Is It Okay To Be A Technologically Ignorant Teacher?

No it is not. I feel that in today's world technology is a necessity, not a commodity. It is so easy to say, "oh I'm not very good at computers," but when it comes to education not being good at computers like trying to do a book report when you don't know how to read. There are so many things that teachers can use in their classrooms to motivate students and sometimes, trick them into learning. At Satsuma, we had smart boards. It was hooked up to a lap top and instead of using the lap top and the picture appearing on the smart board, you could actually touch the screen of the board just like it was a touch screen computer. We worked math problems, diagrammed sentences, and all sorts of fun things that helped us learn better rather than just watching the teacher write on the chalk board.
Teachers today need to learn the new and emerging technology so that they can use it in the classrooms without having to call the media specialist every five minutes when something goes wrong. personally got tired of running down the hall to the library to get Mrs. Lowe or the Mr. Laird's classroom to ask them to come fix our stuff. It took them away from their jobs, overseeing the library (and the mischievous library aids), and teaching, to come down and fix our mistakes. There are some students in schools today that are more technologically advanced than their teachers, and so the teacher becomes the student.