June Highlights at a Glance
- “Blockchain On The Go”
- BA Briefing on ABE’s Education Efforts
- Flagship Module Ready for Rollout
“Blockchain On The Go”
Blockchain on the goAfter recording our first professional development seminar, The Road to Bitcoin & Beyond: A Brief History of Digital Currency, and uploading it to our YouTube channel, the ABE team circled back to an idea that we discussed a few months ago called “Blockchain On The Go.” In an effort to generate more content that could be easily consumed in a digital format, we thought it would be a great idea to create a very short playlist of 10 one-minute videos that allow someone who knows nothing about blockchain to get a high-level overview of what the technology is and how it works. This idea was partly born out of a conversation I had with Rep. Hinson during my visit to Tallahassee this spring, because she asked me, “Can you teach me the basics in ten minutes?”
With that in mind, coupled with knowing how the YouTube algorithm focuses on the “Shorts” format, we set out to create a series of one-minute videos that could be watched in a row on a playlist. I walked at a local park behind one of the libraries near my house, recorded all ten of the videos, and handed off the raw footage to our professional video production content team to have B-roll, transitions, and other visuals added to them. With one-minute topics such as “What Is a Blockchain?”, “What Are Stablecoins?” and “Why Blockchain Matters for Your Future”: this short video series should leave curious viewers with a foundational understanding. Once the playlist goes live on our YouTube channel , I’ll be sure to update everyone in a future blog post.
BA Briefing on ABE’s Education Efforts
Michael Postupak, BA Policy Engagement ManagerOne of the highlights of my role as the Ardent Blockchain Education Liaison is working with the Blockchain Association, the leading nonprofit membership organization for the digital asset industry here in the United States. During the month of June, it was my honor to meet one-on-one with Michael Postupak, the Policy Engagement Manager at BA, to provide him with updates about our work here in Florida to bring blockchain education and digital asset financial literacy to high school classrooms. We had an engaging conversation about the progress we have made here in the Sunshine State, and I told Michael that ABE and Florida stand ready to serve in whatever capacity we can and will be a model for our nation when the time comes.
Flagship Module Ready for Rollout
First lesson of our flagship moduleAfter a few months of continual iteration and compliance checks, our Curriculum Architect has given the green light to roll out our first complete module for teacher use in the classroom. We believed this was the perfect place to start because it was built around a single, critical benchmark (SS.912.FL.6.14) that asks students to evaluate the motives for using a digital currency across three distinct lessons. Our goal is to roll this out at our next in-person professional development seminar so that teachers can return to their classrooms, immediately implement these lessons in their curriculum, and then provide us with the necessary feedback to make refinements.
For each of the three days, the package includes a full lesson plan with an embedded teacher key, a slide deck, a student capture sheet (plus a version built for ESE students), a student reference document formatted for the school’s online learning system, a rubric, and a short stand-alone mini-lesson a substitute can run on a testing day without any background knowledge. At the module level, there’s an interactive review game, a teacher video script, and a substitute folder. A teacher who has never heard the word “blockchain” can deliver this unit at full quality on day one. Ultimately, we wanted both educators and students to feel comfortable engaging with new ideas that are unfamiliar to them yet relevant to their collective futures.
As always, stay tuned for our next update. We will have more great news to share, including our upcoming professional development seminar for Financial Literacy and Money Management teachers in Hillsborough County!
