"Technology"

About yesterday's discussion led by Carrie, I conclude that "technology" in the context of this class means the practices and tools associated with the digital revolution of the 1990s: web, cell phones, pdas, ipods, and other connectibles. In a dictionary, or in an anthropology class, "technology" means something more basic. No doubt, it also means something larger from the perspective of a general theory of education. But that is not what we mean in the context of this class.