Technologically Illiterate Educators

Karl Fisch, a teacher at Arapahoe High School in Colorado, says "If a teacher today is not technologically literate-and is unwilling to make the effort to learn more-it's equivalent to a teacher 30 years ago who didn't know how to read and write". Harsh words, but I have to say that I agree with him. Twenty years ago, people were able to get jobs that did not require much knowledge of technology. Today, however, it is getting more and more difficult to find occupations that do not require knowledge of technology. It will only get more difficult in the future. Most workplaces of the 21st century use technology of some kind, therefore, if eductors don't technologically prepare their students then their students will have trouble being successful. It is a teacher's duty to be up-to-date on technology so that he/she can properly prepare his/her students for their future.