Essay from the year 2005 in the subject Pedagogy - Media Pedagogy, grade: A, ( Atlantic International University ), course: Technology in Education, language: English, abstract: Technology - having been seen as evil and promise the same time the truth probably lying somewhere in the middle. Similar might be the situation if it comes to the question of how the role of technology is considered within educational settings. Such consideration is the purpose of this research paper. To do so the term technology in education is distinguished from the term educational technoloy/technologies as well as technology education. As soon it is clear what we are talking about the pros and cons - and the challenges - can be discussed, and will be discussed.