Rimbit in School Projects

One of the many goals that Rimbit has is the distribution of Rimbit to community projects.

One of the many reasons Rimbit can be used over other Crypto Currency is that Rimbit is not mined. That means students, teachers and schools do not need to spend $1000's of dollars each time difficulty levels render hardware obsolete. Students can learn the inner workings of Rimbit and also how it offers Interest instead of the old fashion way that is mining!

Shattuck-St. Mary's is a private boarding school in Faribault, Minnesota, USA. Shattuck provides a college preparatory education for students in grades 6 - 12, many of whom specialize in one of a number of focused, specialized, activities including Hockey, Soccer, Figure Skating, Golf, Music Performance, Biomedical, and... Engineering! One of the engineering classes offered at Shattuck is a Robotics/Electronics class, as described below.

The Robotics Class will teach robotics to students by having students build their own robot, powered by the Raspberry Pi B+, and accomplish a list of tasks. Each task will be assigned a value in Rimbit; when a given task is completed, the corresponding amount of rimbit will be sent to that student's wallet. The initial tasks are designed to familiarize students with the Raspberry Pi and its many capabilities in order to remove their fear of the technology and, hopefully, inspire some ideas on what they can do with their robot. Later tasks will provide increasingly difficult robot challenges.

At the end of the course, students are able to purchase (at cost) their robot if they want and students with an A or B grade will be able to keep 10% of their wallet (this may be adjusted later if interest does not keep up with the outflows...).

Grades will be issued each week according to the amount of RBT in each student's wallet. The final grade will also be based on the Student's wallet balance.

 

This system gives students:

1. Clear, objective criteria for student grades
2. Regular milestones and short term objectives (teenagers are not always good at projects with long lead times...)
3. Multiple paths to an "A" - you can do a few big projects, lots of small projects, or a mix of both.
4. Not forcing students to be in lock-step with each other. Students can go their own pace (within reason).
5. Allowing students to find their own time to work within a given week. Some are best during the day, at night, or on weekends.

The following is only an example of what the task scoring might look like; the full list of tasks is still under development as well as the grading scale. The general idea is for 3,000 RBT to equal an A (I have just enough RBT for that) or 1,000 RBT to equal an A just because it makes the grading really easy (move the decimal over one for your percentage....). The larger the amounts given per task, the greater the chance of the students gaining interest via minting occasionally, which would be the same thing as extra credit. The earlier the students earn their rimbit, the greater their chances of getting extra credit; this is a reward for students who get an early start rather than wait until the last possible moment, and then panic.

Tasks and Rimbit Awards (based on 1,000 RBT = A):

Initial Tasks (100 RBT):

Assemble the case and put the Pi in it correctly.

First Light: log in directly to the Pi and change the settings.

Set up a Rimbit Wallet and send an email with your receiving address (address should be labeled SSM Engineering).

Remote Talking: establish a SSH session with your Pi.

New Orders!: change the BASH config file to do your bidding.

Familiarization Tasks (200 RBT):

Set up an XBMC system on your Pi

Set up a TOR server.

Set up a WiFi Hot Spot.

Set up a web server.

Robotics Tasks (700 RBT):

Assemble the Robot.

Move forward 1 meter and return 1 meter.

Follow a line for 5 meters.

Cross a room that contains obstacles.

Shattuck-St. Mary's is a private boarding school in Faribault, Minnesota, USA. Shattuck provides a college preparatory education for students in grades 6 - 12, many of whom specialize in one of a number of focused, specialized, activities including Hockey, Soccer, Figure Skating, Golf, Music Performance, Biomedical, and... Engineering! One of the engineering classes offered at Shattuck is a Robotics/Electronics class, as described below.

 

The Robotics Class will teach robotics to students by having students build their own robot, powered by the Raspberry Pi B+, and accomplish a list of tasks. Each task will be assigned a value in Rimbit; when a given task is completed, the corresponding amount of rimbit will be sent to that student's wallet. The initial tasks are designed to familiarize students with the Raspberry Pi and its many capabilities in order to remove their fear of the technology and, hopefully, inspire some ideas on what they can do with their robot. Later tasks will provide increasingly difficult robot challenges.

 

At the end of the course, students are able to purchase (at cost) their robot if they want and students with an A or B grade will be able to keep 10% of their wallet (this may be adjusted later if interest does not keep up with the outflows...).

 

[NOTE: There is a 2 week period between Thanksgiving and Christmas break that makes very little sense academically, but is required by social customs here in the US. This 2 week period is best used for the familiarization of the Pi rather than trying to teach them something they will forget over the Christmas break (3 weeks long...).]

 

Grades will be issued each week according to the amount of RBT in each student's wallet. The final grade will also be based on the Student's wallet balance. This system gives students:

1. Clear, objective criteria for student grades
2. Regular milestones and short term objectives (teenagers are not always good at projects with long lead times...)
3. multiple paths to an "A" - you can do a few big projects, lots of small projects, or a mix of both. 
4. Not forcing students to be in lock-step with each other. Students can go their own pace (within reason).
5. Allowing students to find their own time to work within a given week. Some are best during the day, at night, or on weekends.

 

The following is only an example of what the task scoring might look like; the full list of tasks is still under development as well as the grading scale. The general idea is for 3,000 RBT to equal an A (I have just enough RBT for that) or 1,000 RBT to equal an A just because it makes the grading really easy (move the decimal over one for your percentage....). The larger the amounts given per task, the greater the chance of the students gaining interest via minting occasionally, which would be the same thing as extra credit. The earlier the students earn their rimbit, the greater their chances of getting extra credit; this is a reward for students who get an early start rather than wait until the last possible moment, and then panic.

 

Tasks and Rimbit Awards (based on 1,000 RBT = A):

 

Initial Tasks (100 RBT):

1. Assemble the case and put the Pi in it correctly.

2. First Light: log in directly to the Pi and change the settings.

3. Set up a Rimbit Wallet and send an email with your receiving address (address should be labeled SSM Engineering).

4. Remote Talking: establish a SSH session with your Pi.

5. New Orders!: change the BASH config file to do your bidding.

 

Familiarization Tasks (200 RBT):

1. Set up an XBMC system on your Pi

2. Set up a TOR server.

3. Set up a WiFi Hot Spot.

4. Set up a web server.

 

Robotics Tasks (700 RBT):

1. Assemble the Robot.

2. Move forward 1 meter and return 1 meter.

3. Follow a line for 5 meters.

4. Cross a room that contains obstacles.