Department of Education
Dr. Tim Webb, Commissioner
Last Update:05/14/2009
Mission & Vision: Technology Engineering Education
- Our Mission
- To help student lean to appropriately use, manage, apply and assess technology to effectively make decisions and contributions to a rapidly changing technological society.
- Our Vision
- To provide leadership, service and connections to help prepare all Tennessee teachers and students towards becoming technologically literate citizens.
- Definition of Technology
- Technology is the application of resources to design, produce, and use products and services that extend human potential to improve and control the natural and human made environment.
- Benefits of Technology
- Develop higher thinking skills.
- Learn new and emerging technology.
- Apply technology to practical problems.
- Help career choice and planning.
- Build work and safety attitudes.
- Enhance leadership ability.
- Reinforce other subjects.
- Engage in problem-solving.
- Prepare for advanced education and training.
- Technological Studies Involve
- Designing, developing, and utilizing technological systems.
- Open-ended problem-based design activities.
- Open-ended project-based learning activities.
- Cognitive, manipulative and effective learning strategies.
- Working individually as well as in a team to discover solutions to problems.
