Motivating the Youth

I somehow stumbled upon this video of Xavier Leonard’s talk from the 2007 Community Wireless Summit. His thoughts on using wireless technology to motivate inner city children who dropped out of high school are interesting.

I met Xavier during the FAB4 conference in Chicago, and we had an awesome time. His project, Heads on Fire, is something other projects such as Hitt Húsið should look to. I was at Hitt Húsið the other day, and one of my first thoughts when I entered the place was, “woah, this is cool, but these guys really need a Fab Lab.”

Maybe I’ll pitch it to them…