vriti.eth — 8/17 @k20Educators @Ed3DAO
@everyone big announcement for our work!!!! https://twitter.com/vritisaraf/status/1559876752578584576?s=21&t=lAjbggSHlUTnkI-CxmKf4w
We’re authoring a web3 series for the amazing publication @Getting_Smart! To have Edu leader @tvanderark & team supporting our work feels Check out our first blog post about the fundamentals of web3 & education! https://www.gettingsmart.com/2022/08/17/three-ways-web3-will-change-education-for-good/

By: Vriti Saraf and Dr. Mike Peck
Are you a coffee drinker? Well, Starbucks just announced the launch of their web3 rewards program. Maybe you’re a student… Pearson is selling their textbooks as NFTs now. Or perhaps you’re into fashion. Gucci is accepting a cryptocurrency token called “apecoin” for its products.
Today, every facet of the world market is exploring or building on something called web3. If you’re not deeply immersed in this new technology, you might be thinking one of three things:
- What is web3?
- Why should I care?
- Is web3 a fad?
Let’s cut through the jargon and get to the core of it: Web3 is the evolution of the world wide web. The web has gone through three iterations as a result of emerging technologies.
Web1 (Read)
The first generation of the web allowed users to consume information from largely static web pages. Most people didn’t know how to code, many didn’t have access to high speed internet, and some didn’t have access to computers at all. This meant modest adoption of the web.
Web2 (Read, Write)
As access to the web became easier with the adoption of mobile devices and nearly ubiquitous high speed internet, we saw the emergence of social media, which changed how we engaged with the web and with one another. Without knowing code, we were able to build virtual identities, unveil our inner thoughts to the world, build global relationships, and find resources for our learning, earning, and living.
Web2 also came with trade offs. It allowed big corporations to poach and store our personal identifying information and user data into centralized databases. Free products afterall, had a price. As sculptor Richard Serra said in 1973: “if something is free, you’re the product”.
Clickbait, doom scrolling, fake news, and misinformation became key ways for advertisers to monetize off of our engagement.
Web3 (Read, Write, Own)
Today, there is a beacon of hope for reversing the culture of monopolies and ads through the next iteration of the web. You’ve probably heard about blockchain, NFTs, metaverse, cryptocurrency, and other concepts that are often described with complex jargon. These technologies have actually been around for decades. Blockchain was invented in 2008, metaverse was coined in 1992, and virtual gamified environments have been around since 1962. We are finally ready for this confluence of tech because today, most of our activity lives on the web, and because COVID helped accelerate our virtual interactivity.
Web3 is grounded more in ethos than it is in tech. Here are the most important principles in web3:
- Web3 is about decentralization and self-organization.
- Web3 is about digital ownership
- Web3 is about transparency.
- Web3 is about human connectivity.
@vriti.eth
@everyone big announcement for our work!!!! https://twitter.com/vritisaraf/status/1559876752578584576?s=21&t=lAjbggSHlUTnkI-CxmKf4w Please show support by liking, retweeting and reading the blog!! (edited)
mbteach — Today at 8:39 AM
A great overview @vriti.eth and @mpeck ! A nice tap into a potentially new audience. Not always a fan of TvA but he has a wide audience, so that is a win!
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@Allie
Omg i missed the networking event🥹 is it up to be uploaded later??
vriti.eth — Yesterday at 4:01 PM
we'll have one every month!
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@mbteach
@vriti.eth you know y'all are jealous
vriti.eth — Yesterday at 4:01 PM
omg i love mouse trap!!!
@crespoarts
Hey, Friends! Hope everyone is well. I’m quietly watching you all do incredible things.
vriti.eth — Yesterday at 4:02 PM
yay good to see you in here again! we miss you!
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@Dr. Ryan Straight | UArizona
I've mentioned it before here somewhere but https://eth.build/ is one of the coolest things I've run across. It's "An Educational Sandbox for Web3" but it's much better if you just jump in and take a look. Such a great tool from Austin Griffith at the Ethereum Foundation.
mbteach — Yesterday at 4:35 PM
This looks like it should be awesome but it makes no sense to me at first glance. Guess I should be doing some research
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Dr. Ryan Straight | UArizona — Yesterday at 4:51 PM
Super excited that my stats class has been available for over 24 hours and nobody's dropped yet.
@mpeck
gm gm @ED3 Educators Happy Tuesday everyone! The community team will be posting daily thoughts, questions, and prompts to start some conversation. Today is: Tech Tip Tuesday We are seeing all sorts of cool new tools emerge in web3. We would love to here from you all what some of your favorite new tools are. If you're looking for some inspiration our very own @pford is building some awesome stuff with https://www.toools.tools/. Let's see some tools and be sure to give us a little description to tell everyone about it!
Jessie — Yesterday at 6:32 PM
I’m super excited to share with @Anth0ny about free tools to build educational virtual spaces for students on Friday!!! We’ll be sharing stuff about Frame VR and Mozilla Hubs. It’s free and open to anyone who wants to create cool experiences for students. Join us!! https://discord.gg/mSzd9XYF?event=1009199267384135841
Fri Aug 19th · 8:00 PM
Immersive Learning Through The Web
Join ED3 community members Jessie and Anthony exploring free virtual world building tools for education. Attendees will leave with ideas for use and will have their own PD virtual world to return to as a repository of session learning. Open to all!!
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Register here: https://www.ed3dao.com/event-details/immersive-learning-through-the-web
@mpeck
gm gm @ED3 Educators Happy Tuesday everyone! The community team will be posting daily thoughts, questions, and prompts to start some conversation. Today is: Tech Tip Tuesday We are seeing all sorts of cool new tools emerge in web3. We would love to here from you all what some of your favorite new tools are. If you're looking for some inspiration our very own @pford is building some awesome stuff with https://www.toools.tools/. Let's see some tools and be sure to give us a little description to tell everyone about it!
mariagalanis.eth — Yesterday at 7:28 PM
I remember hearing about this a little while back. A social media app, built on
DeSo — the Decentralized Social Blockchain. A monetizable social network. Has anyone used it? You can create an account with Google or DeSo seed. https://diamondapp.com/
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@mariagalanis.eth
I remember hearing about this a little while back. A social media app, built on DeSo — the Decentralized Social Blockchain. A monetizable social network. Has anyone used it? You can create an account with Google or DeSo seed. https://diamondapp.com/
mpeck — Yesterday at 7:42 PM
Interesting….Google account blockchain?? Seems like acronyms
@mpeck
Interesting….Google account blockchain?? Seems like acronyms
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