The Fisch Bowl

His blog is very to the point and interesting, to say the least. I agree with his list! All educators must have some technological background and be capable of using the technology they have learned in the classroom. This type of message may get the attention of those instructors who still don't believe it's important to become TL. They should be embarrassed because technology is right at our fingertips 24 hours a day! I was astounded to read that he used a computer in 1975. If administrators in the schools would get tough with these Tech Illiterate teachers they would get on board.

He just puts it right out there front and center. Especially in 5, 6 and 7 of his list, Fisch says if schools and universities can't produce technologically literate students for teaching, they need to find another job or at least be held accountable. Maybe this type of rhetoric is what it will take for everyone to snap to attention. Fisch is right when he states that too many teachers today feel it's okay to be technologically illiterate. He also points out that education does not solely revolve around technology, but is vital. I agree that technology is a tool that helps us to teach, learn and grow. It also assists us in communicating day to day with each other.

This quote says it all, "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." Educators must get it together and embrace this wave of technology, or get left totally behind.