Willing to become lifelong learners

I ran across this statement awhile back on a blog maintained by Karl Fisch.

"If a teacher today is not technologically literate - and is unwilling to
make the effort to learn more - it's equivalent to a teacher 30 years ago
who didn't know how to read and write."

Wow. My first instinct was maybe a bit of an extreme statement. But as I continue to think on this I believe it is so true. Especially the "unwilling to learn" part of the statement. This is the key for me. Educators should by nature be lifelong learners. We expect our students to continually evolve as leaners so why shouldn't we? Teachers who refuse to learn technology and how it can impact their students are cheating their students. Period. Not that we should all be technology experts. That is not feasible for anyone. But teachers need to willing to learn how to teach today's students utilizing technology as another tool in their bag. I believe the majority of teachers are starting to understand that today's learners are different. I applaud their willingness to learn, change, adapt. I can only imagine where I would be today if my former teachers didn't know how to read and write!