Smart Teacher Hackathon

By Edsensse @Hyderabad & Bangaluru

Hackathon for teachers?

When I was first contacted by Edsense team to mentor a Hackathon for teachers, I was taken aback, weren’t hackathons for a large number of people meet to engage in collaborative computer programming?

But Edsense, an education platform in virtual space, elevate us teachers to a pedestal at par to that of tech world. Topics related to 21st century skills were very close to a teacher’s heart. The hackathon stimulated the teachers to think out of the box, collaborate, learn-unlearn-relearn and share their ideas like they had done never before.

Smart Teacher Hackathon @Hyderabad, 11th April, 2020

With excitement and physically and mentally ready to mentor the four teams assigned, I logged in and then those 6-7 hours passed like a flash. I was delighted to witness that the teachers, who are considered pedagogical experts, rose to the occasion, and came out with astounding solutions to the assigned problems/ tasks.

@Education ministry? Do include teachers who are involved in the nation building activity day in and day out.

Being a teacher had always seen technological issues during annal days ranging from wrong songs being played to having to speak without a mike. . To be frank, I was expecting a lot of commotion with 17 teams, each with three to four members and a mentor for each, having to submit, evaluate each task etc. But it was like a fairy tale, all running smoothly for those 7 engaging hours. Was amazed at the proficiency of Edsense to conduct a hackathon.

Smart Teacher Hackathon @Bangaluru, 25th April,2020

Being invited yet again was an offer I jumped right into. My expectations were high from Edsense and they surely didn’t let me down.

This time 30 teams, with 3-4 team members, tasks, evaluation were mind blowing. Yet again all the 6-7 hours went as smooth as velvet. This time more comfortable with my own task of mentoring(practice makes one perfect!) I was able to witness how teachers who are comfortable to performing the best in a building brick and mortar building , who are usually not tech-savvy or have apprehensions towards digital technology. It was heart warming to see them break this barrier and prove once more that a teacher is someone who never stops learning. This picture just summarises a teacher