August 22-24, 2022
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. The presencial phase, which will take place on the 22-24th of August at the Goethe Institut in São Paulo. It will be two exclusive days for participants to develop solutions supported by mentors and workshops and pizza.

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.

Pre-Event | Digital Education

This pre-event webinar will showcase the state of the art of digitalization in Education from the perspective of the two German Universities and will also explain the hackathon idea and inform about the program and the ways to participate.

Program (local Brazilian CET time):

10am (Brazilian time) / 15pm (CEST)

10:00 AM (BRT) | Welcome & Opening Remarks

Welcome & Moderation: Sören Metz (Technical University of Munich) and Christian Lazar (Freie Universität Berlin)

10:15 (BRT) | Digital Education - Quo vadis. Insights from two German universities of Excellence

- Prof. Dr. Daniel Pittich (Assitant Professorship of Technical Education - TUM)
- Dr. Antje Brock (Institut Futur, Freie Universität Berlin)

10:45 (BRT) | German-Brazilian EdTech Hackathon

- Thomas Bartoschek (re:edu) - presentation of the challenge and the German-Brazilian EdTech Hackathon

11:00 AM (BRT) | Q&A Session with all panelists

11:30 AM (BRT) | Wrap-Up Closing Remarks, Summary and Wrap Up

The webinar will be conducted in English. Questions can be asked by the audience in the webinar

Signup for the event

If you missed the pre event you can watch the recording of the presentation on youtube:

The challenges

Music for everyone

Brazilian music education still seems to belong to an economic and social elite, and its presence in schools, especially public ones, is almost non-existent. Music is impregnated with affective memories, which remind us of important moments in our li

Urban Education

Many Brazilian citizens do not understand basic urban concepts and current legislation, which are fundamental for living well in urban and rural areas. And more and more people are connected on their smartphones. How to promote urban education, consi

Time management for teachers

How can our teachers, who work more than 40, 50 h/week, be able to empower themselves to innovate and make a difference in the lives of our students? It is a great challenge to find time for everything, amid the pressures of the everyday life. How te

SDGs in Education

In 2015, the United Nations Organization (UN) proposed, through its Agenda 2030, 17 goals to achieving sustainable development (SDGs) to all countries in the world. Such goals must be met within the coming years. The primary focus of the agenda is to

More Challenges

Thank you for submitting more challenges, the challenges will be presented on the first day at 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

Prof. Dr. Kristina Reiss

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Professor Emerita of Didactics of Mathematics and Emerita of Excellence of the Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Thaís Blasio Martins

Municipal Education Secretary of São Paulo

Education Programms

Rafael D. Deschka

Goethe-Institut São Paulo

Head of Language and Educational Programms South America,

Dr. Jörn Weingärtner

Director at g.a.s.t

Dr. Jochen Hellmann

DWIH São Paulo

Director

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

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
May 31st of 2022
Submit a challenge and apply to join the Edtech Hackthon
Webinar
June 22nd of 2022 - 10AM (BRT) | 3PM (CEST)
Get to know the state of the art of digitalization in Education with German Universities and Hackathon idea. More Information and Signup
Deadline for registration and challenge submission
August 7th of 2022
Deadline extended to August 15th of 2022!
Submit a challenge and apply to join the Edtech Hackthon

Edtech Hackthon - Day 01
August 22nd of 2022
- 09:00- 10:00
- 10:00-13:00
- 13:00
- 14:00
- 14:30
- 15:00
- 15:30
- 16:00
- 19:00
- 21:00
Edtech Hackthon - Day 02
August 23rd of 2022
- 09:00
- 13:00
- 18:00
- 21:00
Edtech Hackthon - Day 03
August 24th of 2022
- 09:00
- 12:00
- 13:00
- 15:00
- 16:00