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RE: SteemEDU - Steem's Future Role with Education: Google Hangout with Kieran Nolan and Tom McGann
Derek, I discussed incentivized edu with you a week or so back a little bit, but I don't remember which account I was using. Just to clarify who I am: I use @daoine-sidhe for my novel, @libertarianarts for artistic things, and @geke for my geke website (venn diagrams and my economics book for kids). My real name, btw, is Stephanie. Anyway... I love this conversation and would like to discuss this with you further. Wondering if there's a way to use my econ curriculum for kids on a platform like this.
That's fantastic, Stephanie! I can't wait to see a sort of steemedu start to materialize. I think there is so much potential in this idea and the cool part is, that it can actually be built.
In the meantime, I think it might be worthwhile to try posting an optional assignment here on Steemit. Create a tag for your class and see how it goes. They can upvote your post for attendance and then post their answers in the comments. Perhaps it can be more of a creative project so they each have subjective content to add, thus eliminating the cheating factor.
You then review, upvote the quality content, while replying with advice so they can improve where needed. Students can upvote one another's answers and your responses as well. This should help send signals to you as far as what stuff resonates the best with your students.
I hope this helps! I'd also recommend checking out @nphacker's http://www.steemiq.me/education. I could totally see doing this all on Steemit in the longrun with tools like this getting better over time. However, I also see the need to have a specific environment that solely caters to learning. Steem will allow us to have both. :)
I've written up some thoughts here, including a huge h/t and link back to your post:
https://steemit.com/education/@geke/can-steemit-incentivize-learning-for-kids