Teachers can't be technologically illiterate!

I thought The Fischbowl article was very interesting and made a lot of good points. I agree completely with the author that teachers cannot be technologically illiterate. I think the set of standards he wrote was very important. We need to start holding people accountable for having teachers that do not know about technology. Whether we go back to the collage where they were educated, or if we hold the principals who hired them accountable, someone needs to take responsibility. I think the analogy he used comparing people who were proud of not being good at math to how some people feel about technology today was very meaningful.

We have to start thinking about our students, as the author said, "they can't wait for us to figure it out." Students need knowledge of technology to be successful in this world. We can't expect them to be taught meaningfully if the teacher barely knows what he/she is talking about. When a teacher has and in depth knowledge of technology he/she can not only tell the students how to do something, but model it in everyday life. As the world is becoming more and more reliant on computers it is important that our students don't fall behind.