Wow! This blog is very straight-forward, yet so true! I enjoyed reading Karl Fisch's opinion about being technologically illiterate. He couldn't have presented the material any better than he did. He changed my perspective about technology in the classrooms. Before, I thought that a teacher could get by without technology, but truly one cannot. I loved the quote he used comparing teachers who don't know how to use technology to teachers who don't know know how to read or write! In today's society, a teacher cannot survive without updating their technology skills. Not only does it hinder their ability to learn, it hinders the students.
Any student graduating from any university should leave the school with a firm foundation of technology. Children are growing up with Ipods, Gameboys, and home computers, as young as five years old. According to Dr. Strange's survey, society is no longer focusing on reading and writing. Much of the population is evolving into a world of listeners. All in all, it is not okay to be technologically illiterate.
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