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legendary
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March 03, 2015, 11:16:16 PM
#23
Could see it discussed in specific college environments but don't think we'll be seeing classes about Bitcoin below that educational level.
legendary
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March 03, 2015, 11:13:51 PM
#22
Stanford is the first university in the country to offer a Bitcoin course ..

Great, other schools should follow as well and add bitcoin101 on their school curriculum. But as of the meantime I agree that it can be added on lessons discussions under economic theme type subjects.
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March 03, 2015, 11:10:57 PM
#21
Why would they favor one currency over the others?  Crytocurrency is what should be the lesson in the curriculum.
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March 03, 2015, 11:10:24 PM
#20
Stanford is the first university in the country to offer a Bitcoin course ..
legendary
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March 03, 2015, 11:07:37 PM
#19
I have used it in lessons with my students. It was not hard for the kids, they never say the computer is hard to understand.

That is very cool.

So, where did you start in your lesson?

Bitcoin History?
Bitcoin Concept?
what?

I did a thing on how supply and demand works. It was not so much a bitcoin lesson but used bitcoin as an example. The kids tracked prices and did math based on that. They may be asked to "determine what percentage change has taken place this week?" Or "what is the ratio of buyers to seller right now?"

They loved it. Next time I'm going to give them some and do something with smart spending. Maybe even divide the money among them based on their test scores. (I'm still on the fence about this, I don't really like tests or even grades.)

You sound like a badass teacher. What grade have you introduce bitcoin to?
legendary
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March 03, 2015, 11:06:05 PM
#18
It should be used. I see it a bit pointless though at this point in time where you can hardly ever use it at any retailers/service providers. It should introduced about as a class discussion. Just that. Maybe in the near future it'll be possible to implement it into our curriculum.
sr. member
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March 03, 2015, 05:59:32 PM
#17
I have used it in lessons with my students. It was not hard for the kids, they never say the computer is hard to understand.

very nice this ... congratulations on your initiative.
legendary
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March 03, 2015, 04:25:11 PM
#16
I have used it in lessons with my students. It was not hard for the kids, they never say the computer is hard to understand.

That is very cool.

So, where did you start in your lesson?

Bitcoin History?
Bitcoin Concept?
what?

I did a thing on how supply and demand works. It was not so much a bitcoin lesson but used bitcoin as an example. The kids tracked prices and did math based on that. They may be asked to "determine what percentage change has taken place this week?" Or "what is the ratio of buyers to seller right now?"

They loved it. Next time I'm going to give them some and do something with smart spending. Maybe even divide the money among them based on their test scores. (I'm still on the fence about this, I don't really like tests or even grades.)
legendary
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March 03, 2015, 04:03:22 PM
#15
They'll need to teach bitcoin if adoption is successful. I'd give a shout out to Piggycoin as well for educational purposes, albeit for a somewhat younger crowd. But it's a fun way to get kids interested in crypto. (cf. piggy-coin.com)
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March 03, 2015, 11:18:31 AM
#14
I have used it in lessons with my students. It was not hard for the kids, they never say the computer is hard to understand.

That is very cool.

So, where did you start in your lesson?

Bitcoin History?
Bitcoin Concept?
what?
full member
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March 02, 2015, 04:29:37 PM
#13
Yes......it should be lessend about Bitcoin in schools.Specially in economy classes.. Smiley

Yeah it should be added into economy class curriculum.. It can really teach a lot of things to kids.
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March 02, 2015, 01:03:57 PM
#12
If everything will go well, Bitcoin will soon to be integrated in a curriculum for entrepreneurship education.

What do you think?

Right now, they are the only one who are offering this program.
Do you think Bitcoin should taught in school?

When is the right time start?
Seems its already been introduced in the curriculum of some of the college courses already . A lot of courses have already started being taught at some of the schools.
But most of them are not based on entrepreneurship , but normal economics
legendary
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March 02, 2015, 12:41:43 PM
#11
I think this is a great idea, and I fully support it being used in schools. Anything that would expand the community is welcome in my opinion at this point, so the more people that can be told about it the better, especially those in schools, since they will end up being part of the next generation.
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March 02, 2015, 11:52:39 AM
#10
I like this idea. It will brings mass adopt, i believe Cheesy more young people, make cryptocurrency forward to bright future Cheesy


When is the right time start?

Exactly they must know about bitcoin works first, especially they must know all cryptocurrency works Smiley


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March 02, 2015, 11:42:23 AM
#9
I would love to see what they talk about. Usually schools tend to add politics and ideology into everything, so maybe they have a certain interpretation of it.
newbie
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March 02, 2015, 11:21:45 AM
#8
Of course this should be taught in schools! There is no question about it! I think the governments around the world, particularly the so-called democratic ones will be very slow to implement bitcoin into their curriculum. 
legendary
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March 02, 2015, 10:56:04 AM
#7
Bitcoin is something unique and I agree it must be on school curriculum.

More who interest with bitcoin, it's price getting higher


When is the right time start?

when he's ready and understand how internet works
sr. member
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March 02, 2015, 10:38:14 AM
#6
Yes it should be taught in schools especially in Economics classes. I think it will be shortly but bitcoin is still pretty new but I'm sure they will briefly discuss it. Maybe in the future they will study it either as an economic success or maybe even a failure if it all goes tits up.

I teach my children what bitcoin is and they seem interested, they are the future users and I think they should be prepared. There was another thread about simplyfiing the bitcoin process to teach about the workings of the blockchain, using blocks and shoeboxes.

On a higher level it is mandatory in my opinion, when learning economics, the chain and the finity of the coin is revolutionairy compared to the leading currencies.
legendary
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March 02, 2015, 10:37:42 AM
#5
I have used it in lessons with my students. It was not hard for the kids, they never say the computer is hard to understand.
legendary
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March 02, 2015, 10:35:21 AM
#4
They should be teaching different economic theories in schools, nevermind Bitcoin but the bankers won't have it, when I was in school the only ecnomics I even experienced was in history and it was bullshit, I was never even aware there were other schools of thought out there.
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