{"id":20733,"date":"2024-09-25T00:20:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T22:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.swissinformatics.org\/?p=20733"},"modified":"2024-10-24T00:24:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T22:24:20","slug":"balzert-award-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.swissinformatics.org\/it\/balzert-award-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Balzert Award 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>The 2024 Helmut and Heide Balzert Award for outstanding contributions to the teaching and the didactics of Informatics has been given Wolfgang Pfeffer and Tobias Fuchs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:67% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.swissinformatics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IF-GI_24092024_2162.png\" alt=\"Balzert Award 2024 Ceremony\" class=\"wp-image-20715 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.swissinformatics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IF-GI_24092024_2162.png 1200w, https:\/\/magazine.swissinformatics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IF-GI_24092024_2162-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/magazine.swissinformatics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IF-GI_24092024_2162-120x80.png 120w, https:\/\/magazine.swissinformatics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IF-GI_24092024_2162-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Award ceremony on September 24, 2024 in Wiesbaden, Germany<\/strong><br><br>From left to right: Ulrike Lucke (Selection Committee Chair), the award winners Wolfgang Pfeffer and Tobias Fuchs, Heide and Helmut Balzert (Award Donators), Martin Glinz (SI Board Member)<br><small>Photo: Mike Auerbach<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2021, Helmut and Heide Balzert have donated an annual award for outstanding contributions to the teaching and the didactics of Informatics. It is endowed with \u20ac 10,000. The award is bestowed by the German Informatics Society GI, together with the Swiss Informatics Society SI, the Austrian Computer Society OCG, and the Prof. Balzert Foundation. A selection committee, consisting of Helmut Balzert as a donator and a board of experts appointed by GI, OCG, and SI selects the winner(s) from the nominations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s award was given to <em>Wolfgang Pfeffer<\/em> and <em>Tobias Fuchs<\/em> for their work \u201cThe Mystery of Crypto-Castle &#8211; Coding and Encryption in the Digital Escape Room\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.swissinformatics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CryptoCastle.png\" alt=\"A snapshot from the CryptoCastle learning game\" class=\"wp-image-20723\" style=\"width:384px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.swissinformatics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CryptoCastle.png 800w, https:\/\/magazine.swissinformatics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CryptoCastle-400x246.png 400w, https:\/\/magazine.swissinformatics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CryptoCastle-130x80.png 130w, https:\/\/magazine.swissinformatics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CryptoCastle-768x472.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They have created a digital learning game in the style of an escape room game that gives highschool students a self-motivated approach to coding and encryption methods in Informatics. By focusing on current 11th grade curricula and analog accompanying materials, the authors have ensured that the game can be readily used in Informatics courses at schools. Currently, CryptoCastle is available only in German. You can try it <a href=\"https:\/\/view.genially.com\/647f2a04bc62140019e744a0\/interactive-content-the-mystery-of-cryptocastle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 Helmut and Heide Balzert Award for outstanding contributions to the teaching and the didactics of Informatics has been given Wolfgang Pfeffer and Tobias Fuchs. 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