Thursday, September 27, 2007

Are you kidding me? We have teachers living in this world, at our school, that don't know how to use computers! How can you live in this world and not know how to use computers? Unbelievable! We use computers everyday, sometimes more than once a day. While I was reading, "Is It Okay To Be A Technologically Illiterate Teacher?" Mr. Fisch brought up some interesting topics. He questioned our future (students), he questioned if teachers should keep their job, and if teachers should learn the new technology. If we don't learn the new technology we will be limited to fewer opportunities for jobs. Pretty soon, new technology is going to come in and if we don't know the basics, how are we going to understand this revolutionary, new technology? That is like me trying to run before I know how to walk. You can't do it! Technology is a process just like the process of walking to running. If teachers are technologically illiterate how can they teach us these new frontiers. To teach teens education today, you need to know how to use the computer. If you don't you should either learn or find a new carreer. That is like if my basketball coach doesn't know the new, improved drills that will benefit us the most. I want the best coach I can get. I don't want some coach that only knows the old drills. Just like I want the best teacher, that will help me be successful in life. Or another example is if I get a driver's education teacher that only knows half the rules. That won't help me! Just like not learning about technology will hurt me when I get out of school. We are living in the present not the past!

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