The medical center has played a leading role in efforts to transform Pittsburgh from a former industrial power to a high-tech, educational and health care center.
The administration's plan is for universities and community colleges to provide training, but to also rely on high-tech educational academies, some of which have entered into arrangements with cities to train workers in a matter of months and then help place them in jobs.
But it would also hurt our efforts to produce more: if the message to American students is, "Don't bother working hard for a high-tech degree, because we can import someone to do the job for less," we could do significant long-term damage to the high-tech educational system we value so dearly.
Today VTech is the largest seller of cordless phones in the U.S.; also makes high-tech educational toys.
As planned, the event will include a number of high-tech, educational games that are currently being developed by Two Bit Circus, such as the "Motion Capture Spinning Bull" and "Laser Maze Limbo".
Case in point: the masterminds behind the Los Angeles-based think tank, Two Bit Circus, are pulling magic out of their sleeves to bring their high-tech, educational STEAM Carnival to cities across the U.S. Rebooting the traditional carnival with lasers, interactive games and robots, Two Bit Circus is in high-octane fundraising mode half-way through their Kickstarter campaign.
GIT Mentor Program- a mentor/protégé program powered by Girls in Tech Tech Women- an initiative of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Glassbreakers- Mentorship program for modern women.
One would be remiss not to mention that the orchestra's tour of the United States and Mexico included an ambitious and tech-savvy educational component.
Educational publishing giant, Pearson, has lately been making a push to snatch up (and incubate) promising young EdTech startups and concepts to help it compete in an increasingly tech-influenced educational landscape.
Similarly, a new crop of tech-enabled educational products and vocational schools, such as Guild Education in Denver, are giving workers new skills for career advancement for the automated economy.
-- Start-ups are making L.A. a potential hub for "ed-tech" -- educational technology.
