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Elementary School Technology Education
Technology education experiences in the elementary school are designed to help children learn and achieve the educational goals of the total elementary school program. These experiences orient pupils to technology, develop psychomotor skill, and provide the basis for informed attitudes about technology's influence on society. Technology-based activities, integrated into the total elementary school curriculum, motivate pupils and reinforce learning while pupils gain a technological awareness.
Focus: Technological Awareness
The focus of technology education at the elementary level is to develop a technological awareness and to reinforce learning.
The elementary school child with technology experiences shall...
- Explore how people create, use, and control technology.
- Apply knowledge in mathematics, language arts, social studies, science, health, and fine arts in solving problems associated with technology.
- Use tools and materials to explore personal interests with technology.
- exhibit self-confidence through the use of technology.
Click here to review a comprehensive set of design briefs for use in grades K-5.
For information about regional and statewide Elementary School Technology Education activities, please visit the Virginia Children's Engineering Council Web site.