my $0.02 - fuel interest and discovery rather than overloading with dry/monotonous material - encourage the practice of looking at the technology prevalent aro

my $0.02 - fuel interest and discovery rather than overloading with dry/monotonous material - encourage the practice of looking at the technology prevalent around and deconstructing those solutions into basic building blocks. to quote Steve Jobs "...everything around you was made up by people no smarter than you..." - along the same lines, imagine how problems around you can be solved, and use technology to bridge the gap between imagination and reality. doesn't matter how fragile or robust these thoughts are, over time they will refine and sharpen. - others here might have better recommendations for tinkering but raspberry pi/arduino/etc types of hardware are inexpensive, easy to hack and theres mountains of info online to keep feeding the interest over time.