The September blog on Fischbowl was interesting, because it posed a question to society of whether of not a teacher insufficient in technology was equivalent to someone 30 years ago who did not know how to read or write. I read the blog, updates, and comments from other readers and I must say that I do agree with this for the most part. Most schools uses some form of technology in their everyday classes. In the morning, teachers have to take daily attendance on the computer and sometimes, administrators communicate with teachers through email.
If you are a new teacher and do not know how to log onto a computer or email notices, you should not be hired. The basic skills required for computer usage such as word processing, email, and some spreadsheet knowledge should be requirements for hiring teachers. Students are introduced to computers earlier than before. Even when I in kindergarten over 10 years ago, we went to the computer lab for instruction on computer usage at least 30 minutes/day/week. Knowledge in computer areas should not require teacher to be familiar with youtube, myspace, and blogs. These areas are not vital and are much more of leisure in my opinion.
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