Bill Gates at age 13 in 1969 got his start using a computer for the first time at General Electric, reports Malcolm Gladwell in his book, Outliers.
The New Story a non-profit organization, with the help of Icon construction, was using 3D printers to create the houses rolling off an assembly line in 2018. Designers on the "Project Runway" TV show used 3D printers to create their own fabric designs the previous year.
To get a head start in life, students need access, not only to 3D printers, but also to virtual reality, holography, robotics, green screens, solar panels, and every other new technology. Whether one advanced technology teacher and a sample are allocated to each school or a teacher and sample travel around a school district, the objective is to give students hands-on exposure to the fields of the future.
The school that wins a contest to name a robot could get the first one. You can imagine how excited students would be about coming to school every day, if a robot greeted them saying, "Good morning, I have a riddle for you...." Pick the toughest kid in the school to escort the robot and make sure no one harms it. The kid might transform into a new Bill Gates.
Kids will devise all sorts of ways to use virtual reality to illustrate original fantasy stories and to view wonders of the world and rare animals. There must be ways to use holography to resurrect historical characters and to use green screens to produce special effects for the school play.
What might kids heat or power with solar panels?
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