Why is it that when someone hears "technology education" they immediately think of computers? This is not just with people outside of education but with teachers and administrators as well.

People think of computers when they hear technology education because computer systems are the majority technology education. While some teachers video cameras to evaluate themselves and students and other technology for evaluation, computers dominate the technology scene.

Jeff, I know what you mean... that IS immediately what I thought of when a couple people mentioned majoring in it. I really just dont exactly know what "technology education" is. Could you explain it to me? thanks (:

Jeff, Are you beginning to see an even larger uphill battle? The more people I talk with, the more convinced I am that only those teaching Technology Education know the difference between technology products used as tool and technology as an area to study. Computers are just tools, as are the video cameras and any other new technology product. We are going to have to become more engaged in letting people know that Technology Education is the exposure to students of many areas from aerospace, and communication, to power and energy, to graphic design, along with transportation, robotics and CAD, and manufacturing just to name a few. I guess we are going to have to teach the administrators before we can teach the children.

Technology Education teaches students about how systems and man made objects affect their lives. Computers are a tool that is used in the technology education classroom probably no more often than any other high school classroom