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VCEC Technology
Technology is a powerful force that shapes individuals and societies in a pervasive, subtle, and relentless fashion. Societal initiatives have burst into the decade of the 2000s with tremendous momentum, fueled by a technology that seems to change the rules every time we turn around. The education needed to be technologically literate today requires more than a casual measure of technology awareness. In fact, people are considered not to be well educated unless they understand the physical environment in which they live. We are in a highly advanced technological society, and having a basic understanding of how things work is central to being competent people. Children need to know how the natural and human made world interface.
As educators, we have an opportunity to help children develop their natural interest and curiosity pertaining to how things work. Starting in kindergarten, every child should learn about technology and use his or her physical environment to develop a degree of technological capability. Teachers in grades K-5 should expand children’s exploration in technology at each grade level. The professional development workshops provided by VCEC offer a tremendous opportunity for teachers to sharpen their ability to integrate the use and study of technology in the elementary school curriculum.