its okay to be technologically literate

the blog is-it-okay-to-be-technologically is an excellent article. there is no surprise that it is award winning. the blog brings up the very real issue of people in the new millennium still not being able to effectively use a computer, one of if not the most useful tools at any one's disposal. As a student i use the computer for everything from writing this blog to looking up well basically anything i would ever want to learn. a teacher should be able to utilize this valuable tool to enhance their teaching abilities a help take the education system to the next level, where it should have already gotten by now but due to stubbornness or economic reasons it has been delayed.

the post basically attacks old fashion teachers that are showing no signs of even wanting to learn how to incorporate the computer or any other technology in their teaching routine due to inability to perform the tasks themselves or not even wanting to learn how. That is one thing a teacher should always want to do, learn. that is the main component of teaching. Learning is the only way they can achieve a teacher's main goal to further education. how does one produce new ideas in children when they haven't kept learning themselves. a teacher that cant spur a new idea is about as useful as a "teacher 30 years ago who didn't know how to read and write." with no new ideas our society will stall and the problems that we have will constantly keep growing and we will be powerless to stop the cycle. it is up to teachers to cultivate the people who will come up with the ways to stop these problems, lets just hope there not learning for someone who is "too good to learn new things".