[Tin tức] Empowering the Next Generation: The Key to Building a Technological Utopia

In this conversation, Nigerian educator, Mr. Amara Sesay imparts his insight on the significance of cooperation within the tech community. He holds that the ultimate goal of creating a technology-based utopia can only be achieved through the cultivation of future leaders in technology; by educating our current children to become leaders of technologies, not merely consumers. With this in mind, he calls upon developers and designers to join him in his efforts at the WiseTeen Impact Lab, with the aim of producing technologies that empower children and inspire them to take a leadership role, rather than merely being passive users. Mr. Sesay believes that, by instilling in children the belief that technology can be used to address the problems faced by others, they can harness its power to bring about positive change.

00:00 Education for the digital leaders of tomorrow
00:00 theme song (written, arranged, mixed and performed by Neal Rosenfeld, sang by Jennifer Youngs)
00:35 welcoming message
00:40 introducing Amara Sesay
01:30 mismatch between learning in school and what is needed in today’s world
02:11 started designing programs around children and technology
03:36 validation and iteration
04:15 great technology puts children at the center
05:31 designing for markets can harm children
06:55 how do you use technology in education?
07:34 designing 10 for 10: involving children in the funding of other childrens’ education
08:04 start simple!
08:46 sometimes you can use tools that you already know for new purposes
09:36 democratization of complex technology
10:48 key goal of Wiseteen Impact Lab: to help children become leaders in technology
12:12 with many technologies, we become the product
12:33 a new movement towards democratization: it’s important for educators
13:51 from having an impact on one’s own houshold to having impact on the world
15:48 how old should children be when they are introduced to technology?
16:36 the complexity of cultural context
17:16 inequality as the driver for differences in early exposure to technology
18:33 the role of peer pressure to expose children to technology early
19:41 technology perpetuating inequality
22:34 the importance of looking at technology holistically
27:47 a call for a university course on utopias and dystopias of technology
28:32 the movement towards a collaborative economy: building technology as a form of conversation
32:39 collaboration instead of command and control
34:55 we can expose and guide the children, but they are the ones with the fresh ideas
36:10 educators must provide the shoulders of giants for the new generation
38:14 everyone is valued, differences are valued and everyone can contribute
39:42 Amara calls for designers to build technology around children
40:16 WiseTeen Impact Lab: making children leaders of technology
41:31 asking you all to keep the conversation going
42:02 announcements about the show and what is to come next