This is for a personal writing project I'm working on. I imagine that Bitcoin would be good for things like teaching things like math with decimals ("How many Satoshis do you need to get a tenth of a Bitcoin?", stuff like that), budgeting (Spend it on whatever you want, but when it's gone, it's gone), or even a little bit of IT programming stuff like how cryptography works. What do you guys think of this?
Yes and No.
I don't think bitcoin should be involved in teaching the following:
- Basic math; conversions, decimals, etc.
- Basic personal finance; budgeting, etc.
Bitcoin's low adoption and complicated creation allows people to believe it's "make believe" or a "fad". Yet the concepts above are very much needed for everyone to succeed in society. These topics need to be taken seriously and therefore should be discussed in terms of the student's local fiat currency (which is very real).
Older students would benefit from bitcoin involvement in teaching the following:
- Economic systems and how they can be created if a group of people are willing to particpate
- Computer science
I came here to post this, you're absolutely correct in my opinion.
I would also like to add another reason for not using Bitcoin in math classes based on what OP said:
I imagine that Bitcoin would be good for things like teaching things like math with decimals ("How many Satoshis do you need to get a tenth of a Bitcoin?", stuff like that)
In this example you'd also need to explain what Satoshis and Bitcoins are, which is totally beside the point in math class.
If you're going to use real life examples, use something that everybody can easily understand (apples, oranges, whatever) so you don't lose any time because you need to explain an entire concept first.
Bitcoin would be great to spend a single lesson on in Economics and maybe multiple lessons in Computer science classes.