Technology is the use of tools or systems to accomplish tasks. Humans are natural toolmakers, and technology has always been with us. Technology has the power to change our world, but it can also be used for good or evil. In the hands of good people, it can empower us to do incredible good works. In the hands of bad people, it can do enormous harm.
Technology allows students to connect with the outside world in an exciting way. They can work on projects that include their peers, local business, community centers, and people living in the countries they are learning about. This is something that would be impossible without the use of technology.
Although it is tempting to think that technology follows from science as some kind of direct 1:1 relationship, there is a critical juncture between science and technology where the technologist chooses what kind of future materializes based on his or her knowledge of the present world. This choice involves calculating not just the efficiency of different possible means towards an already determined end, but also deliberating about what that end should actually be.
Incremental technology, for instance, consists of a series of smaller innovations that contribute to significant improvements in an existing technological aspect. Developing these incremental technologies is an important part of the process of creating and maintaining technology.