{"id":8972,"date":"2024-12-02T16:40:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T14:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datorium.eu\/?p=8972"},"modified":"2024-12-02T17:15:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T15:15:20","slug":"students-from-jurmala-state-gymnasium-win-digital-education-hackathon-digieduhack-2024-and-qualify-for-global-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datorium.eu\/lv\/students-from-jurmala-state-gymnasium-win-digital-education-hackathon-digieduhack-2024-and-qualify-for-global-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Students from J\u016brmala State Gymnasium Win Digital Education Hackathon DigiEduHack 2024 and Qualify for Global Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watch the winning team\u2019s video pitch here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JYmdnSqL5Qo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JYmdnSqL5Qo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DigiEduHack 2024 hackathon, organized by \u202fDatorium, has concluded successfully. This event brought together 178 students from 14 schools across Latvia to inspire creative educational solutions that motivate learners and foster engagement in education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The winning team, composed of 12th-grade students from\u202fJ\u016brmala State Gymnasium \u2013 Elgars Cerbulis, Mat\u012bss Meiers, Raivo Lenerts, Ralfs Topolovs, and Mat\u012bss B\u016bmanis \u2013 impressed the judges with their innovative creation: an interactive widget for the popular school management system \u202fE-klase. This widget enables students to view their latest grades and homework directly on their phone\u2019s lock screen. Additionally, it gamifies learning by allowing students to earn points for good grades and compete with peers on a leaderboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is very important to encourage young people to reflect on the future of education in the digital age, and hackathons are a great way of doing it. Students are destined to become the visionaries and architects of future educational policies and reforms. Their insights and creativity will lay the foundation for innovative changes in learning,\u201d said Angela Jafarova, Latvian DigiEduHack ambassador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DigiEduHack is a global initiative under the European Commission\u2019s Digital Education Action Plan (2021\u20132027) (<a href=\"https:\/\/education.ec.europa.eu\/focus-topics\/digital-education\/action-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learnmore&nbsp;here<\/a>). This framework promotes high-quality, inclusive, and accessible digital education across Europe, addressing digital divides and preparing education systems for the future. The hackathon emphasizes the importance of empowering youth to contribute to advancements in education, underscoring the belief that young people, with their fresh perspectives and bold ideas, are uniquely equipped to develop solutions for the modern digital age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Datorium is an innovative Latvian EdTech company that has developed and implemented technology-driven educational solutions in over 100 public schools across Latvia. Through its initiatives, approximately 10,000 students have gained effective training, equipping the next generation with future-ready skills and knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, visit:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/digieduhack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/digieduhack.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Participating Schools:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Bauskas 2. vidusskola<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>J.G. Herdera R\u012bgas Gr\u012bzi\u0146kalna vidusskola<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jelgavas Tehnolo\u0123iju vidusskola<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>J\u016brmalas Valsts \u0123imn\u0101zija<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u0136eguma vidusskola<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Olaines 1. vidusskola<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Olaines 2. vidusskola<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>R\u012bgas 6. vidusskola<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>R\u012bgas 71. vidusskola<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>R\u012bgas 89. vidusskola<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>R\u012bgas 95. vidusskola<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>R\u012bgas Valsts v\u0101cu \u0123imn\u0101zija<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Siguldas pils\u0113tas vidusskola<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ulbrokas vidusskola<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch the winning team\u2019s video pitch here:&nbsp;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JYmdnSqL5Qo. The DigiEduHack 2024 hackathon, organized by \u202fDatorium, has concluded successfully. This event brought together 178 students from 14 schools across Latvia to inspire creative educational solutions that motivate learners and foster engagement in education. The winning team, composed of 12th-grade students from\u202fJ\u016brmala State Gymnasium \u2013 Elgars Cerbulis, Mat\u012bss [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":8975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[50,9],"tags":[35,13,56,54,37,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/datorium.eu\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8972"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/datorium.eu\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/datorium.eu\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datorium.eu\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datorium.eu\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/datorium.eu\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datorium.eu\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/datorium.eu\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datorium.eu\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datorium.eu\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}