I like how Roblyer (2004) simply describes technology as “us -our tools, our methods, and our own creative attempts to solve problems.” Technology’s evolution relies heavily on what was created in the past. History and archealogoy teach us about previous groups of people through their technology use and the tools unearthed over time. We are constatnly amazed at the complexity of knowledge of these people. The ancient Egyptians built massive pyramids for the pharoahs with elaborate and amazing intricacies. Roblyer makes sure to include that technology is not just the physical, but ideas that have evolved to make life easier and better. We live in a great technological time, with the invention of the internet and widespead ideas. Through this technology our world is becomming united and some would even say-smaller.

Read more about the buildig of the pyramids in Science Daily:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080328104302.htm

Reference:

Roblyer, M.D. (2004). Integrating educational technology into teaching, 3rd Ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ. Merrill/ Prentice Hall.