To evaluate the effects of technological change on the teaching curriculum since the 1980s we need to analyze some important developments. This essay will focus on developments in the taught curriculum, particularly how it is implemented by teachers, and simultaneously on the technological changes that have led to these developments. To do this well, we will need to cover quite a bit of ground regarding the motivations, purposes, and effects of curriculum development as a response to technological change. Within the general scope of this essay it will be quite simple to outline the motivations and purposes that have directly influenced the trajectory of curriculum development in New Zealand as these are explicitly stated in the curriculum document. The challenge of this essay will be to evaluate the effects of technology on the teaching curriculum. The lines between personal opinions and academic discourse may be blurred at this point, but hopefully this awareness means this won't be an issue. The ultimate purpose of this essay is to explore the ways in which, whether we are aware of it or not, technology shapes our teaching and, instead, our teaching shapes technology. Before we can make any claims about the effects of technology on the teaching curriculum, we must first look at curriculum development. Curriculum development in the 1980s has been called “a decade of documents” by McGee (2001, p. 98). This is a significant decade in the overall scope of curriculum development in New Zealand and the Ministry of Education has led the change. In the 1980s there were two reviews and a statement on the national curriculum. These reviews are the result of the government's creation of a review panel. The group was... in the center of the paper... Ministry of Education. (2007, September 13). Draft development: Background. Retrieved 13 April 2014 from The New Zealand Curriculum Online: http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Archives/Curriculum-project-archives/Developing-the-draft#BackgroundNZ Ministry of Education. (2007, October 12). History of curriculum development. Retrieved April 13, 2014, from The New Zealand Curriculum Online: http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Archives/Curriculum-project-archives/Developing-the-draft/History-of-curriculum-developmentNZ Ministry of Education. (2007). The New Zealand Curriculum. Wellington: Learning Media Limited.Reid, M. S. (2000). Towards effective technology education in New Zealand. Journal of Technology Education, 33-47.Wood, B. E., & Sheehan, M. (2012). Displace knowledge? The New Zealand curriculum in the 21st century. Asia Pacific Education , 24 (1), 17-30.