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Students Of UAE Study Blockchain, Crypto, And Tech
A lot of schools in the UAE have started teaching students about blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and other new tech fields to get them ready for the job market of the future.
A big part of the plan will be to teach kids all about the metaverse’s possibilities and possible problems.
The metaverse is thought to be a new online world where people can use a virtual reality headset and a 3D avatar to go to concerts, work, hang out with friends, and use a variety of services.
The principal at Repton Al Barsha, Gillian Hammond, said that promoting online safety was very important.
“We make sure our students have a digital mindset, which means they know about financial literacy, the world of cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), digital assets, and blockchain, which will get more complicated in the secondary years.”
“When they explore the metaverse, there are a lot of people involved, and we need to make sure our students are digital citizens who know how to stay safe online and understand that what they post online will stay there forever,” said Ms. Hammond.
“We’ve taught our students that things online aren’t always what they seem and that they should never give out their names, pictures, or locations.”
Ms. Hammond said that the school worked closely with parents to talk about what rules should be in place when kids use devices like cell phones, laptops, and iPads to go online at home.
Even though safety is the most important thing, the school is eager to use the new technologies that are coming out quickly.
It has set aside an hour a week in the school schedule for students to learn about game design, blockchain, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and the wider metaverse.
“As a group of schools, we see blockchain as the technology of the future, and we want to be leaders in this field by educating our teachers, parents, and students,” Ms. Hammond said.
“We want our students to understand blockchain and NFTs and learn about them. Kids in grades four through six have helped us make games.”
“We teach all of our students how to use computers. In fact, we start teaching kids about computer science and coding as early as Year 1.”
With the help of a blockchain provider, the school gave each student a digital passport last year.
From FS1 to Year 13, all students will get a digital record of their time at school. Students could safely share their exam transcripts, and these could be easily checked because they would have a date on them.
The school has made a series of videos to teach the community about the benefits of blockchain. This year, all students who are interested and able to attend will also be able to take part in an extracurricular activity about blockchain and NFTs.
Schools are looking ahead.
The lessons in the UK Citizens School in Dubai says it is the first school in the Middle East to let parents pay tuition with digital currencies. The school takes Bitcoin and Ether as payment.
“We will make sure that our students have a digital mindset,” said principal Tracy Moxley. “This means that they understand financial literacy, the world of cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), digital assets, and blockchain.”
“We do this with project-based learning and digital literacy classes. Complex ideas like these will be studied in 5th and 6th grade, and they’ll get even more complicated in high school.”
Mark Ryan is a visual arts teacher in the primary years’ program at Raha International School in Abu Dhabi. He said that since last year, he has taught his students how to take a piece of art and turn it into an NFT.
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