Response to the first readings (Ch. 1 and 2)

I may be a bit biased about this, but as someone who is hoping to teach biology, I cant help but see technology and the classroom going hand in hand.  This is especially true because of my experience of working in a Bioinformatics lab where most of our work was done by writing scripts for programs and utilizing databases to compare RNA sequences of different bacteria that ran thousands of sequences.

This being the case after reading the chapters i guess I am a bit curious as to what the text meant by becoming an E-teacher.  It sounds like just by using technology in our processes makes us e teachers?  While I could see that one could help usher in the new era of technology via the "lead by example" route, is that enough?  

Also, as specific subject teachers, is it our duty to be teaching specific technology?  I mean I could see us incorporating technology our lesson plans, and showing classes examples of how technology is utilized in their field of study (i.e. BLAST in biology, photoshop for designers, etc).  Even at the university level, we only really got to learn to perform techniques used in contemporary biology labs in lab classes.  How do we divide the time committed to content vs. technique?  Can it be argued that technique should be content taught in the classroom?

Also, the section in chapter 2 about creativity caught my attention.  I've always viewed technology to be like learning a new language, another way to do things, and thus, I suppose in art terms, a different medium.  This section in the text makes it seem like utilizing technology actually changes the creative process in individuals.  The text even went so far as to questioning redefining creativity?  Im not sure that I can really agree with that.  That would be like saying that without technology, some people who are artists would not be artists?  The process of creating something new is still the same.  The tools at your disposal now may be different than what was there even 5 years ago.  This is why we have the youtube generation, where anybody can post anything they create online.    Two of my roomates in college were dancers, and that is how I came about this ted talk, but the sharing of ideas has revolutionized the way that we share information and that barriers are broken down, but can we honestly say that the creativity needs to be redefined?