Karl Fisch

It's not only teachers who are afraid of technology. Many adults are afraid of the unknown, and for them, technology is the unknown. I like the way Mr. Fisch equates technological literacy with reading literacy. I realize that they are not exactly alike, but there are similarities worth looking at. Most students today expect technology to be used in their education. When it's not, what are we telling them? Are we telling them that they are not worth the effort for us to learn something new? It would seem that way.

Like Mr. Fisch, I do not like to hear parents say "I was terrible at...". It's almost as is they are giving their children permission to fail. When I hear these statements, it makes me want to encourage the student to put forth even more effort to overcome the preconceived notion that they too will be "terrible at...". We have to be more than teachers, we have to be coaches, motivators, and cheerleaders too.