Those of us who have been retired from teaching for 5, 10, 15 or more years would be stunned by the increasing demands placed upon teachers. Keeping up with technology is just one such aspect as it seems as though schools are constantly putting new hardware out there that teachers and students have to adapt to year in and year out.
It's not just keeping up with technology that makes a career in teaching so imposing. The consternation arises from all corners;, standardized testing, the demand for instant feedback on all sorts of issues, new forms of evaluating teachers, the drumbeat for being 'better' from critics for alleged shortcomings, fending off unwarranted attacks about unions and so very much more.
All of these new demands (and so many more that I haven't included) are on top of grading papers, developing lesson plans, teaching day to day, meeting with students, working in sports/clubs/activities and the other teaching duties. School governance needs to be careful about what I see as 'piling on.' Yes, piling on, adding so much to the plate that the plate can't handle one more thing added to it.
Dick
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