Random access: do Music teachers have a responsibility to teach with technology?

To say so almost sounds cliche, but we are in the middle of a truly amazing era of opportunity for our students. We have at our (computer's) disposal an endless array of historical resources, research tools, theory drills and even like-minded colleagues, not to mention the wealth of professional and amateur recordings that can be snatched (of bought, when appropriate) right out of cyberspace, sometimes right into your piano.

Many of us have musical gadgets in our studios, from small MIDI keyboards to full-blown digital-acoustic hybrid pianos. Many of these gadgets come teeming with thousands of buttons, screens and flashing lights just waiting to tickle our every ...