As we look back on 2024, I predict it will be known as the "crypto election." In writing this, I want to communicate that I am politically agnostic, this isn't about taking political sides. This is about exploring the powerful intersection of technology, society, and politics.

In January 2022, at the height of the crypto and NFT buzz, I decided to do something radical at my middle school. I started an NFT club. At our assembly, nestled between the chess club, yoga flow, and “Sew Awesome,” I put up this slide to pitch this club to our 100 middle school students.

The future of education will be humans partnering with artificial intelligence to co-create. I prototyped this partnership by building a multi-day lesson plan using a chatbot. Through this collaboration I was able to address the following needs that are common to many education professionals:

What magic is hidden behind your own unique style? How do you incorporate your individual interests to shape your instruction?

Last week marked my 1 year anniversary in web3. My web3 birth was on 11/10/21 when I became the owner of the ENS domain dagan.eth. Unless you count the ethereum I purchased to exchange for the domain, it’s the first token I ever purchased on the blockchain. The transaction hash is:

We have an opportunity to embrace this technology and work together to build a system that can offer transformative learning opportunities for students.

This is part 2 of a series of articles on the emerging concept of ed3.1 As a curious and creative educator my goal is to thoughtfully examine how web3 technologies will impact education in our changing world.

I have recently immersed myself in an emerging concept incorporating blockchain technology with education called ed3. In their Mirror.xyz article From Web3 to Ed3 - Reimagining Education in a Decentralized World1 educators Atish Mistry, Blair Rorani, Scott David Meyer, and Vriti Saraf define ed3 as a model in which "learners own their education - validating their knowledge with decentralized technology."