Sometimes I come across a video that inspires me. Sometimes like this one. I just stopped everything I was doing. I watched it from start to finish. I was searching for ways the MakerBot printer has been integrated into schools. I was interested in the implications for learning. What did I discover? The implications for the world. It made me think about how ideas become seeds that grow and make our world better. It made me think about how our schools should be places where those seeds are cultivated, where the soil is enriched with the kind of environment that learning will grow. Many people talk about how we’re preparing our kids for jobs that don’t exist. But we’re also preparing our kids for a world where anything is possible. Human thinking and innovation will determine what our future looks like. The problems of tomorrow, that we can’t yet see? They’ll be solved by kids who are getting the foundation for solving in our schools and homes right now. A foundation that we owe them. We need our kids to believe in themselves. Not just because it’s a school motto or a catch phrase. Because humans can change the world, and believing in yourself is the first step.
Just watch. And when he points out that what he has done is a ‘tiny little piece,’ you will probably wonder the same thing I did. If your ‘tiny little piece’ makes a huge impact in the life of another person, then wasn’t it worth it? You’ve just changed the world. Like I said, inspiring.