Kieran Nolan intro & opensourcelearning.school

Kieran’s vocation has evolved over the past decade from his role as network engineer for primary schools (implementing open source and cloud based technologies) to a cloud migration architect role with one of the leading K-12 schools in NSW; and more recently to an educational technologist role at one of the most pedagogically innovative schools in Melbourne.
Kieran started Victoria’s first CoderDojo, Australia’s first Immersive Education Club, and Australia’s first official “Bitcoin School"
Kieran is also a Blockchain advocate and early adopter; and I can see the potential for Blockchain Technology to revolutionise both the business world and education.
What is an educational technologist?
An educational technologist is someone who is trained in the field of educational technology. Educational technologists try to analyze, design, develop, implement and evaluate process and tools to enhance learning.
What does a cloud migration architect do?
A cloud architect is an IT professional who is responsible for overseeing a company’s cloud computing strategy. This includes cloud adoption plans, cloud application design, and cloud management and monitoring. Cloud architects oversee application architecture and deployment in cloud environments – including public cloud, private cloud and hybrid cloud.
What is a Blockchain?
A blockchain is a public ledger of all Bitcoin transactions that have ever been executed. It is constantly growing as ‘completed’ blocks are added to it with a new set of recordings. The blocks are added to the blockchain in a linear, chronological order. Each node (computer connected to the Bitcoin network using a client that performs the task of validating and relaying transactions) gets a copy of the blockchain, which gets downloaded automatically upon joining the Bitcoin network. The blockchain has complete information about the addresses and their balances right from the genesis block to the most recently completed block.

OpenSourceLearning.school is a podcast initiative founded by Kieran Nolan, dedicated leveraging the digital world within education. The purpose of this site is to act as a form of “online school” to bring educators and tech experts together to discuss where we’re headed as a global community.
Affiliations: Immersive Education, CoderDojo, ThinkBitcoin, and mBTC

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