USteve Wozniak, umsunguli we-Apple wethula i-portal entsha ethi 'Woz U' ngaleyo ndlela angene emkhakheni wezemfundo. Igxile kwezobuchwepheshe nezinhlelo ezisekelwe emisebenzini ezenzelwe ukukhuthaza imisebenzi yezobuchwepheshe kanye namakhono adingekayo ukuze ungene embonini, i-Woz U izoqala njengeplatifomu yokufunda eku-inthanethi egxile kubafundi kanye nezinkampani ezizogcina ziqashe labo bafundi.
I-Woz U itholakala e-Arizona, futhi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, i-Wozniak ihlela ukwethula izindawo ezingokoqobo ezingafika ku-30 emhlabeni wonke, ngezifundo ezisukela kubunjiniyela besofthiwe kanye nesayensi yedatha kuya ekuthuthukisweni kohlelo lokusebenza lweselula kanye nokuphepha kwe-inthanethi, phakathi kwezinye. Beholwa ochwepheshe bezemfundo ephakeme, abafundi bazofunda amakhono adingekayo ukuze bathathe uhambo embonini yezobuchwepheshe futhi bathole isitifiketi sokuphothula lapho bephothula.
Njengoba kuchaziwe ekhasini elisemthethweni le-Woz U, “Abafundi banokufinyelela okungu-24/7 ezinhlelweni eziku-inthanethi ngokufinyelela bukhoma kubafundisi nabeluleki, ikharikhulamu esezingeni eliphezulu esuselwe kumavidiyo, kanye nezinsizakalo zomsebenzi eziphelele.”
Eduze kwepulatifomu yezemfundo, i-Woz U izophinde inikeze amapulatifomu ezinkampani zobuchwepheshe ukuthi ziqashe, ziqeqeshe futhi zigcine abasebenzi bazo ngezinhlelo ezenzelwe wena esizeni kanye nezifundo ezisekelwe ekubhaliseni. Kuzoba khona nenkundla yabafundi be-K-12, ngokubambisana nezifunda zezikole.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngokuzayo, i-Woz ihlela ukunikeza iziyalezo ngazinye kubafundi futhi ibuye yakhe uhlelo lwayo lokusheshisa kulabo abasungula abasunguli, ukuze “bakhombe futhi basungule ithalente lobuchwepheshe elite.”
Umgomo ojwayelekile ukwandisa intshisekelo kulokho i-Woz U ekubiza ngemisebenzi ye-STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics), kanye nokwengezwa kobuciko okungenzeka ukuthi kuyisihloko sendima kaWozniak ku- Apple kanye nomsebenzi kaSteve Job wokuphila konke wokuhlanganisa ubuchwepheshe nezifundo zobuntu.
“Inhloso yethu ukufundisa nokuqeqesha abantu ngamakhono edijithali ngaphandle kokuwafaka eminyakeni eyizikweletu. Abantu bavame ukwesaba ukukhetha umsebenzi osuselwa kubuchwepheshe ngoba bacabanga ukuthi abakwazi ukukwenza. Ngiyazi ukuthi bangakwazi, futhi ngifuna ukubakhombisa ukuthi kanjani. Impilo yami yonke ngiyisebenzele ukwakha, ukuthuthukisa nokwakha umhlaba ongcono ngobuchwepheshe futhi bengihlala ngiyihlonipha imfundo. Manje yisikhathi sika-Woz U, futhi sisaqala nje, ”kusho uWozniak esitatimendeni.
Akukacaci ukuthi izifundo zeWoz U zizohlinzekelwa mahhala yini enkundleni yemfundo eku-inthanethi, noma bahlela ukukhokhisa noma yiziphi izici ezikhona noma ezihleliwe. Njengamanje, akukho zwi ngamanani entengo, yize uhlelo lokusebenza lweselula selivele lutholakala ngezifundo ezithile zokuqala. Kumele kuqashelwe nokuthi i-Woz U ihlangene ne-Southern Careers Institute (SCI) ezimele kanye nenzuzo, ese-Austin, eTexas. Ngakho-ke ngeke silindele ukuthi yonke into eku-Woz U ibe mahhala.
Ungazibhalisa ne-Woz U kusukela namuhla, yize kungacaci ukuthi lokho kusho ukuthini ngaphandle kokuthumela imininingwane yakho yokuxhumana.
