Karl Fisch

I agree with Fisch that teachers, in order to be effective teachers, must keep up with advances in technology. For one thing, If they are not familiar with new technologies, you can bet their students are. How can a student learn from someone that is not in touch with the current world. Admitting to not knowing is not a sin but not wanting to do something about it well, that is another story. As Fisch says technology is to much a part of our world to ignore it. As educators we want to prepare our students for the world. How then, can we effectively do that if we are not connected to that world. Technology is the connecting fiber of everything we do as Fisch says. To ignore the technology available would be like trying to jump from one mountain to another. Technology is what students relate to and want to learn about. We need to be able to teach it otherwise, we are not really doing our job.

I don't feel that a teacher should ever stop learning themselves. When new technologies are available they should try to learn as much as they can. Their jobs can be made easier by what they learn. I also feel, that classes should be offered and incentives made for teachers to always continue their education. With everything they have to do, I know it isn't easy to have to worry about learning something new. We ask our students to learn something new because our world is constantly changing and we have to change with it. We have to evolve and teachers should want that. They should never be satisfied with the knowledge they have now but should want to learn more. Life is learning and it doesn't stop until we die.