There's also probably hundreds or thousands of tech literate, highly educated, industry experienced people who are willing and excited to volunteer locally to assist with helping kids learn tech in any given community. People who have real-world experience and passion. I bet you'd even find many of them are willing to work for free.
I'm a capitalist. I like paying people to do things I can't or don't want to do. But not everything falls under capitalism, and it shouldn't. There are things more important in the world, and things that you don't need to pay others for because they will do it for free.
Then imagine: You get local volunteer tech experts who are better than cross skilled teachers will ever be at the tech they are native to, and you combine that with students who actually get their hands dirty making the tech work and give them the duty and the responsibility for helping others, and suddenly you've got something really special.
I'm a capitalist. I like paying people to do things I can't or don't want to do. But not everything falls under capitalism, and it shouldn't. There are things more important in the world, and things that you don't need to pay others for because they will do it for free.
Then imagine: You get local volunteer tech experts who are better than cross skilled teachers will ever be at the tech they are native to, and you combine that with students who actually get their hands dirty making the tech work and give them the duty and the responsibility for helping others, and suddenly you've got something really special.
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I actually did an apprenticeship for a short time in a school as a helpdesk tech back in high school. It didn't end up turning into a journeyman in being a helpdesk tech (and thank God it didn't, what a useless thing to be a journeyman in), and my ultimate field wasn't remotely in that, but there's a lot you can learn on the job, and that opportunity paid of much later.
It's a good model, especially once you remove the struggle of trying to find someone who is willing to take a chance on you. (I did read the link before replying the first time, btw -- otherwise I wouldn't have mentioned having the kids doing stuff because I wouldn't have thought of it)
It's a good model, especially once you remove the struggle of trying to find someone who is willing to take a chance on you. (I did read the link before replying the first time, btw -- otherwise I wouldn't have mentioned having the kids doing stuff because I wouldn't have thought of it)