. **
 * B. Synthetic Resources: Not man-made. **