Phase B Results of The Panhellenic Student Competition Hack The Map: Rigas’ Charta

On Monday, May 31 2021, the 2nd phase of the Panhellenic Student Competition Hack the Map: Rigas’ Charta, was completed:

From the thirty 30 proposals that passed in the 2nd Phase, we received a total of twenty-seven (27) valid entries. More specifically, per project category:
a) One (1) entry in the Virtual Reality (VR) category,
b) Five (5) entries in the Augmented Reality (AR) category,
c) Fourteen (14) entries in the Digital Storytelling category, and
d) Seven (7) entries in the 3D Digital Game category.

Three (3) school groups unfortunately did not manage to complete their digital project because of the limitations brought by the Covid-19 pandemic.

One (1) school team, although did not manage to pass to the 2nd Phase and was left out of the competition process, finally completed and submitted its digital project on time, in the Digital Storytelling category, in order to receive feedback from the Evaluation Committee.

On Tuesday, June 22, the Organizing Committee and the Competition Evaluation Committee met and decided to give the following awards and honorary commendations:

AWARDS

The Evaluation Committee decided not to award any prize in the category of Virtual Reality (VR). The prize in this category will be shared among the digital proposals that took the second place in the categories of 3D Video Game and Digital Storytelling.

In the Augmented Reality (AR) category, the award is given to:
2nd MIDDLE SCHOOL OF NEA MAKRI
SCHOOL GROUP: Visionaries
DIGITAL PROJECT TITLE: Unlocking the Map

In the category of 3D Video Game the first prize is awarded to:
DOUKAS’ SCHOOLS
SCHOOL GROUP: Full house Rigas
DIGITAL PROJECT TITLE: In the depth of Rigas’ Charta

The second prize is awarded to:
EVANGELICAL MODEL PILOT HIGH SCHOOL OF SMYRNI
SCHOOL GROUP: 3D-RiV-Orama
DIGITAL PROJECT TITLE: Traveling with the Vision of Rigas in Time

In the category of Digital Storytelling the first prize is awarded to:

LABORATORY OF SPECIAL PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (LSPET) OF KATERINI
SCHOOL GROUP: Ferr (Fair) -TEAM
DIGITAL PROJECT TITLE: Ferr (fairytale), Defkalion and Pyrra

The second prize is awarded to:
ATHENS ARTISTIC MIDDLE SCHOOL
SCHOOL GROUP: Charta-tape
DIGITAL PROJECT TITLE: Rigas’ Charta takes us on a journey to the Battle of Plataea

The three (3) school teams that received the first prizes will also receive a cash prize in the form of a sponsorship of technical equipment worth 1,500 euros for their schools.

The two (2) school teams that received the second prizes will also receive a cash prize in the form of a sponsorship of technical equipment worth 750 euros for their schools.

The Evaluation Committee decided to award honorary commendations to the following schools:

HONORARY COMMENDATIONS (in alphabetical order)

1. 28th HIGH SCHOOL OF THESSALONIKI (Digital Storytelling category)
   SCHOOL GROUP: Open School 5

DIGITAL PROJECT TITLE: Putting our names back on the map
VARVAKEIO MODEL PILOT MIDDLE SCHOOL (3D Video Game category)
SCHOOL GROUP: Magna Charta

DIGITAL PROJECT TITLE: Grab the Map: Following the footsteps of Rigas
MANTOULIDIS’ SCHOOLS (Digital Storytelling category)
SCHOOL GROUP: Doors

DIGITAL PROJECT TITLE: Whoever thinks freely, thinks well

1. I.M. PANAGIOTOPOULOS’ SCHOOLS (Digital Storytelling category)
   SCHOOL GROUP: Chartistes
   DIGITAL PROJECT TITLE: Rigas’ Charta and its symbolisms. Iosipos Moisiodakas and Rigas
   

The Organizing Committee and the Evaluation Committee of the Panhellenic Student Competition Hack the Map: Rigas’ Charta congratulate all school teams that were awarded. They also congratulate and thank all students for their participation, as well as the leading teachers for their substantial support from the beginning to the end of the competition process.

This year was accompanied by more challenges than any other year, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The situation experienced by the school community was extremely difficult and there were several obstacles in the educational process that had to be overcome. However, pupils and teachers were not discouraged from continuing and trying to approach historical past by using new technologies and the internet. The competition was the occasion to unfold their creativity and to spend time in an interdisciplinary activity that combines different fields of knowledge and various skills.All school teams traveled digitally to the era of the Modern Greek Enlightenment, learned about Rigas' life, learned details about the construction of Charta, studied its symbols, followed the process of conducting historical research and came in contact with primary sources and archives. Through this experience, students had the opportunity to utilize innovative digital tools and acquire digital skills that will be more useful for them in the future, as students or professionals.

All digital projects submitted during the 2nd Phase of the Competition were remarkable, distinguished by quality, cognitive depth and pedagogical value, and showed the great effort, the perseverance and the interest of students and teachers to work methodically and collectively in order to deliver an even result. The work of the Evaluation Committee was extremely difficult having to judge high level proposals.

All those who have reached the end of this wonderful journey, the schools, the principals, the head teachers, the students but also the parents, they deserve a big applause.

We hope you keep up the good work, do what you love and make all your dreams come true!

The digital projects of all school groups will soon be uploaded on the open Classroom educational platform of the Onassis Foundation. We invite you to continue visiting this platform, which is constantly enriched with new educational material. Two new panhellenic student competitions will be announced very soon. The journey will be continued…