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Education app for high school students

The project aimed to create a comprehensive platform enabling high school students to initiate and manage their first businesses. This web-based app allowed students to monitor finances, access mentorship, and gather essential business insights to nurture their entrepreneurial endeavors.

By integrating these solutions, the platform successfully catered to the diverse needs of high school students, offering them a secure, educational space to explore entrepreneurship. It facilitated hands-on learning experiences, provided valuable mentorship, and aligned closely with the educational values upheld by the client’s non-profit educational mission.

Industry

EdTech
Headquarters

Austria
Website

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Services we provided

Web App Development
App’s Core Functionality Development
DevOps
Support

About the сlient

DaVinci Lab is dedicated to nurturing young talents and fostering critical thinking skills among children. With a mission centered on practical learning and innovation, they provide engaging educational experiences, including summer camps and specialized learning platforms. DaVinci Lab's collaboration on educational programs, including the development of the student-focused business platform, demonstrates its commitment to shaping tomorrow's innovators through hands-on learning initiatives that empower students to explore and innovate.

Challenge

The primary challenge laid in developing an educational web app for high school students to register and operate businesses in a controlled, test-mode environment. The web app accommodated three types of student-registered companies, managed by three distinct administrator roles. A critical constraint was the fixed timeline, necessitating project completion before students returned to school.

Solution

Web App Development

The solution involved the software development of an educational web application tailored explicitly for high school students venturing into entrepreneurship. The software framework allowed students to experience a simulated business environment within a controlled test mode. The development centered on creating three differentiated administrative roles, each endowed with specific controls and permissions tailored to manage the registered companies. This feature encompassed a secure setting, enabling students to make business decisions, monitor finances, and implement strategies without real-world consequences.
App’s Core Functionality Development

The project's core focus revolved around the development of fundamental functionalities within the web platform. The web development focused on creating a user-centric, intuitive interface backed by robust backend systems. It emphasized secure data management, role-based functionalities, and interactive tools to provide an engaging and educational platform. This student-centric business simulation software aimed to simulate real-world entrepreneurship experiences while offering a safe and guided learning environment for high school students.
DevOps

Involved DevOps support on the project on an ongoing basis to deploy the environment, set up CI/CD, manage the database, and configure the database before the start of the new semester.
Support Service

The developer is involved on an ongoing basis to improve the application and add new functionality without waiting for large development iterations. This allows the app to fit user needs and improve daily.

Features delivered

Student-Driven Business Registration

The platform facilitated student-initiated business registrations, allowing them to explore various business models and ideas. It offered a seamless process for students to register and manage their test companies, fostering a sense of ownership and practical learning.
Multi-Level Administrator Access

To manage the diverse student-initiated companies, the platform incorporated three distinct administrator roles. These administrators—each with specific access and controls—oversaw and guided the student-run companies, creating a structured learning environment.
Test Mode Business Operations

Students could operate their registered companies in a controlled, test mode setting. This feature allowed them to implement and test their business strategies, make financial decisions, and gain practical insights into running a business, all within a secure and supervised platform.
Interactive Financial Monitoring

The platform provided tools for students to monitor and track their company finances. This feature facilitated a hands-on learning experience, enabling students to understand financial concepts while managing their businesses virtually.
Mentorship and Educational Resources

Essential to the platform was the integration of mentorship and educational resources. Students accessed guidance from mentors and educational materials, fostering a supportive environment for learning and skill development in entrepreneurship.

Key results and business value

Empowering Student Entrepreneurs

The platform empowered high school students to explore entrepreneurship in a controlled environment, fostering innovation, creativity, and practical learning. Students can also manage the company's finances, select various strategies for business growth, and track the profitability of their chosen strategy.
Educational Resource

Serving as a non-profit educational tool, the platform offered invaluable real-world business experience, allowing students to register and manage test companies while learning fundamental business concepts.
Skill Development

Students acquired essential skills in business registration, financial management, and decision-making. The simulated environment allowed them to learn from mistakes, promoting a deeper understanding of entrepreneurship.
Long-term Impact

By fostering an entrepreneurial mindset in students, the platform aimed to create future innovators and problem solvers. It instilled a sense of creativity and adaptability, preparing students for future challenges in various career paths.