Technophobes Teacher

There are many teachers who do not want to be bothered with the use of technology in their classroom. I personally know teachers who have retired earlier then they wanted to, because they did not want to use technology in the classroom. Yes, technology can be overwhelming to many people, but if these teachers would go to visual literacy conferences they would be more comfortable. There are so many classes to take on being able to better understand technology in a classroom. I came across a Blog entry titled Extinction Looms of Technophobes. In this blog the author talks about how teachers are going to be forced to retire early if they do not start using technology. The blog was posted November 13, 2010 when the iPad was released. The author talks about how iPad's can be used to hold textbooks, and also incorporate games and activities on one device. He also compares the iPad to a comet and the extinction of dinosaurs with the extinction of technophobe teachers. From what I have seen in classrooms today most old school teachers are afraid of all the new technology and are retiring. If they only knew how helpful it could be.

http://web.me.com/timholt/Intended_Consequenses/Intended_Consequences_v._2.0/Entries/2010/11/13_Extinction_Looms_for_Technophobes.html