Topic: Bitcoin Class in my Village High School (Read 1223 times)

That's indeed a vital point and advice to @Agbe, because he has proven to be someone who loves teaching and sharing the knowledge of bitcoin to young ones in his community, because we all know that the task of educating people about Bitcoin is never a one man's job, of which if the people we have taught about Bitcoin could teach others, i'm sure we will have a society full of people with the basic knowledge of Bitcoin all around the world.

Oh I see? If I learn bitcoin, it's mostly online because in my country rarely know about bitcoin, and I'm about bitcoin, find out for yourself on google and YouTube. but if a lot of people know about bitcoin like in your country it might be easier to learn about bitcoin.

Hello AGBE I have a suggestion for you, I understand and can relate to your environment and I can only say you have been doing a great job and to make it even better you can advice your students to not only benefit from the knowledge you are impacting in them but also to try and pass on what you have taught them to their immediate family close neighbors and friends this way the knowledge keeps spreading.

If you could teach people at the furthest place of the world on how to make money on crypto, not just how to trade or invest, but how to get a job in crypto world (because let's face it there are a lot) then we could actually start to see what people really think about it.

I personally believe that this move will make sure that there will be plenty of people who would be able to both learn English to a good degree, and then find jobs that will allow them to survive. How do I know? I am one of those people, not in this class of course, but I already had a pretty decent English and I worked in the crypto field for the past 6+ years and that is one of the greatest things in my life.

This is an inspiring story and a good initiation to share knowledge and wisdom about cryptocurrency and Bitcoin with the younger generation which I think is a selfless act. Crypto education is really necessary, especially now that our technology is emerging each day. The new generation needs enlightenment so when the time comes, they would know how to face the risk of crypto investment and will be able to deal with it. I hope more youth of our generation would get to know more about cryptocurrency as a preparation for their future.

This is the Bitcoin who will make rich that country which is educating even its children because now the time is changing to the digital world and the economy in future will be dependent on cryptocurrency.

It is heartwarming to read such stories. Not many have the guts to make such efforts. Keep the good work going!

Before bitcoin as legal digital currency transaction I think there are not privacy by government give education about bitcoin to their people, how ever bitcoin is risk investment when choosing wrong way for investing. Government not want fault by their citizen if got loss when investing in bitcoin. But giving little education about risk investment not only with bitcoin but also many kinds investment is the job and must do by government how to protect their people choose right investment. I think bitcoin could be list of education subject in one country depending how important and popular there when hearing and use bitcoin for investing.

Crypto education is valuable, for sure, but its usefulness may be secondary to the usefulness of economic education in general. Or to be precise, to start off with an updated version of what the US had with home ec. Why I say an updated version is that we don't need girls learning how to bake cakes, but we need kids learning how to balance their home budgets, and plan and handle their finances. From there we can gradually go into more serious economics and branch out into crypto with everything else.

Submitting a bitcoin class in high school is a very wise step and needs to be followed by other high schools, because this is a very useful idea in this digital era, the steps you take in my personal opinion are very impressive because you have successfully entered bitcoin in the high school where you live, with them learning to learn bitcoin by themselves they can understand about the crypto world and how crypto works and if one day they start investing in bitcoin they will no longer have difficulties because they already know about how bitcoin works, even though bitcoin doesn't can make us rich but at least with us entering the world of bitcoin our economy is a little bit helped.

Great efforts. It is rare to see people making such initiatives to increase awareness and promoting adoption in such an innovative way.

I agree, because a child's vision is indestructible they will carry it through the years of their lives, while the adults have the opportunities to make their dreams work. By putting a programs that will support their vision and putting it in school. A child will always seek for answers.

The revolution begins when a village child know his destination and how to get it. I believe that knowledge has no need of airconditioned or advanced facilitated classrooms.  Getting started the journey with a small place for learning but what is the destiny of these students, everyone knows.      

The idea isn't new but somehow, this really needs the effort to accomplish the event and become successful. It was to see that many people got to fall into scam projects and scammers because of a lack of education or misinformation. And having this event will simply lead to something helpful for everyone and much appreciated by those who attend as this will enlighten their mind about knowing the facts, not just hearsays or rumors. We eventually need the truth, nothing else.

It’s definitely not the governments job to take bitcoin education anywhere. On the contrary, the government is actively trying to criminalize it’s use in some countries. Most government are hell bent on stopping the adoption and use of bitcoin within their citizenry. Government hasn’t failed at this, they’re not interested in letting people know about bitcoin. That said, I think it’s a good initiative taking bitcoin education into the interior rural areas.

Yeah! when something became popular, it is really nice to be the first to tell your people about it with enough knowledge of course because they will come to you with lots of questions and you need to answer them very well in a manner they will understand right in the spot. The problem with the people who are victims of Ponzi schemes using bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies, they just stand on one definition and they are lazy to expand their knowledge about it which made them lose their investments due to frauds and scams. If they had only taken another step to do their own research it would not happen to them.

I love the fact that you are enlighten people from the rural area that may not have access to Internet,  I can see you are giving them some history about bitcoin and intro to bitcoin.  As you put them through to get knowledge about bitcoin , atleast you also let them know that bitcoin is so valuable that it always need to be secure from strangers,  let them be aware that their are scammers who are always tasty to deceive beginners to take all they have with them.

I didn't read through the whole thread in entire but I appreciate the initiative of bringing cryptocurrency to those at the grass root. Those with no access to information on the break through in technology out there of which there closest means of knowing is only on the movies. Of which, cryptocurrencies are not very much featured in there themes and the best knowledge they would know of it is through government FUD which continues to spread a false narrative on the system.
I admire your passion to teach to your people something that could elevate them, to share a piece of what you know now to ensure community growth. That is indeed helpful and it is my hope that you teach them right and win over a few if not all of your class.

I think it is very important for the public to be informed about bitcoin, including students. especially when the world economy is down. because telling them about bitcoin will help them in terms of the economy, of course for those who are interested in investing in bitcoin. and besides the community, it is also very suitable that the students who were told were because so that they had a good insight about bitcoin. and I totally agree with what you are doing.

now bitcoin is increasingly popular especially now that many people like you teach bitcoin to people who don't know what bitcoin is. and I think the steps taken by you in my opinion are good steps. because I also know bitcoin because someone told and taught me about bitcoin. and finally I was interested in bitcoin.

Taking Bitcoin education to the rural area is an outstanding initiative. You just did what government failed to do. You are exposing the students to a unique financial opportunity that might change and shape their economic future. The truth is that not all of them would be interested but the few that might be, would end up becoming Bitcoiners. Some of them would also teach others about Bitcoin and gradually the good news of of this unique digital currency would be spreading. Keep up the good work Agbe. 

There should be accurate and precise information to be established in the students because that will be instilled in their minds for the whole time being. As it’s always the facts, and not those merely heresays that should be teach to those innocent and naive minds. Yes, you are being great the way you teach the students but always stick to the facts to avoid bitcoin misconceptions in the future.

Great effort op even though it's a drop, but many drops do form the ocean. Truth is that most people feel that popular cryptocurrencies like BTC, ETH etc are useful as investments or are simply scams.

Very few feel like utilising them as payment methods which is what needs to be addressed in the long-term. Treating them as assets should be secondary in comparison.

This should be a trend in all school teaching students what is crypto currency and how Bitcoin did become a trend nowadays. Teaching basic economics and how to invest plus teaching them the fundamentals about Bitcoin on why did Satoshi created it. Not every school would teach like this that's why I'm so proud if someone did it especially with a place like in OP that seems to look like a third world country. At least children/students will learn what is Bitcoin and it would be better if teaching them how the market works, trading, p2p, wallet, everything, etc

Wow. Great job mate, teaching the children in school about Bitcoin and digital currency will make them get an early awearness of it on time and will give the serious ones an insight and opportunity to invest in it later in the future.

But I suggest u teach them about the fundamentals first before teaching them about the opportunity and it's benefits, because teaching the about the benefits too soon will make them think that it magical and one will get rich immediately he or she invest in it.

And if we continue like this is going to being about great revolution on Bitcoin. Good one

Thank you for teaching students about Bitcoin directly. If the younger generation get the idea about bitcoin then we can see the permanent stability of this bitcoin where no can restrict it. In other words, we will see that bitcoin will be used officially. Everyone who is a teacher like you should teach students ins and outs about Bitcoin. Why we need bitcoin? What is the advantages of using bitcoin? etc.

Glad to see this types of posts.
Really I am feeling proud that something I admire or love which is not legalised anywhere is admired and taught to young generation.
Really a big round of applauds for the principal or the curriculum maker to add this subject in their course curriculum.
It is making me curious that , what country is OP From? Are Bitcoins legalised in your country?
Waiting for answers OP.

There are some corrections that you have to fix in the learning that is being carried out but apart from that I really appreciate what you are doing and what you are doing is quite impressive here because at least with this you can provide a deeper understanding of providing education in crypto, especially bitcoin.
But indeed my little suggestion is if there is still no clarity about some information such as about Satoshi which you specifically mention is a group or community. if this information is still gray, then it's a good idea to describe it for real right now so that it doesn't cause misunderstandings in other people's thoughts later.

Valuable effort! Hopefully the trend grows, would be cool see more teachers involved, the impulse in these new generations will be incredible, especially in countries where economic difficulties prevail.

I think I should, of course, before saying that if it is within your reach, add the practical part, bitcoin itself in its theory of premises is very simple (not its technical part), but putting a hardware in the hands of these young people (pc, tablet, phone...) that allows them to perceive the practical effect is much great in inspiration.


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Thanks for your comment, you referencing the other thread it saved me some time, I was a bit confused by the fact that I remembered that it had merited a similar story,

Incredible job mate , It's time we have to start taking the bulls by his Horn and organize things by ourselves without the government.
Financial Education is one very important aspect of our lives that the educational system has overlooked.
After all the academic qualifications gotten from school, at last the whole thing would still ball down to making money, while the major key player to it is neglected during our studies in Schools, and the impact of this becomes increasing poverty in so many countries because people were not taught how to make money in school.

In addition to your efforts in giving out this Bitcoin education to those children, I advice you
Also use this opportunity to inform the children to use the Bitcoin knowledge you're impacting on them today to also help pass to others tomorrow when they're well grown up.

It’s a great step to introduce students to Bitcoin. But make sure that you pass down the right knowledge, so always do proper research and make notes before you give a lesson. Also, try to make it easier for them. Use charts or diagrams to explain them better. Good luck!

Great Job
These are the kind of steps which we would wants our Government to take into action and i surely believe before they passes their Higher school and obtain their Certificates they would learn and more about Crypto's most especially Bitcoin and it related currencies.
Furthermore, If their government will including it to their WAEC then your moves would have been the best as of all but nevertheless, it is self education and they keep to practices and have basic fundamentals about digitalizations.

Together we keep spreading to the world to make them aware that Bitcoin has come to stay!

With very minimal study room facilities, they are very enthusiastic about doing it and I hope you can also improve the facilities in teaching because Crypto is very closely related to technology and the internet so the support you have at school is very much needed and how noble you are to teach in that class, hopefully in the future the class will produce students who can improve the Crypto ecosystem in your country.

The great thing about bitcoin is that if we could get it to people who are not doing well in any other way, they could just get one pc, or one mobile phone and find a way to make enough profit to actually change their life. I mean think about it there are places where making 20 bucks per week is still not a bad deal, not awesome but not bad at all.

Those people learning about crypto, not just for investment but to learn how they could take advantage of the cheap work force they own, and make a lot of money from that, then they would be able to profit a ton. Like imagine axie infinity scholarship at the peak times for these people, that would have been insane.

It's cheerful to see that this is happening.

It should come from the syllabus of the school itself and as well as be part of their curriculum. But it seems that many schools are not yet ready for it and having that initiative is courageous and brave.

In due time, you and your school will see the effect that you've done to these students. Especially those that will take it seriously.

Ohh ok. I didn't understood it that way. Well, once more, good job an dplease keep the education on economics, blockchain, Bitcoin, etc. It's really important to give these tools (knowledge) to the kids, early in school. The sooner the better. And make a point on Austrian Economics rather than Keynes bullshit that has been poisoning our societies for decades. At least give'em the 2 sides of the story and let them chose their sides!

It's really nice to see that there is someone willing to educate the people in his country/town about bitcoin without expecting any return. Based on the picture, people there must have few access on the internet unlike what other countries have now where it is already become part of their daily life. It is good that those children will be educated at a young age about what is bitcoin not like here in my country where it is depicted as a scam even though internet is already accessible to almost everyone.

You just say the truth but nothing but the truth. God will see us through. It is not an easy decision over here. Though we invest but not as the way is expected.

Very cool! I am 110% onboard with this!

Education is really the key to becoming a better person and obviously, a much wealthier person. The fact that teachers like this still exist is like a breath of fresh air for me. I do however worry if they can really afford to make investment decisions on volatile currencies when their lives are already very much dependent on day-to-day expenses which leave them with nothing to spare for Bitcoin investments?

I wish the students and the teachers best of luck and a happy Bitcoin life!

From the OP as it is stated clearly that bitcoin is not a subject on it own. It is a topic under Economics and and Economics as a subject was already fixed in the timetable. I only fixed bitcoin in the topic 'Stock-exchange Market. The only thing I did was to use the free period of the timetable which was adjusted to teach the bitcoin class.

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Thanks for replying.
As per Question 2, no problem if you don't want to disclose the country. To know that is in Africa is good enough.
In question 4 I rather tried to ask what happened to the classes that were being lectured in the time where your's was lectured. Did they move them to another time of the day or they were simply removed?
Like, from 8:00am to 10:00am, before you started the Bitcoin classes, something else was probably being lectured, right? So, these ones that were being lectured before moved to another time of the day or were simply removed? Or were you the teacher at that time already and you just changed the class subject?


No problem is he doesn't want to disclose his country. I understand. And yeah, completely, Academic standards seems to be quite different in this case!

You are absolutely right. The academic standards or norms differ from country to country. In some other countries, there will never be free time for a lecture like this and the government or concerned authorities censor whatever information that they want the students to have. While in some other countries, there might not be much attention to what is taught the students, and this will say the level of development of the country or state.

That is not the concept of being anonymous and also it is not compulsory to be anonymous. Check my profile you will see my country and age, it's a matter of choice. Many members of this forum belong to different local boards which says their country and it doesn't mean that they are no longer anonymous. I think the famous bitcoin pizza man even gave out his address or something close to that.

First of all thank you very much for your encouragement and questions. As for the first question, yes I am a graduate teacher. I am a professional teacher in the school. I just finished my national service program. And since there is no government job in the country, I went to the school and teach them as a free service from me but the principal said he is going to give me small thing from his pocket every month.

2. Please I am really sorry. The forum is anonymous so it's users are also anonymous. But the country is from Africa.

3. Yes the question three was a big issue but it has been resolved. The time table of the subjects were rearranged and the free periods were also utilized.

4. I believed the question four has been answered in question three but a part is still left. The classes are taking place in the classrooms as it is shown from the images.

Once again thank you very much for your encouragement.

@Agbe, a few questions I woul like to ask:

1 - Are you a graduated teacher or how were you accepted to teach in a class?

2 - What country was that?

3 - How did you come up with the classes schedule/agenda for each day? Like, how did you come up with the line up of subjects?

4 - How the school managed to include your class in the current classes? I mean, where did the class that was lectured at that time, went? Did they moved the classes or they were simply removed from the schedule?

By the way, great job. I think that is not possible in other countries where school classes have tight schedules/agendas, subjects that must be lectured and everything is timed so that the annual agenda is fullfiled and the school program is completed by the end of the schoolar year. Also, the schools principals/directors probably wouldn't agree with such initiative because I think such initiative would have to be approved by governemnts, pass the filter of regulations, etc, etc, etc, if you know what I mean!

You really did a good job. It's good that you are doing a proper order in your lessons, Teaching it all and going straight on how use it without understanding the fundamentals will not have a great impact on your students. It's the fundamentals that is important, They can learn how to do creating wallets, avoiding scams and doing deposits on their own especially that not every platforms/application  has the same methods.

It's nice to see this kind of initiative every now and then.

It seems to me that this has come naturally as they are discussing the stock market as it is related with the economics. So maybe today this subject has been included in the class for the sake of their understanding. However, I am very positive here that someone is trying to spread Bitcoin among everyone. Such activities will be very effective in the development of Bitcoin.

Learning has a procedure and steps. The first step in any topic is the introduction of the concept before any other thing. If I teach them how to secure the wallet without teach them what is wallet and how it work, I have against the principles of teaching. So please I will teach them the steps from the national curriculum of education. I am planning to teach them every I know about bitcoin. And I very happy that, after the first class, students even came to my house for extral moral lesson to know more. Most of them came to ask questions on bitcoin and I explained to them.

And for those who were saying that I will exploit the students. From the OP I made mention of a school, where the topic was introduced. Which means it's not my tutorial or lesson class. It is a formal school, not informal school. Whereby I am doing it as a voluntary service.

This is really amazing. I also read on one of the news websites about cryptos being taught in high schools.

Yes, lately I have stumbled on such post that bitcoin is being taught by maybe private individuals or corporate bodies. But one thing about those organising it is that majority of them front bitcoin academy while using the people to promote their personal projects. 

Well it is not so bad in as much as bitcoin is mentioned. But most times it doesn't go well because the newbies would be asked to bring money, while making them to believe they are buying bitcoin will end up with one shitty project and in the end they will blame bitcoin for their woes.
Most of the affected newbies never return and which gives bitcoin the bad name. But a few returns to discover the real bitcoin and its principles.
So, it takes 10 among 1000 who genuinely teaches bitcoin without personal gains attached to it.

I believe that is the practical aspect of the forum and which most be encouraged. If everyone can take the bold step to do what I have am doing. I believe the primitivity, ignorant and scam rate will be drastically reduced. As you also the total number of newbies that were Scammed daily basses? One of the main reason of this forum is to educate so now we are doing to the maximum level by taking to the door steps of classroom and you are saying, is it only these threads we are to see these days? Are you against the well-being of the forum? I hope you have created this kind of thread. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.56593829

If we are to see these threads these days, that means the forum is really doing it job very well. So users should go out and educate the young ones, the youth, and the adult plus the market people.

Please read this 👇

I just saw a similar thread Teaching college students about bitcoin a while back and that seems to have been published on the forum days before yours came through. I wonder if this is what we are to be expecting these days!
Also, you might want to readjust your photos as it's way too ambiguous as you have it and don't make for a proper appreciation of your literary piece. You can reference the similar thread as at above for guides on the placement. Perhaps quote and edit as need be.

It's a nice initiative though, to ensure the younger generation gets a bit of the truth on cryptocurrencies before the government and anticrypto individuals and organisations feed them with FUD. Foundations such as this could help them to be more aware and prepare themselves for the future ahead but, I hope it doesn't divert there focus of there curriculum though.

Youths are the future leaders of tomorrow, and Bitcoin is one currency which has come to stay, so educating the young ones now about Bitcoin, blockchain and everything regarding cryptocurrency is the best gift we as individuals and members of the bitcointalk forum can offer for the betterment of this project. Because I ones had my teaching with my students and it gave me an insight, that regarding the fact that Bitcoin has been around all this while, there were some hearing the word "Bitcoin" for there very first time that fateful day. So I am very much happy that you actually did throw some light about Bitcoin in your community, which if everyone on this forum could do that, the future of Bitcoin will be bright and better.

Glad to hear your story, hope it's an ongoing part of the introduction and not only the introduction of bitcoin is a place for profit but bitcoin is a technology that can be adopted. Maybe if in my country, there is no such thing. High school may still be too early, even high school I think there is no lesson regarding bitcoin crypto. Maybe at the current college level there is but it's rare. Even though the government understands and knows, it seems that in my country crypto blockchain still seems to be seen as gambling or fraud. In addition, human resources for now, can not accept it. My country is still in the era of ushering in a new era for governance. Because I believe that people who are old today in my country are far from technology.

Although i have read many posts that bitcoin is being taught at the school level but this is the first time i have actually witnessed a school where students are being taught about bitcoin and the blackboard contains the information about bitcoin. This is indeed a big transformation and steps towards the adoption of digital currency. This may give inspiration to other teachers who are reading this post and they may also try to include bitcoin topics in their syllabus.

"Teach them young" comes on the tip of my tongue 
Congrats for the initiative, man! It is so important for people to comprehend the concepts behind Bitcoin while they are young and full of enthusiasm. The fundamental changes in society will be lead by the young ones and our future as a race depends on them doing the right thing.

Really noble, but don't forget that you bear a big responsibility!

I am sorry for the late respond. But because of the activities and the leisure time with my family members for the weekend delayed the respond. Base on the curiosity of knowing if the class is compulsory or optional. Yes the class is compulsory in the high school only but not in the ministry of education. The principal in the high school said, since there is no white-collar (government) jobs in the country after the graduation of the students, they should learn trading, Investment very seriously and become entraupreneures in their future.

Also concerning the culture of a particular region. Yes that also affect the implementation of a course but you can carry out the task if the zeal is with you. Just like the Holy Bible, Jesus encourage all believers to go and preach the Bible to everyone not only to adult or the rich but to also to the young and the poor. Therefore, you as a believer of bitcoin you have to a bold step to go out and teach students about bitcoin. Because the world is not like before again. The leaders deceived us that we are the leaders of tomorrow and till now those leaders are still there in those positions so when are we going to occupy those positions? It is unknown. So we have to teach our generational Children to divert their attentions to trading, Investment and entraupreneures skills.

Finally
I am even planning to carry out a campaign in the village to give awareness and bring more people to the crypto space. And also, thanks you very much for encouraging me always.

Teaching what you don't know bis also a very good learn about it. It's such a great effort put innit. It shows they are 15 and above, I don't see anything bad praticalizing the use of Bitcoin and how to perform peer to peer transfer and transactions.
You can search in for the white paper of Satoshi and five them to read, also Satoshi Nakamoto founded Bitcoin and not a team of programmer's. Take a good look at your information very well. Kudos for the Effort once again.

A very nice gesture i must say, the earlier btc teaching is introduced to schools the better for young pupils to get to know it and develop interest on it. You will be surprise the number of young pupils that will be very interested, unlike most of us that found btc at a rather grown-up age, these young pupils have the best opportunity to learn more about btc and build a career from it if they want to. Good job to the @op for this very important initiative.

This is a good initiative and I applaud you for this, what I worry about is the privacy of the pupil whose pictures are displayed you may do well to blind ink the faces of the pupil in your next presentation, am hoping to read more from you soon. But in the main time you have done an excellent job on this teaching young pupils about finance and blockchain is a very good starting point and hoping the pupils appreciate your efforts by paying attention to this teaching and gaining priceless knowledge on cryptocurrency.

An appreciable effort. Many people want to do this and there were many willing to do this. Very few take initiative and make the plan come to reality. In such a way what OP has done is big. Educating people is much important for the wide spread of bitcoin usage in real-time. The step taken by OP seems to benefit a large community. Many users have corrected OP about some mistakes, and this will help him to improve his knowledge along with the students.

Very nice initiative. I admire the bold step by you Agbe. The students would be very much happy for learning new things. They might be bored of learning same thing every time. That is the reason for their eagerliness.

In as much as I love what Op has put together. I have two concerns;

1. The age of people being taught. I have always said that I don't belong to the school of taught of teaching children about Bitcoin. Even if the ones about 15 years are to be taught, it shouldn't involve the investment aspect of bitcoin. This is because they are not aged enough to take responsibility of their investment decisions when it goes bad.
If they are excited about the bitcoin profits, some will tend to use their school fees for investment, and we already know how bad it is. So, there is time for everything, when they are at the age, they will learn.

2. Op, please ensure that you are teaching them only the correct things about Bitcoin. Bitcoin is dynamic, and what you may think is the right thing might not be. It is always difficult when the wrong foundation is laid, it will surely affect them in the future when they understand that there are some contradictions. My stake is that you should teach only what you are 100% sure.
Thanks for your efforts.

Nice going OP! This isn't the first time I've seen or read about such an effort, and in fact all of them so far shared on this forum has been done all came from Africa, I feel like there must be other efforts from other parts of the world not shared.

I do agree with other comments that some of the material is inaccurate, but I would even suggest that you simplify things even more for 15-year olds and sacrifice accuracy for simplicity. In this sense I also think better to be less pedant.

For example, in my opinion, for children, you can just refer to Satoshi as a singular person (even if it's not proven).
Another example, just say Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency (even if technically it wasn't). Or at least say the first crypto to gain prominence.

And yeah I wouldn't go into extended economics, instead, maybe teach basic economics first or talk about Bitcoin as part of a lesson on the history of money.

It is very good that you teach about new technologies like blockchain and bitcoin. It will help your students later to be able to judge if they want to invest money in bitcoin or use the payment system. More importantly it will help them to not get scammed by a shitcoin or loose their money because they do a mistake. So it is very important to teach them about back up solutions and also about potential scams.

This is good. But I'm quite interested to know how Bitcoin came into the subject. It seems it came out of nowhere. It might help if it is included in the subject in such a way that students know where it is coming from. The technology of Bitcoin might have more impact on them; they'll probably appreciate it more if it is put into a context.

With the way it is inserted in the subject, I simply can't connect the dots. Perhaps the sub-topic Bitcoin fits well under the topic Money or How Money Works or Our Monetary System or any related topic within your Economics class.

Bitcoin needs a sort of an introduction or a set-up. After all, it is a technology that came out as a reaction. So, what was it reacting to? Why did Satoshi came out of it? The answer to these questions should be the topic prior to Bitcoin. I'm simply saying the subject should have a proper flow. It appears to me everything is out of structure.

This is a huge step in the adoption of technology and every country should at least help their citizens understand the difference between Crypto and Bitcoin.
Bitcoin is the first decentralized currency on the blockchain, Crypto is mostly shitcoin with the same work, and different names.

Take Ethereum and Polygon (Matic) for an example. I am sure they both do the same thing right?

Yea I agree with Welsh and everyone here more or less, its a great idea and a great initiative
by the OP to educate others about Bitcoin. Its a bold step and I'm impressed with the school
principal for allowing this to happen.

Like Welsh I'm not sure teaching 'Junior' classes the concept, they may be too young,
but definitely students preparing for their next level of education or going into the workforce
after high school is beneficial for sure.

From the images it looks like a different sort if learning, students have to use their imagination
and visualisation differently without computers.

This is great. Its deserves more Merit ^{im out unfortunately}

This is something Schools should include. Even a small portion of topic in any major ones could help everyone understand how the blockchain works especially the bitcoin technology. There are some countries pobably considering this and some might have implemented it already to give general knowledge on this. Even basic one can help anyone grasp even the tiniest detail out of it and the rest will be easier.

Bravo Brother! Good to see it's finally going down to your village, Ensure information been shared is well assimilated and it sink's in.
Bitcoin shouldn't be seen as a way to get quick funds but serves and a store house of wealth, I believe that must be higher classes, teach them in advance how to use Bitcoin in really life application. To use Bitcoin in them day to day activities.

Financial literacy is another thing Brother, Think about, Our previous Generations have been playing by the old rule's ( Go too school, get good grades and get a good job, fvck the Rat race ) and all of that don't prepare them for Real life Ahead. Let em know how money works, how to make money work for them and that having more money isn't the problem.

Accounting, investing and understanding the law will be a good guide to them, these are my little additions-  Learning that from a tender age will prepare the ahead. Please, punishment and mockery shouldn't be given when they fail, it's the best way to learn. I don't know how to explain this further. Even the best fail and makes mistakes.

This is a great initiative and congratulations for taking the bold step to bring more young people to the knowledge of Bitcoin and Blockchain,  though i understand this might be an initiative you have started on your own and not getting paid for it, I believe that in no distance future from today, the subject of Blockchain, Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies can become a course which our children can study in school, just like they study Medicine to become Doctors and Nurses, Law to become lawyers, Mass communication to become Tv and Radio station AOPs etc. , our children can study Blockchain to become Blockchain Engineers, Blockchain Developers, Blockchain Analysts, etc. , the potentials are endless.

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And by the way @Agbe, please resize the images, I don't know the kind of device you are using but they are too large on mine, and I believe its large for some other users too, you probably have posted images on the forum before, I believe you know how to resize.
But just incase...HERE's how

Well done Agbe. In my estimation this is a step in the right direction. The village high school principal seems like someone who is open to new ideas by giving you a chance to educate the kids on Bitcoin. Kids in junior high and senior high should be in their teenage years so as a teacher you have done well by giving them an intro. Also, I hope for two things one an assessment at the end of the school term to test their knowledge. Secondly, please be do not punish those who fail to grab the concepts by adding their scores to their school or class performance sheet.

Great initiative and kudos to you for taking out the effort to do this. In my experience schools do not require this course in the curriculum, so it's most likely an elective which you added for the pupils; if they are interested, which I feel most teenagers would be.

If you plan to teach  things like this to kids, I believe a kid friendly approach should be used. The idea should not be to make them aware of who invested Bitcoin or what is the first cryptocurrency, rather they should try their knowledge in understanding some concepts like decentralization which I feel, would peak their interest.

Also, images, graphs and charts could be used to further simplify the concept to them.

One of the most important aspect in bitcoin that i love to hear is in this aspect, this have solved the lingering challenges of cross boarder transactions fee amd delay, this was made easy to use anytime anywhere with the help of the introduction of bitcoin, nkw taking a firther step to enlighten the teenage students in schools is a good and a welcome idea that could help create kore understanding about bitcoin and its need for adoption.

Always nice to see things like this, however I'm curious if this was a compulsory class or is this something that's optional? I'm glad to hear they responded well to it. I'm just not completely sold on the idea of teaching Bitcoin to children quite yet. Honestly, that might just be because our culture here, they probably wouldn't benefit from it, but I suppose in certain other cultures, Bitcoin is actually becoming pretty much something they'll encounter on the daily. So, I'll admit it might be the culture gap.

I'm not bashing the idea, I love it that there's people out there doing this sort of stuff, and I know in my teenager years I would've been absolutely loving a class like this. However, for any younger children I don't think teaching them quite yet what Bitcoin is, and what it can be used for will be that useful. Although, I tend to think we teach the concept of money too early to children anyway.

That's a great idea, and the principal tried to help by giving you the opportunity to educate secondary school students about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. If enough people take their time and do something like you, our local communities will be aware of Bitcoin.

This initiative of yours is very good. If all the boys and girls are taught about winning in all the educational institutions, then they will be able to work with bitcoin and in this way they will be able to improve their lives. Thank you for your kind thinking

This is quite impressive to see you've managed to do it and incorporating it with financial education would be a good idea. I hope someone has access to the Internet in those rooms in case you get an interesting question and need to look more into it.

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In this example, "we" probably meant the community (ie someone pointed this out to me and told me how to fix it).

There were likely always more contributors than the one person working on this but I don't think satoshi was a group but rather a figurehead type person (especially considering they corresponded quite a bit with individuals at the start).

There were definitely other groups and other developers working on the software and making forks by 2011 (eg electrum).

This the step we have to take to make the future a better one! slowly but surely we will reach that destination one day! We may not get the full benefits but our next generation will get that.

Yes, it was worked on by multiple people (a.k.a. contributors) because Bitcoin is an open-source project after all, but Satoshi Nakamoto initially launched it. Satoshi launched the software first, then the contributors jumped in and helped.

In the midst of limited educational facilities, I admit that initial education comes from those who want to know the world of Bitcoin. despite the material you present and some things that may still not match the factual sources, so far I appreciate your actions. It's just that the theories collected must be taken from the curriculum of government programs. Initiative alone will not be in line with your country's educational goals. Because basically, a learning process at the education unit level refers to the curriculum. If you may know what learning model is applied? because usually in schools the learning process will focus on the chosen method is the intelligence of a teacher so that the material presented can be more easily understood.

Whether it is inquiry based, Problem Based Learning, Cooperative Learning, and many more The choice of methods will make it very easy for you.

Thanks you very much for the links. Really it will help me in my next presentations.
But even Satoshi Nakamoto also used, "We", that means, he was not alone in the project.


https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.4263

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.12262

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.9813

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.8402

I suggest doing a bit more reading due to the slight sort of 'inaccuracies' in your presentation.

- it's not confirmed that Satoshi Nakamoto is actually a group
- Bitcoin isn't the first cryptocurrency
- Bitcoin isn't under the "stock exchange market" category

Totally appreciate the effort and the enthusiasm though. Hopefully the rest of your presentation are accurate and focused on the fundamentals rather than the "invest and get rich!" kind of presentation.

* If you like reading articles: https://coindesk.com/learn
* If you like reading books: https://theinternetofmoney.info/
* If you like watching videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPQwGV1aLnTuN6kdNWlElfr2tzigB9Nnj

It is no longer a news that education (information) is the key to human life. If you are not informed definitely you must be deformed. So last week I took a bold step by meeting my village high school principal and discussed with him to teach the school students "bitcoin" from junior classes to senior classes, and I told him the numerous benefits. The students will be also exposed to the cryptocurrency ecosystem, license (liberty) to own any amount of bitcoin, make transactions to any country without limit, there will be no central authority or bank (intermediary) control of the assets. Individuals control their bitcoin through seed phrase. They can use it to buy and sell goods and services online with ease, investing and the etc. And the principal accepted my request. So yesterday, I entered the class to start the teaching. In fact the students really enjoyed the class. In the evaluation time, the students respond well. I believe that is a good development. And the following scheme of work and the lesson note was form to start the almost gone academic session.

Scheme of work and lesson note and the behavioral objectives on notebook




Lesson note on the chalk black board



Students in the classroom