Student Name: Anthony Gilliam

Unit 1: Technological Inventions and Innovations

Lesson 1: Inventions and Innovations: An Evolutionary Process

File 1.1.1: Enduring Ideas of Technology

Complete each question using your background knowledge. There is no right or wrong response. You will
be asked to share your responses with the class.

1. Can people survive without technology?

No, technology does not just include computers, it also includes tools that we use in order to
survive.
2. As technology advances, do people live longer or shorter lives?
People begin to live longer, technology is anything that is used to make our lives easier.
3. As technology advances, does technology become more or less complex?
It depends. Some forms of technology start out more complex than they are now. Other
forms of technology become more complex as time passes.
4. As technology advances, do people become more or less specialized in the things they do for a living?
People become less specialized for their jobs. It significantly easier to use a computer to help
you with your job rather than remembering everything you need to know.

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Foundations of
Technology, Third Edition/
Technology, Engineering, and Design

7. As technology advances, do the tools and processes we use to make, build, and do things become
more efficient (become faster and require less material, energy and fewer people)?

Yes, the sole

purpose of technology is to make tasks easier and more efficient.

7. As technology advances, do the things we make, become: more reliable? Safer? More durable?
Perform better?
Yes, I believe that technology will make the things we do safer, more durable, and perform
better.

7. As technology advances, does it require more or fewer science and math applications?
I believe that technology will require fewer science and math applications in the future, but not
significantly fewer.

2012 International Technology and Engineering Educators Association

Foundations of
Technology, Third Edition/
Technology, Engineering, and Design