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1- Standard 1: 2- Technology: Definitions 3. 4. 2- Ergonomics 5. 6. 3- System 7- Technology should use resources efficiently. A- The 4 R's : 1. Reduce 2. Reuse 3. Renew 4. Recycle 8- The history of technology. A- Agricultural age: Up to the 1700s- People used wooden plows. B- Industrail age: 1700s to 1950s- people had factories and system engines. C- Information age: 1950s to now- people using computers. 1. Made the sharing of information faster and more organized. 2. Sharing information has made inventions and innovations happen faster. 9- Current technologies: a: Digital electronics 1. Uses a binary code- 0 and 1 to program computers. 2. Allows us to move a ton of information at one time. 10- Resources we use in technology. A. Natural resources: Not man-made B. Synthetic resources: Man-made materials
 * I know you love to take notes!
 * Technology: The correct use of tools.
 * Technology should make life easier and/or help us have fun.
 * Technology should improve our lives.
 * Does technology always make our life easier/or fun?
 * Designing objects that help people with their jobs, environment, sports, safety, or anything that involves people.
 * A system is an organized way to achieve a goal.
 * A system includes 4 parts:
 * Input
 * Output
 * Process
 * Feedback