Does the KnowledgeContext program replace something currently taught in schools?
No. Many people assume that technology education means training on how to use specific technologies: web browsers, email clients, Java, HTML editors, PowerPoint, Word, etc. This is already done in many schools and is not what KnowledgeContext does. Our curriculum is more conceptual than vocational. By teaching the patterns that endure through many generations of technology, it provides a tool to understand and evaluate technology even when all of today’s computers and software are obsolete. Those enduring patterns show relationships and connections between technology and core content areas (e.g. history and science). That creates a context in which to make informed decisions about education, career, civics, and personal issues that, by the nature of our modern civilization, are influenced by technology. The curriculum can be taught in a core content area, a technology class (to provide context before focusing on a specific technology), or in a self-contained classroom (where it ties to
