Tech EdVentures is spending the next few days in Silicon Valley, meeting with friends who design web sites and create platforms for learning. Before we share the details, two pictures will give you some "local flavor" of one of my favorite neighborhood in the Valley.
First stop was Whole Foods in Los Altos, where I went to grab some goji berries and fresh hummus. Those of us with battery powered rides had an easier time parking!
Still on the high-tech-car theme, I finished lunch and pulled into traffic heading for Palo Alto. Driving north I made my way past not one, not two but three of Google's funky self-driving cars. It's a normal car until you get to the roof, which is decked out with laser sensors, cameras and satellite measurement gear. Very, very cool.
BOTH of these photos remind us of how fast the most basic technologies in our lives are adapting. In this environment, Tech EdVentures believes it's essential for kids to have some critical skills for high tech success.
These include the ability to collaborate, experience with problem solving and (of course) the tools to create computer code in order to automate work that would otherwise be tedious and repetitive.
Brave new world? Here we come!
Allen
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