Thank you for the comment you left on my blog earlier. I see what you’re trying to say about thinking outside the box and expressing creativity. Students theses days aren’t as willing to take a chance vs. going with the flow. I see it all the time at my school.

I also feel for the secondary teachers in the Public Schools (the education system in Hawaii is a bit different than the situation on the mainland) who feel pressured into producing good test results. It seems to take the fun out of teaching and I get the sense that many teachers are discouraged.
http://blog.brettmoller.com/?p=67

I guess you could say that elementary school is the only real time to you experience your youth before going off into the middle school and have to start worrying about grades and getting into college. While this is to some unfortunate, I think it is often a representation of what’s to come. (responsibility, stress and being a part of the wheel)

I believe learning is interacting with your enviroment and more importantly people. So yes, podcasting can be used achieve those means. But it is going to be a long time before podcasting is accepted. Gee if you think about it, these days the word “blogger” has bad connotations! I guess there’s a lot of work to be done.

P.S. you seem like a humorous person. Based off the contents of your blog I’m going to guess that you might also like to read this blog. Creating Passionate Users. Gosh they’re so funny yet so insightful.
http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/