I am creating this blog because of an error I kept getting on my iPod. I had downloaded "The Element" by Sir Ken Robinson as an audiobook. Every time I tried to listen to it, the book would start over after about 20 minutes. This became increasingly frustrating, and I decided to stop listening to the book.
However, today I decided to start listening from the beginning of the book to see if there was "anything that I had missed". That is what is changing everything. The book begins with the story of three people who found their passion in life by finding "their element". All three stories showed how school was actually an impediment to people finding their element.
I am teaching a new class in the Fall 2009 called web development, but it should really be entitled, "Find Your Element Using Web2.0 Tools". I plan to make the entire class about helping students discover their passions and then using web2.0 tools to unleash the talents associated with those passions. Along the way, I hope to use their discoveries to help other teachers understand the value of web2.0 tools and their ability to transform education into a more dynamic and joyous adventure for their students and themselves.
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