"Today's students, of almost any age, are far ahead of their teachers in computer literacy." Nat'l Tech Plan, Jan '05
Too many accept this with complacency and excuses for the 'tech illiterate' of the profession. Here's a parallel to the medical field... Imagine...--Nat'l Medical Plan, Jan '05... Although most doctors see the benefits of penicillin, the use of x-rays to assist in diagnosis and treating the 'whole' person not just symptoms, there are some doctors who prefer to use leeches to suck out evil spirits that inhabit the blood of the sick, provide little pieces of paper with prayers on them to be eaten when feeling a sickness coming on and, if surgery is necessary, just using a stick in the mouth instead of that anesthesia stuff other doctors are using.
How long would this doctor be in business?
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I wish you would post this to the group. You have said it more eloquently than I have.
If a business was still using non-electric cash registers, hand written inventory lists, no credit card swipers, and hand printed price tags, how long would they be able to stay in business? Whether or not we want to think of education as a business, it is. We provide a product that others want. When the product is exceptional, more people want to take advantage/use your product. If the product is poor they will take their business elsewhere.
Twenty-first century technology will not automatically improve test scores or help schools achieve the goals of NCLB, but with it, many students will have access to a world of information they would never have had if not for their teachers willingness to provide it. If a teacher has access to these technologies, why not use them?
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