May 25-27, 2023
Goethe Institut São Paulo
Do you want to be part of tech-solutions for and national challenges in the educational area?
Do you have a problem in education that could be solved with the support of technology?
What is the EdTech Hackathon?
The program
The Edtech Hackathon is an event to develop tech solutions to local and global challenges in education. The online phase is the moment where everyone can submit an idea of challenge here. After the first EdTech Hackthon in 2022 this years hackathon, will take place on the 25-27th of May at the Goethe Institut in São Paulo. It will be two three days for participants to develop solutions supported by mentors and workshops, pizza and german food and beer.
What kind of problem we are aiming to solve?
The Challenges
Challenges related to education and technology can be submitted online and by everyone, some will be selected by jury and will be worked on by hackthon participants over two days. The solutions proposed during the Hackthon will be sent to the authors and published here.
Who can participate?
Participants
The participants from various regions of Brazil will be selected by the organizing committee. We will financially support applications from outside the expanded São Paulo area and from all over Brazil with a mobility grant.
The challenges
You have a challenges related to EdTech? Submit it here and we will select the best ones for the hackathon. The challenges will be presented to the participants and they will work on them during the hackathon.
Jury and Prizes
The best team will be awarded with a registration for one representative of the winning team to participate in the German-Brazilian Innovation and Sustainability Congress organized by the German-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and Industry São Paulo (AHK-SP), to be held on 29 and 30 September in São Paulo. The decision will be made by a high-ranking jury according to the following criteria:
- Degree of innovation
- Feasibility
- Benefit for the educational sector
- Quality of final pitch
The Jury
Thaís Blasio Martins
Municipal Education Secretary of São Paulo
Education Programms
Goethe-Institut São Paulo
Dr. Jochen Hellmann
DWIH São Paulo
Director
Marina Nordi
Founder and Director Escola Mais
The Mentors and Mediators
The Team of mentors will help you during the hackathon. They are experts in different fields and they will be available during the hackathon
Artur Kim Shum
re:edu GmbH & Co KG.
Design, UX
Felix Erdmann
re:edu GmbH & Co KG.
Web and App development
Tobias Ludwig
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Anna Maria Schneider
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Kamilla Tenório
FU Berlin
Learning Analytics, Gamification, and Web Design
Priscilla Pessutti Nascimento
Goethe-Institut São Paulo
Coordinator of Educational Projects
Timeline
Start
1st of march 2023
Registration for the EdTech Hackathon open
Deadline for registration and challenge submission
7th of april 2023
Submit a challenge and apply to join the Edtech Hackthon
Edtech Hackthon - Day 01
May 25th of 2023
- 09:00- 10:00 Registration, welcome
- 10:00-13:00 Pre-hack hands-on workshops on technologies from partners
- 13:00
- 14:00
- 14:30
- 15:00
- 15:30
- 16:00
- 19:00
- 21:00
Lunch
Welcome words DWIH and Goethe Institut / introduction & challenges
Thinking and tinkering
Pitches
Group forming
Kick-off / registration of groups with participants and project name
Pizza dinner
End Day 1
Edtech Hackthon - Day 02
May 26th of 2023
- 09:00
- 13:00
- 18:00
- 21:00
Start Day 2 - Hacking
Lunch
Sundowner and Barbecue
End Day 2
Edtech Hackthon - Day 03
May 27th of 2023
- 09:00
- 12:00
- 16:00
- 17:30
- 18:00
Start Day 3 - Hacking, preparing presentations
Lunch
Final presentations to the jury. You can join the final presentations via youtube
Announcement of winners & farewell
End of the Hackathon
Questions
FAQ
The Organisators
Mario Pesch
University of Muenster
Dr. Thomas Bartoschek
University of Muenster
Christian Lazar
FU Berlin
Laura Redondo
University of Muenster
Sören Metz
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
