Dr. Strange asked us, his students, What is meant by "technology literate teacher" on his Wiki page a tech literate teacher at wiki spaces.com. A technology literate teacher , to me, is someone who not afraid of using technology to teach their student using methods that are going to give the students hands on experience. No matter which grade level or subject you are going to teach the students have to be excited about learning and they have to be challenged if not, they are going to be bored. A technology literate teacher must try new things as they come available, and learn from mistakes as they happen. Technology literate teachers will continue to learn not only from colleagues but from their students as well. What is a TL teacher to know? That’s a hard one to answer, nobody can know everything, but all of use know some, so when we come together the possibilities are endless. If I need help teaching a certain skill I can log on and ask for help. By using the resources available to us the students benefits, instead of one teacher the actually have millions of teachers.
Dr. Strange also asked us "Must all teachers be technologically literate?". This one seems easy right, of course every teacher should be technologically literate. However, we have to remember that there are some teachers out there that have been teacher before computers were a normal household item. With that being said I think that in today’s society every teacher should be able to use every resource that they have available to them. I think that there are some that are afraid of making mistakes, so they don’t try, and it is sad that they have forgotten that you can’t learn something new without being willing to make a few mistakes. So, yes I think all teachers should be technologically literate. I think that the willingness to evolve as the world around evolves will make us better teachers.
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