Using bits of the future to bring greatest hits of the past into schools, Chris Thorpe (WB 2015)
Channel: AB Open
Date: 2016-08-05

3D scanning and 3D printing aren’t quite the stuff of science fiction yet, well not for grown ups anyway - they see flaws that children don’t care about or see. We can make bits of museums, the greatest hits of the world, teleport into schools so that children can handle them in lessons and interact playfully with them. One day they can be making a volcano erupt, the next they can be raising Tower Bridge with electronics. We think we can bring some much needed play and wonder into classrooms filled with tests. We can make facts come alive, make the curriculum seem more fun, help teachers and engage students more. Best of all we get to occasionally do incredible things with cameras, laser scanners and other fun things in places we’ve always wanted to go.

* Chris Thorpe is a technologist learning to be a CEO. He’s one of the founders of I Can Make, a new type of publisher. He’s probably best known for being the CTO of Moshi Monsters for which he still has to apologise to parents on a regular basis. His work for the Government Digital Service, The Guardian and now I Can Make is probably actually an extended community service for the expense caused to parents.