Is It Okay To Be A Technologically Illiterate Teacher?

"Is It Okay To Be A Technologically Illiterate Teacher?" posted by Karl Fisch, (photo on left} on his blog ""The Fischbowl" in September of 2007, should be read by every educator and potential educator. It's obvious why this post won the EDUBlog Award for "most influential post" in 2007. Mr. Fisch uses a "no holds bared" approach in blatantly stating what can know longer be ignored. [IT IS NOT OKAY FOR A TEACHER TO BE TECHNOLOGICALLY ILLITERATE]
Mr. Fisch composed a list of suggested standards in which he believes educators should adhere to. The first standard listed "All educators must achieve a basic level of technological capability" is not really an option in today's academic setting. The technological resources available to both teachers and students, is limitless. There are now so many innovative ways in which to enhance a child's learning experience, therefore giving teachers new ways in which to present it.
Another standard suggested by Mr. Fisch was the third one, which states "We should finally drop the myth of digital natives and digital immigrants." He goes on to say, immigrants become natives after they've been in the country for a given number of years. Personal computers have been around for nerarly 30 years. People have yet to realize that "technology is part of life, not an add-on". I feel we need to all wake up and smell the coffee. In a world that is "technologically inclined", if we don't "incline our minds", we're surely to be left behind.
Though I could go on and on, one last fact that Mr. Fisch mentions which rings true, is that the majority of people who are technologically illiterate think it's okay. I feel those people are living in a fantasy world. Not only in the academic world is it important to have "basic technological capabilities", but the average "career(s)" are based around or soon will be based around technology in some form or another.