The Clock on the Wall

The great satricial writer Oscar Wilde once said, "I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." As I attempt to write my very first blog for my very first IDET class, I feel as Mr. Wilde felt, I KNOW NOTHING. And in confessing I know nothing, I feel that I am open to learning everything. I am literally a blank canvas (hmmm, an example of a teaching metaphor).

So where do I go from here? What is the first step? I guess it is alway best to start at the beginning. The beginning for me would be to define the concepts of this major that I have chosen. INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. When I tell people that I am studying IDET, their eyes glaze over and they feign interest. I believe this is because the words themselves sound boring. Instruction, design, education, technology. But when we really look at these words, disect them, analyze them, we discover that these words are inclusive of some of the most "exciting" developements our society has ever seen. Technology for example, has evolved since the beginning of man. It seems that some only see computer technology as technology, but to me technology is a tool or process that creates change. The wheel, fire, the printing press all changed the course of history. And on a smaller scale, hair brushes, spoons and socks changed the way we humans have done things. IN REALITY, WHAT COULD BE MORE FASCINATING THAN TECHNOLOGY! Last night, I got called out in class because I was looking at the clock ( haha thanks Professor) but clocks are amazing examples of technology. It is a process that measures the concept of time. I sometimes wonder if we as a society have begun to take technology for granted? I mean, before this blog I hadn't ever stopped to consider what technology has done for me personally.

I have never really written my thoughts down. So this blog assignment won't be intuitive for me. But I am excited to share and develope my thoughts here, in this way. Using this form of technology.