Disrupting the Classroom, in a Good Way
Channel: OpenSTEM Pty Ltd
Date: 2015-12-10

Arjen now spends considerably time in classrooms doing fun stuff. Making ginger beer, soldering electronics, 3D printing, robotics assembly and programming, and more on topics of Science, Tech, Engineering and Maths (STEM).

The focus is not on tech itself, but about enabling kids' natural curiosity and guiding their exploration for understanding. Kids (and adults!) have never had more science and tech around them, yet understand less of it. In essence, STEM-illiteracy is rife. Teachers and parents are very busy, so this helping hand works out pretty well. And it's all done with open technologies (software, hardware, data), so that the resources are open and cost is not a hindrance.

This talk specifically refers to the OpenSTEM Robotics Program (https://openstem.com.au/programs/robotics-intro)

This is a recording of Arjen's talk at the Open Source Developers' Conference 2015 in Hobart (Tasmania). For the many other awesome talks at OSDC 2015, see https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8a_puLy_ePB7u671e0nTt9bX9jz2YJZ6
(For the program overview, see https://2015.osdc.com.au/schedule/)