Perspectives on Tech Language

First of all, I have rarely ever come across a professor or boss like the one in the intro of Chapter 5. Even starting my college education in the year 2000 technology and especially e-mail was driven home as a necessity.  "You have to check your e-mail, I will send you information that is crucial for you to pass this class", is something that I remember hearing a whole lot more than, "I don't know how to work e-mail." That was 11 years ago, how can anyone be computer illiterate now?  I can understand how a teacher who has been doing something the same for so many years could be frustrated by, what seems to be, an overwhelming overload of new technology.  On the other hand, my belief is that if 'everyone' is doing it, it can't be that hard.  Everything is easier to do, all in one place. You don't have to right checks, or subscribe to newspapers, or even go the mall to buy something.  We as educators must move with the times and faster than the students in some cases.  Nobody wants a student teaching the class how to do something.