What are your interests? What inspires you? What do you do when your work is done? What gets you excited about learning? Is it something old, something new, hands-on, visual, or auditory? The answers to these questions make life worth living and can make school an exciting place to be. Rarely do we ask these questions to students, but the answers can be used to guide our instruction and influence the learning capacity of our students.
In my book, Teaching Technology through Interest Projects available at The Critical Thinking Company(http://www.criticalthinking.com/), students will have the freedom of choice to explore their personal interests and learn correct uses of technology for research and presentations. Their interests may be life-long or only for a fleeting moment, but the introspective experience of making their own choices on which to base their learning will allow the students to grow not only intellectually, but also, emotionally and socially as they share their interests with others.
