[A version of this postappeared on the website: Engaging Modern Learnersin a compilation of articles on self-directed learning.]

In my recent book, Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering and Engineering the Classroom, there are many stories shared by teachers about how to create opportunities that support self-directed learning in their classrooms using modern technology. This one is from Maryann Molishus, a teacher in Pennsylvania who has taught both second and fifth grade.

“What do you want to le...