Social Innovation in Education

• Exhibits

  About 130,000 students come to The Tech every year in school groups and on field trips, and every student will have access to The Tech for Global Good exhibit.

• Design Challenges

  Beginning in 2017 with a challenge inspired by PATH, The Tech is partnering with a variety of organizations and social entrepreneurs to provide highly impactful experiences for local students interested in the difference technology can make in people’s lives.

• Hands-on Labs

  The Tech’s core field trip programs — Science Labs and Innovation Labs — have been expanded to incorporate lessons about empathy and social innovation. Beginning with Design For All, students collaborate to design an inclusive playground space, then use virtual reality tools to iterate and improve their designs. 

• Youth Leadership

  A student board has been established at The Tech for the first time. It will include 12 students who will shape the mission, vision and board commitment with support from The Tech’s staff.

• Professional Development

  The Tech has created a series of workshops for teachers on how to incorporate empathy into lesson plans and demonstrate the meaningful, real-world impact of math, science and engineering.

• Annual Youth Action Summit

  A daylong conference for youth, by youth in November 2018, which will kick off the next Tech for Global Good theme: Technology and the Environment. It will feature informational sessions with experts and design sessions where students innovate and create solutions.