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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

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Thaís Blasio Martins

Municipal Education Secretary of São Paulo

Education Programms

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Goethe-Institut São Paulo

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Dr. Jochen Hellmann

DWIH São Paulo

Director

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Marina Nordi

Founder and Director Escola Mais

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More coming soon...

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

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Artur Kim Shum

re:edu GmbH & Co KG.

Design, UX

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Felix Erdmann

re:edu GmbH & Co KG.

Web and App development

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Tobias Ludwig

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

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Anna Maria Schneider

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

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Kamilla Tenório

FU Berlin

Learning Analytics, Gamification, and Web Design

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Priscilla Pessutti Nascimento

Goethe-Institut São Paulo​

Coordinator of Educational Projects

Timeline

  1. Start

    1st of march 2023

    Registration for the EdTech Hackathon open

  2. Deadline for registration and challenge submission

    19th of april 2023

    Submit a challenge and apply to join the Edtech Hackthon

  1. 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
    • Lunch

    • 14:00
    • Welcome words DWIH and Goethe Institut / introduction & challenges

    • 14:30
    • Thinking and tinkering

    • 15:00
    • Pitches

    • 15:30
    • Group forming

    • 16:00
    • Kick-off / registration of groups with participants and project name

    • 19:00
    • Pizza dinner

    • 21:00
    • End Day 1

  2. Edtech Hackthon - Day 02

    May 26th of 2023

    • 09:00
    • Start Day 2 - Hacking

    • 13:00
    • Lunch

    • 18:00
    • Sundowner and Barbecue

    • 21:00
    • End Day 2

  3. Edtech Hackthon - Day 03

    May 27th of 2023

    • 09:00
    • Start Day 3 - Hacking, preparing presentations

    • 12:00
    • Lunch

    • 16:00
    • Final presentations to the jury. You can join the final presentations via youtube

    • 17:30
    • Announcement of winners & farewell

    • 18:00
    • End of the Hackathon

Questions

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The Organisators

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Mario Pesch

University of Muenster

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Dr. Thomas Bartoschek

University of Muenster

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Christian Lazar

FU Berlin

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Laura Redondo

University of Muenster

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Sören Metz

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Supporters

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Partners

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