Kieran Nolan from Wooranna Park Primary School dropped in to the bitcoin center today to chat with us about some of the many projects his school is involved in. He focuses on fun ways to include students in relevant technologies like cryptocurrencies, his school has a spaceship, and the students are involved in global minecraft projects.
Together with Paul Ayling we chatted about potential uses for the blockchain in education and the difference it's already making in Australia's education system.
Music credits (in order of appearance) 1, 2 and 8: mocean99 Mowo! Electro Swing Loop- Mocean Worker - Song-AM https://www.propellerheads.se/s/GbgbnOks 3: FigureFreak Boiled Peanuts https://www.propellerheads.se/s/0GkoOeXu 4: Jimmy Y Mr Bitcoin https://www.propellerheads.se/s/7nS8FXCZ 5: Jimmy Y Bitcoin Island https://www.propellerheads.se/s/BBfQlB1M 6: mocean99 Funk and Clavé https://www.propellerheads.se/s/V2gbw3NO 7: Jimmy Y Clifton Hill Medicine Man https://www.propellerheads.se/s/uYFwZZCA
Links: justice4assange.com https://justice4assange.com/
Facebook's FreeBasics controversy in India http://theconversation.com/facebook-is-no-charity-and-the-free-in-free-basics-comes-at-a-price-52839 https://medium.com/backchannel/how-india-pierced-facebook-s-free-internet-program-6ae3f9ffd1b4#.3jjka421f
meetup events: Blockchain meetup Monday 29 Feb http://www.meetup.com/Blockchain-Developers/events/228519896/
CoderDojo Wooranna Park http://www.woorannaparkps.com.au/#!coderdojo/cee5
find one near you https://coderdojo.com/
Minecraft https://minecraft.net/
Stimulating Learning platforms http://www.bobpearlman.org/Learning21/enigma_portal.htm
Hacks: Lincolnshire county council: http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Cyber-hack-cripples-libraries-bus-services-fourth/story-28631569-detail/story.html Melbourne Hospital: http://theconversation.com/hack-attack-on-a-hospital-it-system-highlights-the-risk-of-still-running-windows-xp-53431 Berwick High School: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-03/nossal-high-school-investigated-threatening-school-hoax-calls/7135746