The Way of Kings

"I would not have you studying this if there were no point to it," Jasnah said, opening up another of her own books. "Too many scholars think of research as purely a cerebral pursuit. If we do nothing with the knowledge we gain, then we have wasted our study. Books can store information better than we can - what we do that books cannot is interpret. So if one is not going to draw conclusion, then one might as well just leave the information in the texts."
~Brandon Sanderson The Way of Kings~

So...I've been reading this book. (I've also been reading my EdTech book too, just so you know.) It's a ginormous book, but I was SO excited when I read this quote. All I could think was, "This goes with what we've been talking about in EdTech! :) I completely agree with the quote by the way. I have loved learning, theorizing, and discussing the affects of technology on our brains and society. I feel that we are coming to the point where it's time to start doing something about it. Yet, I know that we will continue to pursue more information. It's a circle; read, study, theorize, interpret, do, and repeat.

Actually, now that I think about it more, it's not really a circle. I think we are doing several of the steps at once on many different levels. Although, when we really want to understand one thing in particular we'll use those steps. 

Anyway, when we initially started this class, I was honestly a little disappointed. I thought we would be getting straight into doing projects with technology, learning new technology tools, and figuring out how to use technology in the classroom. I'm glad that we started where we did though. You have to have a foundation first. Study the topic and then do something with it. :)