The magazine you are holding is, in many ways, a disruptive technology. From the introduction of the printing press to the launch of the internet, human inventions have always altered how humans live, ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

Abraham Maslow’s famous hierarchy of needs describes a pathway to achieving one’s full potential. Technology’s purpose is to accelerate the realization of that potential. As with all technology, of ...