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Make connecting students | Don Wilcher | TEDxHuntsville

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Do you have a technical or engineering skill and want to impact the future generation of engineers, scientists, technicians, and designers?  Learn how Don Wilcher is helping to disrupt education by sharing his Electrical Engineering skills/knowledge for teaching electronics and robotics to high school students at a rural Technology Center. Watch as an Electrical Engineer/ Author turned Educator help high school students realize their dream technical careers in this hand- on and energetic talk titled “Make Connecting Students".

Don Wilcher’s talk will explain his journey to education, even though his training and experience is that of an Electrical Engineer. While in college, he noticed that the methods his professors used to communicate complex/abstract concepts in electrical engineering were not ‘user friendly.’  Because of their complicated teaching methods, he wanted to figure out a way to convey complex subjects to where anyone could understand them. Thus, his personal journey into education began when he developed his first weekend enrichment program for kids titled “Electricity and Robots.”  From there, his energies and focus are to help kids as well as adults learn about technology through hands-on building and experimenting with electronics and robotics.

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