What Would A Steemit School Look Like? [@axios VISION]
What if you could get paid to go to school?
For real though! What could that mean for the experience of education?
As an educated millennial, I personally felt that my experience largely revolved around ME providing tangible value to the school up front and leaving school, feeling as though that tangible value wasn't equally returned.
I've been imagining a world in which the actual act of learning, growing, and building things actually creates tangible value in real time.
A world where, instead of sending young people into the world with their wallet already six feet under, they have an abundant wallet with tangible skills, relationships, and resources to show for it.
Where classrooms are much less about encouraging the "sit and repeat after me" method, and much more geared towards present moment engagement, collaboration, and experimentation.
I know this is already happening in a variety of private school systems, but I would like to see more of it, especially on a mainstream level.
Understanding The Value Of Money
One major issue that I have with the United States' education system is the fact that they encourage students to make major financial decisions before they even understand the value of money.
At a mere 18 years of age, students are encouraged to invest $50 to $200,000+ of money that they don't have via student loans to then deal with the consequences of that decision four years later.
Unfortunately, most 18 year olds have very little understanding about the value of money and how to properly utilize it.
Being in school from kindergarten through high school, most have not even experienced the real world on their own!
Exchanging Value In Real Time
I was thinking about the concept of Steemit and how we are already exchanging value on social media - why not at school too?
This would not only be a great way to incentive students to learn and try new things, but it would also teach then the value of currency, how to save it, invest it, donate it, etc.
In my opinion, the best way to learn anything is to actively engage with it.
By giving students the opportunity to create a financial ecosystem of their own, this could provide them with valuable experiences where they could make mistakes, learn from them early on, and familiarize themselves with the one of the most important aspects of life: the exchange of value.
In this vlog I thought about what a Steemit-based School could look like and how this model could offer better learning opportunities for the future. Watch the video below and let me know what your Steemit school would look like!
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You're already on it! School is in the mind and at home! Not necessarily in a building with a bunch dozen other kids.
Very true! YouTube was where I learned ALL of my creative skills :)
That's great! Yeah, it's a bit of a falsehood to believe one needs to attend some building, when, in reality, man learns from the home, at the place of nurture and outside, and in nature.
Wow, that's simply groundbreaking! Love the idea and the way you presented it, very professional and very entertaining. Had to resteem it right away :-)
With Smart Media Tokens the different learning levels could be easily implemented.
That's definitely one of these ideas which should be bookmarked in all our accounts! :-)
Great.
Thank you @surfermarly! That's a great point with Smart Media Tokens. It's only a matter of time ;-) Cheers!
I am getting to know steemit but i see some value in teaching children about both contributing to society (and being rewarded for it= the more value you give the more you are rewarded), and learning to navigate the social networks.
Furthermore, I totally agree on real life skills and hands on learning.
on the other hand, as a mother of a young boy, I have concerns about teaching our kids to be rewarded for everything including attending school. I believe most kids love learning, but many get bored at school. When you have a project based approach, I suppose results may be better, plus, each kid learns as much as they can/want.
Well, you have raised quite a number of issues and brought in a very intesting conversation about education, thank you very much. I will continue reflecting on it.
Love it!!! +1 follower and Resteemed to BestofSteem!
Keep up the good fight!
This is pretty cool idea. I love the subject of education reform as I feel like the entire education system is outdated and falling behind. As far as I'm concerned I will always be in school, as long as I have access to the internet, which makes me think if kids even need to go to school as much as they do. there's so much information online these days, so maybe we should just let them learn what they want to learn.
Infact, I think the biggest problem with the education system today is that we're giving children answers, before they've asked the questions. Kids need time to think. let them explore life and become curious before we start forcing information on them that they never asked for!
Rant over.
Great video ;)
Amazing idea. Students creating there own financial ecosystem. Hopefully world will be a better place for our kids.
I agree! These days, online classes are made up of an obligatory discussion panel throughout the course to increase engagement, therefore someone must be learning something, right? These forums are, for the most part, BORING, and feel forced as a means to simply “get through it” rather then truly engage. This idea could make such a huge impact with the online learning environment!
I agree.
Too bad governments force children to go to their public indoctrination camps. How else would they control almost every aspect of you?
Thankfully if we can just realize to do the opposite of everything we've been told, then we'll be okay ;-) I think the blockchain will provide us opportunities for proof of education platforms.
Resteemed.
Thank you @nxtblg :)
pretty interesting concept, would you be able to check my recent posts?
I like it,
I was never very good at studying and memorising.
But I do great with hands on.
You got my vote start the school...
Same here man. I was always more of the kinesthetic learner as well. Let's build this thing ;-)
Ingenious Ideas, excellent presentation, you might want to add that all Steemit schools have intermittent fun and play time where they upvote each other on momentarily spontaneity, wonder, and assisting others, to achieve simular states, if possible.
Massage the right brain abit;)
I love that idea @the.human.union! Here in Austin I organize free community improv classes... We call it "kindergarten for adults" because its all about inspiring play!
Jezze! See you were on it!
Where were you when I was
Doing my soul-gerns in the musical humidity within Austin City Limits?
Get cannabis legal at least within Travis County ), have a Steemit School meetup and I'm there!
Keep pumping out the Quality..
hahaha if it really happens?
You'll find every child of the town in school:p
Free candies will also do the tricks :p
beacuase child love candies.
lol @abdulmanan....crypto and candies. CHECK!
These two things can be great :p