Why is it important to teach kids about technology? | Mitch Altman | TEDxACE скачать в хорошем качестве

Why is it important to teach kids about technology? | Mitch Altman | TEDxACE

In this video Hacker and Inventor, Mitch Altman talks about his experiences with technology and via some real life examples convincingly conveys, why is it essential to teach kids about technology and why good education and good teachers can play a pivotal role in helping individuals achieve higher success. Mitch Altman is an international hacker and inventor, best known for inventing TV-B-Gone remote controls, a keychain that turns off TVs in public places. He was a co-founder of 3ware, a successful Silicon Valley startup in the late 1990s, and did pioneering work in Virtual Reality in the mid-1980s. He has contributed to MAKE and other magazines and wrote a chapter for “Maker Pro”, a book about making a living from projects one loves. For the last several years Mitch has been giving talks and leading workshops around the world, encouraging people, sharing how to make cool things with electronics, and teaching everyone to solder. He promotes hackerspaces and open source hardware, and mentors others wherever he goes. He is a co-founder of Noisebridge hackerspace in San Francisco and is President and CEO of Cornfield Electronics. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx