Technical Workshops as a part of School Curriculum

“The technology you use impresses no one. The experience you create with it is everything.”

The ubiquity of technical gadgets in today’s market has made our lifestyle appear sophisticated. A decade ago, having a multimedia phone or using laptops appeared enough to highlight our class. Whenever we had a talk about electronic gadgets, people presumed that it would cost larger than the size of their pockets. But science and technology keep their pace a step ahead our needs. Today, the market of electronic accoutrements has its own regalia in which everyone one is getting dressed, diminishing the gap created by the ‘dollar & pound’ brothers. Everything is affordable in today’s market and can be utilized at its best. But, learning to use them is not sufficient. It is of utter importance to have a sound knowledge of ever improving technology in order to create new. We all wonder that how a mobile phone app can edit our image or how a body tattoo can generate energy from our sweat, but our lethargic behaviour toward learning puts a ‘full stop’ at a mere astonishment. Actually, we are paying to use technology and most of us haven’t tasted the pie that technology would pay us if we also begin to explore in this field.

In this advanced epoch, website designing, apps development, robotic systems and many other technical skills are used by entrepreneurs to make money with minimum capital investments. They start with a simple app and when it gains pace all around, a heavy amount is received by them too. We should also keep in mind- what we create is not new but how we present it makes it a brand. Take a simple illustration; a manual robotic car designed can work as a load carrier, mountain climber, mouse chaser, camera mover, toy car, virtual watchman, mines detector and many more. Similarly, we can develop applications by modifying the technology we use.

The technology and its applications are rarely taught in intermediate schools. Most of the institutions focus only on theory are hardly let the buddies to analyse pragmatically. Technical workshops should be given from the schools because the interesting part of science lies in its applications, which is necessary to stir up the interest of students toward efficient learning. So, it time to change the education and introduce technology in the curriculum.