E21: Web3 and Education: A conversation with David Doswell and Arnaud Schenk
David Doswell and Arnaud Schenk join us for a discussion of the potentials and pitfalls for educators thinking about the blockchain-enabled internet.
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Arnaud is Higher Ground Education's VP of Technology. Prior to Higher Ground, Arnaud was a co-founder of Aztec, a privacy-focused layer 2 for Ethereum. You can find Arnaud on Twitter, @_ArnaudS_.
David is a founding member and engineer at First School, a Web3 education platform for Generation Alpha. He is also the author of the sci-fi book Meredith: The Future of Silicon Valley.
Dr. Matt Bateman
Dr. Matt Bateman earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy in 2012 from the University of Pennsylvania. He taught and continued his research at Franklin and Marshall College in the Department of Psychology, on topics ranging from neuroscience to evolutionary theory to philosophy, before joining the LePort Schools as Director of Curriculum and Pedagogy in 2014.
In 2016, Dr. Matt Bateman became a founding member of Higher Ground Education. He is now Vice President of Pedagogy for Higher Ground and the Executive Director of Montessorium.
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