Passion Projects with Purpose

After introducing Passion Projects and 20% Time to my classes we began generating ideas. My students had some amazing ideas for Passion Projects.As they worked through their initial ideas they struggled for purpose in their Passion Project.  For example, while they may like a particular activity such as knitting, questions about purpose arouse. Why were they knitting? Was it just for enjoyment? Could there be a bigger purpose?
I decided to ask a few questions of my students based on conversations I heard while walking around the room.

I am a firm believer that true success only comes when we find a way to solve a problem and make the world better for ourselves or others. So I added the idea of purpose to our Passion Projects.  

How can you develop purpose in your Passion Project?

Now with a passion for knitting you could teach young children to knit, sell knitted items to raise money for a charity, knit with an elderly neighbor that needs a friend, donate baby knitted items to a children's hospital, and the list goes on and on.

That's Passion with a Purpose!