"Shouldn't we be looking at the Internet as an amazing network enabling "The Power of Pull" and be empowering kids to learn through building things together rather than assessing their ability to complete courses and produce the right "answers"?
The web also provides countless new ways for students to contribute to the learning and knowledge development. This requires participation, but doesn't stop there, moving to creation, sharing... contribution.
The next time you struggle with getting people on board with your projects and ideas, simply tell them a story, where the outcome is that doing what you had in mind is the best thing to do
the simpler a story, the more likely it will stick