Contacted DUO

During the last year I have stayed in touch with DUO: the executive branch of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. Johann Schreurs and Henny Bulstra are working on blockchain projects of the agency. I talked to them at BCinED17 and talked to them again this week. We have  complementary projects: DUO working on… Lees verder Contacted DUO

More time for my project!

Yes! Next school year I’ll have more time to work on BlockChange. The Omo Scholengroep Helmond has provided me one day a week to spend on the build en research on the BlockChange project!

Meeting at SIDN Fund

On June 26th I made my way to Amsterdam for a meetup with the projects funded by the SIDN Fund in their Blockchain for Good call. We discussed the state of our projects and discussed the implications of blockchain, based on our first hand experience. Check the site of the SIDN Fund (Dutch) for more… Lees verder Meeting at SIDN Fund

Article on Cryptobutler.nl

Website Cryptobutler.nl asked Wim Pelgrim to write a guest contribution about BlockChange. You can find the article at https://www.cryptobutler.nl/onderwijsresultaten-samenbrengen-met-blockchange/

Article on Blocker.nl

Dutch website about crypto’s and blockchain Blocker.nl has put a nice article about BlockChange on the website: https://blocker.nl/onderwijsresultaten-samenbrengen-met-blockchange/

First meeting of all partners of BlockChange

Today all partners I talked to in the last few months came to the Dr.-Knippenbergcollege to talk about the first draft of the project plan of BlockChange. It was a positive, inspiring and substantive meeting!

New logo and new site design

Niels Jetten and Thijmen Saris from the Dr.-Knippenbergcollege in Helmond have finished the logo design. It is now in use on our website, Twittter account and Linkedin page. Thanks guys for a great, fresh logo design!

Discussion at the Center for Innovation

De bijdrage van @wimpelgrim over zijn pilot #blockchain met leerlingen op VO school levert al veel vragen en discussie op. #Innovatiehuis https://t.co/YAuKej05zD pic.twitter.com/KZJj9m38oR — CvI en Innovatiehuis (@Consortium_v_I) 15 december 2017 Student bepaalt of gegevens wel gedeeld worden in de #blockchain. @blogisch : Europese unie ziet het als middel voor internationale vergelijking van diploma’s. Volgens… Lees verder Discussion at the Center for Innovation

Scaling up

After a meeting in november, we realized time and technology had caught up on our original plans. We had to scale up and BlockChange.EU is in that process. We’re talking to new partners about working together, building a network. Organisations like OMO (association of schools for secondary education), Senzer, Praktijkschool Helmond and Yubu. In the… Lees verder Scaling up

Logo design underway

Students of te Dr.-Knippenbergcollege design a new logo for BlockChange.EU. I think it is very cool this is a school project.