7 STEM with Mr N STEM Communication, Awards, and the Power of STEM Advocates

Stuart Naismith

North Lanarkshire Council, United Kingdom

DOI: 10.1201/9781032679518-9

7.1 The Evolution of Technology

The world of technology is constantly shifting, changing and improving, and at a rapid pace. I’m old enough to remember not having internet in the house, and then using dial-up internet, before getting broadband and Wi-Fi when I was in my late teens. In 2022, less than 20 years after I got broadband, a teacher joined my school who had never known life without broadband.

I remember watching Star Wars as a young child (when they were remastered – I’m not that old) and thinking how cool the droids were. Visions of a far-off future, if we were ever to ...

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