Teachers and Using Technology

I think that it is suprising that newer teachers are no more likely to use technology than teachers that have been teaching over 20 years. Most of the older teachers that I have had experience are still using overheads, and not taking advantages of technology such as powerpoints. Also, when I was in my undergrad I definately noticed a trend of with blackboard, it always seemed as if the older teachers would start out using blackboard, but never really update it or post grades. In turn, the newer teachers always had announcement, updates, and kept our grades up to date. I believe I disagree with statement because recently I have encountered two more veteran teachers and their problems with using technology. For example, my mom has been teaching 30 years and she still has problems using the computer, and would rather keep grades in a grade book than online. However, I do have to give her some credit becuase she now does her lessons plans on the computer even though it takes her a lot longer to do them because she is not very familiar with a computer. Another example which makes it hard for me to agree with this statement is that I had an older professor who would put homework on the internet for us to do, but she did not know how to use the program herself, so we always had to show her. Although I use technology and feel like I am fairly comfortable and familiar with it, I will always print out powerpoints and write on them instead of using my computer to type them out, which is one example of how I do not take of advantage of the technology that is in front of me. I think it is difficult for people to adjust to using technology if they are not familiar with it.