Technologically Illiterate Teachers

After reading the article "Is It Okay To Be a Technologically Illiterate Teacher?", I was baffled, to say the least. The analogy that a teacher who is technologically illiterate today can be compared to a teacher who was unable to read 30 years ago really enticed me to absorb as much technology as possible. I can surely remember sitting in high school and clearly knowing more than my teacher did (when it came to computers and whatnot), but I never thought to much about it. However, I can see how far technology is taking us and being unable to use it to its full potential would be like not having a mouth. I can foresee that technology is something that the everyday Joe should be familiar with, so why not the teachers who are educating are future leaders?
I know exactly what the article is talking about when it describes how people who are technologically illiterate play it off as coy or 'no big deal'. I can to some extent see how people would much rather just laugh it off than to try and learn or do something about it. However, when it come to teachers and school officials, I find it unacceptable. How can we make children want to learn if we are unwilling to ourselves? I just feel like, perhaps, teachers who are not willing to try and better themselves are only providing excuses for students to do the same.