Teaching emerging technologies to K–12 students today not only sets them up for success as future citizens in the workplace, but also furthers diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Sean Wybrant, a CTE teacher in Colorado Springs District 11, shared what this looks like in his classroom in a recent episode of Focus on EDU.
Wybrant, who previously worked as an English teacher, found his way into teaching tech thanks to a misconception.
“When the job opened up to transfer from teaching kids about English literature to teaching kids about computer science and video game design, I thought, ‘I’m…