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Teenage Tech Tutors
Posted by Rebecca Eggleston on January 08, 2009 |
Here is a great example of under-utilized talent being put to work in new ways. In this initiative that taps young people’s intuitive grasp of technology, students aged 12 - 16 take on a mentoring role as cell phone ‘coaches’.
“The program’s goal is to improve their social skills and self-esteem, and give them access to corporate environments they might otherwise not be exposed to.” And the circulation of skills is improved simultaneously.
As the article suggests: “One to copy to other parts of the world?”