History Of Technology

The history of technology is the story of the invention of tools and techniques with a practical purpose. Modern history is closely related to the history of science since the discovery of new knowledge has created new things and, conversely, have been able to make new scientific discoveries through the development of new technologies have extended the possibilities of experimentation and knowledge acquisition.

Technological artifacts are products of an economy, a force for economic growth and a good part of life. Technological innovations affect and are affected by cultural traditions of society. They are also a means of obtaining military power.

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The new technologies of information and communication are transforming society, and in particular the educational process.

Digital networks are part of this social change, but we must take into account many technologies aids.

The telephone, radio and television, electronic money, telematic networks, multimedia technologies and virtual reality technologies are taken into account.

Pedagogy talks about media education, media literacy and information literacy.

New technologies make possible the construction of a new social space.

This transformation is important enough for it to be compared with the major technical revolutions such as writing, printing, that transformed education.

The right to universal education has to be expanded, because the social spaces have been expanded. The truth is that the emerging digital environment requires designing new educational activities, complementary to existing ones.

Not enough to teach reading, writing and math, in addition to introducing basic knowledge of history, literature and science. All this is necessary and will remain in the natural and urban spaces in which traditionally has developed social life.