Kwinkomfa ye-ISTELive 26, umfundisi-ntsapho u-Andy Mann uveze imodeli yokwabelana ngezixhobo eyilelwe ukunciphisa imiqobo yemali yetekhnoloji yemfundo. Kwiseshoni yakhe ethi, "Boleka Ungathengi: Ukwakha Ithala Lokuboleka Izixhobo Ze-STEM," uMann uchaze indlela asebenzise ngayo inkxaso-mali ngobuchule ukwakha ingqokelela yezixhobo ze-STEM ezisemgangathweni ophezulu ze-Muskegon Area Intermediate School District eMichigan. Eli thala livumela ootitshala basekuhlaleni ukuba babhalise baphume nezixhobo ezifunwa kakhulu, kubandakanya iiheadset zenyani yokwenziwa ezixabisa i-$10,000, ukuze bazivavanye kwiiklasi zabo ngaphandle kokuba izikolo ngazinye zinyanzeleke ukuba zizithenge.

Le ndlela yokwabelana ngempahla ijongana nomngeni oqhelekileyo ekuthengeni itekhnoloji yemfundo: umngcipheko wokutyala uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali olunqongopheleyo lwezikolo kwihardware ebiza kakhulu enokungahambelani neemfuno zeklasi. Ngokugxila ekuthengeni izixhobo ze-STEM eziphambili kwinqanaba lengingqi, le modeli yenza kubelula ukulinga ngomngcipheko ophantsi nokuqinisekiswa kwendlela yokufundisa phambi kokuba izikolo zizibophelele kutyalo-mali lwetekhnoloji oluhlala luhleli.