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Posted On: August 14th 2026, 12:50 pm
The innovation isn’t the AI.
In Pittsburgh at the 2026 State of Black Learning Conference, I shared what we learned through Future Makers 42—USC STEM Center’s work with elementary school teachers and students in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, using engineering design and design thinking to move young people from users of technology to designers and creators.
It left us with a question that extends well beyond AI:
Are we preparing students to use the technologies shaping their future—or to shape what those technologies become?
Thanks @adrirenee2408 for the invite and @kang_chase for the work you do!
#StateOfBlackLearning #FutureMakers42 #STEMEducation designthinking
In Pittsburgh at the 2026 State of Black Learning Conference, I shared what we learned through Future Makers 42—USC STEM Center’s work with elementary school teachers and students in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, using engineering design and design thinking to move young people from users of technology to designers and creators.
It left us with a question that extends well beyond AI:
Are we preparing students to use the technologies shaping their future—or to shape what those technologies become?
Thanks @adrirenee2408 for the invite and @kang_chase for the work you do!
#StateOfBlackLearning #FutureMakers42 #STEMEducation designthinking
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