After reading "Best (?) of the Fischbowl 2007" I begin to evaluate my technology illiteracy. However, upon my evaluation I begin seeing this illiteracy not through the eyes of a teacher (yet), but through the eyes of a mother of two girls ages 10 and 12. My initial thought and answer when my girls ask me if they can do something on our home computer is "no". Now I question myself as to why I always tell them "no" and the answer is UNFORTUNATELY because of my technology illiteracy.
As a preteen I began experimenting with computers and taking college courses in computers. This was at least 25 years ago or more. Once I became a mom and working in a steady job that did not require much in new technology advances, my learning became stagnant. Because of this stagnant behavior I have been left behind with technology.
After reading this post, I know now that I am doing my daughters an injustice by not keeping up with technology. In addition to doing an injustice to my daughters I know positively I will be doing an injustice to those students that I teach in the future. It is not fair to my daughters or those future students for me not to have the knowledge that will enable them to succeed in their future careers.
My goal from this point forward is to learn as much as I can in order to give those who I influence the steps they need for success.
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