(P) Nine innovative digital creators, awarded at the #Digitaliada contest
The #Digitaliada contest jury selected nine winners out of the 224 digital educational materials submitted in the 3rd edition of the contest. Apps, Video Content, and Didactic Projects were the 3 sections opened for submission and, within…
The #Digitaliada contest jury selected nine winners out of the 224 digital educational materials submitted in the 3rd edition of the contest. Apps, Video Content, and Didactic Projects were the 3 sections opened for submission and, within each category, three materials were awarded. Winners received high-performance digital equipment to further support their development work and the creation of digital educational content, prizes with a total value of Eur 8,000.
"Many of the award-winning materials promote or develop the learning activities proposed in the new curricula and directly address specific training profile skills. I am convinced that this is the way an innovative teacher proves that the discipline he teaches is a method and not just a simple end - and the means of digital learning are no exception," said Ciprian Fartusnic, Senior Scientific Researcher, at the Education Sciences Institute.
#Digitaliada is a contest that encourages the creation of original and open source digital content, useful for the learning process. The contest is organized within Digitaliada, the digital education project of the Orange Foundation, and is mainly addressed to teachers from any school in Romania, as well as for anyone over the age of 14 interested in creating and distributing digital educational materials to the general public, which can be used in the teaching process of any school subject in the secondary school
The jury of the third #Digitaliada edition was made of Univ. Prof. Dr. Radu Gologan, President of the Mathematical Sciences Society and coordinator of The Olympic Lot of Mathematics - also the President of the Jury; Dr. Ciprian Fartusnic, Principal Scientist Researcher, Institute of Educational Sciences; Cristian Paţachia - Development & Innovation Manager - Orange Romania; Georgiana Roșculet - coordinator of national programs within the Save the Children Organization; Amalia Fodor, director of the Orange Foundation. "We are delighted to discover creators who are motivated to present different digital approaches and want to contribute to further improve students’ performance. At its third edition, the #Digitaliada contest succeeded in creating a community passionate about digital education,” said Amalia Fodor, director of the Orange Foundation.
Winners of #Digitaliada contest, 3rd edition:
APPLICATIONS SECTION
1st Prize - Radu Olteanu, who works in advertising in Bucharest - He developed an interactive educational project called “Acum 100 de ani” (100 years ago), the first Visual-History platform in Romania, that seeks to facilitate the understanding of the World War I and the Great Union period in a digital manner. The prize is a performing laptop including software licenses, with a value of approx. Eur 2,000.
