Students from Jūrmala State Gymnasium win the DigiEduHack 2024 digital education hackathon and qualify for the global finals

Watch the winning team’s video pitch here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYmdnSqL5Qo.

The DigiEduHack 2024 hackathon, organised by Datorium, has concluded successfully. The event brought together 178 students from 14 schools across Latvia to inspire creative educational solutions that motivate learners and encourage engagement in education.

The winning team, made up of 12th-grade students from Jūrmala State Gymnasium – Elgars Cerbulis, Matīss Meiers, Raivo Lenerts, Ralfs Topolovs, and Matīss Būmanis – impressed the judges with their innovative creation: an interactive widget for the popular school management system E-klase. The widget allows students to view their latest grades and homework directly on their phone’s lock screen. It also gamifies learning by allowing students to earn points for good grades and compete with their peers on a leaderboard.

“It is very important to encourage young people to think about the future of education in the digital age, and hackathons are a great way to do this. Students are destined to become the visionaries and architects of future education policies and reforms. Their insights and creativity will lay the foundations for innovative changes in learning,” said Angela Jafarova, Latvia’s DigiEduHack ambassador.

DigiEduHack is a global initiative under the European Commission’s Digital Education Action Plan (2021–2027) (Learn more here). This framework promotes high-quality, inclusive and accessible digital education across Europe, addressing digital divides and preparing education systems for the future. The hackathon highlights the importance of empowering young people to help advance education, based on the belief that their fresh perspectives and bold ideas make them uniquely well placed to develop solutions for the modern digital age.

Datorium is an innovative Latvian EdTech organisation that has developed and implemented technology-driven educational solutions in over 100 public schools across Latvia. Through its initiatives, approximately 10,000 students have received effective training, equipping the next generation with future-ready skills and knowledge.

For more information, visit:https://digieduhack.com/.

Participating schools:

• Bauskas 2. vidusskola
• J.G. Herdera Rīgas Grīziņkalna vidusskola
• Jelgavas Tehnoloģiju vidusskola
• Jūrmalas Valsts ģimnāzija
• Ķeguma vidusskola
• Olaines 1. vidusskola
• Olaines 2. vidusskola
• Rīgas 6. vidusskola
• Rīgas 71. vidusskola
• Rīgas 89. vidusskola
• Rīgas 95. vidusskola
• Rīgas Valsts vācu ģimnāzija
• Siguldas pilsētas vidusskola
• Ulbrokas vidusskola