Tanglin Trust School

Lost in Hack-lation is a student-led event where 70 students from Years 7 to 12 were invited to come up with innovative ideas to overcome modern communication issues by using technology. Although it pivoted to an online event due to COVID-19 restrictions, the students were undaunted and coded creative solutions to answer questions such as “How would you improve global interactions?” Industry experts such as Niall Hogan, Managing Director at Ogury, and Geoff Leeming, Founder & Consultant at Pragma Singapore, were also invited to share case studies and ideas.

Andy Subramanian, Year 13 student and co-organiser of the hackathon said, “It was enriching and gave me a different perspective about the world at large, particularly how we have become a truly borderless world over the past 1.5 years. Even though we are travelling less due to border closures, our bonds with family and friends living in other countries are now closer due to technology. I enjoyed the part where we got to interact with tech experts in the real world!”

Tanglin’s Director of Technology, Keith Rutherford, adds, “We saw dozens of different creative ideas that were judged on programming, presentation and the creativeness of their solution. Interacting with the students also gave me fresh perspectives – I thoroughly enjoyed the event!”

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