Iidistrikthi zezikolo ze-K-12 zijongene nemida yehardware njengoko iindlela ze-STEM zisuka kwimisebenzi yokuqalisa esekelwe kwiwebhu zisiya kubunjineli obuphezulu, kwirobhothiki, nakwisayensi yedatha. E-Sunnyvale, eCalifornia, iqela lerobhothiki elithi “Firebots” kwisikolo iFremont High School libonakalise olu tshintsho ngexesha lokulungiselela kwalo ukhuphiswano lwehlabathi i-FIRST Robotics Competition. Ukuze lisebenzise isoftwe enzima yoyilo oluncedwa yikhompyutha (i-CAD) enjenge-SolidWorks yokwenza imizobo yamacandelo amaninzi nokulinganisela uvavanyo loxinzelelo, iqela lizibalekile izixhobo eziqhelekileyo ezinikwe sisikolo laza lakhetha iilaptop ze-ASUS TUF Gaming. La mandla okusebenza asekhaya azimeleyo avumele ukuqokelelwa kwekhowudi okungenamqobo, ukurekhodwa kwedatha, nokuveliswa kwemizobo ye-3D, ekugqibeleni encedisa iqela ukuba liphumelele ibhaso i-FIRST Excellence in Engineering Award.

Olu tshintsho lutyhila ungquzulwano olukhulayo ekuthengweni kobuchwepheshe bemfundo. Ngelixa izixhobo zamanqanaba okuqala ezifana nee-Chromebook ziphumelele ukuseka isiseko sokufunda nokubhala kwedijithali, ziyasokola ngamandla okubala asekhaya, imemori eyomeleleyo, nokusetyenzwa kwemizobo okuzinikeleyo okufunwa zizicelo ze-STEM ezisemgangathweni weshishini. Xa ihardware ingakwazi ukuhambisana, abafundi bajongana nokulibaziseka kokuveliswa kwemifanekiso, ukucotha kwesoftwe, nokuwa kwenkqubo, oko kususa ixesha elixabisekileyo legumbi lokufundela ekuphindaphindeni kobunjineli kusiya ekusombululeni iingxaki zobuchwepheshe.

Kwizikolo zoMzantsi Afrika eziqhuba ukusekwa ngamanyathelo kwekharityhulam yeKhowudi neRobhothiki yeSebe leMfundo esiSiseko, lo mkhwa ubonisa into ebalulekileyo ekufuneka icwangcisiwe: ngelixa iithebhulethi ezingabizi kakhulu neelaptop zamanqanaba okuqala zanele ekubhaleni ikhowudi ngeebhloko kwizikolo zamabanga aphantsi, iindlela zobunjineli nezerobhothiki zamabanga aphakamileyo ekugqibeleni ziya kufuna utyalo-mali olujoliseyo kwihardware esebenza ngamandla.