All this skateboarding got me to thinking about how children learn.  Increasingly, learning seems to have become more and more passive.  Teachers and technology dole out information and kids are expected to take the information and hold on to it, but I’m not sure the kids understand the importance of the information and how to take it farther.  And there is so much information, it’s hard to determine what to hold on to, what is true, and what is not important.  I’m wondering in my work with children this year, how I can spark that skatepark enthusiasm.