Most influential blogs.Is it Okay to Be A Technologically Illiterate Teacher?
I found Karl Fisch's blog Is it Okay to Be A Technologically Illiterate Teacher very
interesting. One of the first things in this blog that intrested me was when Mr. Fischer said that in almost 80% of parent teacher meetings he had with students struggling in math atleast one parent would say that they were never good at math with a since of pride. His point about mentioning this was that today you would never here someone say they could not read,but when it came to math is was socially acceptable to not be good at math. The same goes for technology, as Mr Fisch points out, it's socially acceptable to "not get computers", or even try to broaden understanings of technology. I agree with Mr. Fisch when he said he does not believe education is hinged on technology, but it is a "indespensible tool" as he calls it. Technology is pretty much connected to everything we do, so why not learn to use it effectively.
"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" this one one of the most controversial quotes of the entire blog, but I think Mr. Fisch brings up a very good point. In the 20th century a person was severly limited in opportunities if they could not read. They had less chances to suceed compared to those who could read. The same goes for technology in the dawn of the 21 century. Technology in this day and age is expanding, and will keep growing larger and larger. If people are computer illerterate they are limiting themselves durring this technological day and time. In conclusion, I think Mr Fisch's blog made some very good points, and in my opinion not only are teachers and schools need to be technoligically litterate, but students and parents should be too
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