Spotlight 2019

Spotlight Switzerland Digital Transformation at School

Spotlight Switzerland is looking for inspiring kindergarten, primary and secondary school educators who are embracing digital transformation in the classroom by experimenting with teaching methods and tools together with their students. Ten most convincing emerging good practices will be selected by an expert jury and will receive grants summing up to CHF 120'000 for further development. These projects will be video documented and presented in the form of a report during Campus Seminar in Zurich on October 30th, 2019 and at the HundrED Innovations Summit in Helsinki on November 6th-8th, 2019.

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What is Spotlight Switzerland?

Organized together with local partners, HundrED Spotlights are curated collections of ten education innovations offering a thorough insight into a specific area of education (e.g. Sustainability) or a certain location (e.g. Victoria, Australia). Spotlight Switzerland aims to collect and to reward ten emerging good practice from educators who, together with their students, are embracing digital transformation in the classroom. All submitted applications undergo a thorough research process and screening by an expert jury. The ten selected applications adhere to a strict selection criteria of being impactful, scalable and innovative. The deep insights gained through the Spotlight are shared with the world in the form of videos and a report.

Why Spotlight Switzerland?

With a reputation of an education, science and technology pioneer and a strong national agenda focusing on digital transformation, Switzerland is uniquely positioned to be a global centre of digital education innovation, not only in higher education but already from early childhood.

Who are the local partners?

We Are Play Lab Foundation, Gebert Rüf Stiftung, Jacobs Foundation, Stiftung Mercator Schweiz, digitalswitzerland next generation, Beisheim Stiftung, The Zurich University of Teacher Education (PH Zurich).

Do you have questions or need support?

Contact: cristina@weareplaylab.net

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TIMELINE 2019

MAY-JULY
Call for projects

AUGUST
Projects selection

SEPTEMBER
Video production and report

OCTOBER
Ten projects presented at Campus Seminar Zurich

NOVEMBER
Spotlight Switzerland at HundrED Innovations Summit

Discover innovations

Processor-controlled Learning Environment

The processor-controlled learning environment PGLU makes it easy to forge links between handicrafts, mathematics and computer science.

21st Century Skills, Computational Thinking, Computer Science, Crafts, EdTech

134 views

The School of Programming

The school of programming is in charge of promoting and coordinating the teaching of robotics and programming at all levels of the Poschiavo municipality’s schools. Ce...

21st Century Skills, Programming, Teacher Training

283 views

Organization of teaching and introduction to computational thinking

In order to meet the requirements of today’s heterogeneous school classes and digital change, the Val-de-Ruz school district has adapted its organization and abandoned...

21st Century Skills, EdTech, Media Literacy, Student Centered Learning

73 views

Go-Lab: Learning together yet individually

The integration of the Go-Lab learning application allows students to participate more actively as well as interactively in class, to learn independently, to try thing...

Critical Thinking, EdTech, Experiential Learning, Student Centered Learning

386 views

Digital Learning Lab

At the Digital Learning Lab, students and teachers meet external experts such as programmers, designers and start-up entrepreneurs. In just under two days, this create...

EdTech, Innovative Schools, Personalized Learning

153 views

Become a C.R.A.C.

The C.R.A.C. method (derived from the French terms Comprendre, se Rappeler, Appliquer, Consolider) aims to help students acquire and develop four skills essential to a...

EdTech, Learning skills, Learning to Learn, Metacognitive Activities

71 views

Reality and Fiction in Kindergarten

The topics 'fear' and 'reality and fiction' are discussed on the basis of a children’s book and the children are introduced to special-effects technology.

Child-Centered, Media Literacy, Playful Learning

222 views

Robot Your Classroom

Teachers at Knonau Primary School have developed a series of lessons on programming and robotics for different school levels. Pupils gain access to digital worlds by m...

Computational Thinking, Computer Science, EdTech, Playful Learning, Robotics

186 views

Makerspace Days

High-school students at the Eduzis School in Mettmenhasli set up a one-day workshop for sixth-graders. These workshops are run autonomously by the adolescents, the pri...

Collaborative Learning, EdTech, Makerspace, Student-Led

119 views

The 360-degree teaching and learning room

The abbreviation "n47e8" represents the geographic coordinates of Dietikon and designates the teaching concept of Bildungszentrum Limmattal, which is based on orientat...

EdTech, Multidisciplinary Learning, student-centered

382 views

Spotlight Videos

How does it work?

Who can apply?

Any kindergarten, primary and secondary school educator living in Switzerland can submit their project focusing on digital transformation at school..

How are projects selected?

To determine how well submissions fit the three criteria, HundrED uses the following descriptive factors that have been shown in innovation literature...