Steve Wozniak, one of Apple's co-founders, establish an educational platform " Woz U " aiming to train advanced computer technicians.
According to Woz-U official website,
Woz U is an educational platform with the headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona, for educating next generation innovators based on science and technology in collaboration with educational institutions such as governments and universities, companies and nonprofit organizations.
As a mission to foster the gaps of technology necessary for action in the world, to foster future entrepreneurs based on science and technology, and human resources to become industry sort leaders.
Wozniak's thoughts on education
Mr. Wozniak, an engineer from beginning and begin passion for education. It is said that he wanted to be an elementary school teacher unless he became an engineer like a speech at Distinguished Speakers Series.
By the way, according to the contents of the press release posted by Business Wire, Mr. Wozniak says about this experience of establishing Woz U from experience as an educator for many years as follows.
"People often fear that they can not do it for themselves and are afraid to choose a career to make use of technology, but everyone can do it and I want to tell them how to do it."
For those who are unfamiliar, the mechanisms of computers and programming are difficult and incomprehensible and scary. Mr. Wozniak seemed to have devised the concept to dispel such negative concepts and create places where people can provide more sophisticated engineering education.
Future prospects of Woz U
How will Woz U be developed in the future?
First of all, official apps are distributed free for iOS and Android . In this application, after registering an account, you will be subjected to a fitness test asking simple mathematics, computer knowledge, etc. Based on the result, it tells you what field you are suitable for, so it is structured to help you in choosing your career. In the future, we will be able to develop careers and manage the curriculum under study through this application.
And yet Woz U, just beginning, the vision of education aimed at in the future is magnificent.
Initially, only 24-hour online courses will be set up to develop software development and support technicians of computers, but over the next several years we will take physical schools in more than 30 cities in the US and around the world.
Future Educational Program
- Intensive program with paid internship aimed at nurturing elite of young technicians who will save salaried students whose large educational loans are a hindrance to career development
- Training program for people who feel the gap of skills while working for a company as an engineer. It is said that it is planned to open such.
I look forward to see future developments.
