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Junior Wins Library of Congress Award
On the heels of the launch of his collaboratively-built mobile app, Friends Seminary Textbook Exchange, Daniel ‘19 has been recognized once again for his outstanding technological skills by being named the best high school project winner in the Library of Congress’ Congressional Data Challenge.
The Congressional Data Challenge asked participants to use legislative data sourced from Congress.gov and other platforms to develop digital projects that analyze, interpret or share congressional data in user-friendly ways. Open to the general public and participants of all ages, the Challenge entries were judged on the basis of usefulness, creativity and design.
Daniel’s submission — a mobile app called “Dealmaker” — shows levels of legislative collaboration in Congress using visualizations organized by party, geography and individual members. In building Dealmaker, Daniel consulted with History teacher Stefan Stawnychy on the usefulness and relevance of his data, and Visual Arts teacher Jesse Pasca on the app’s design and readability.
“The geographic focus and the mobile accessibility of the application provide a better understanding of partisanship to people,” said Paul Ford, a journalist, programmer and co-founder of Postlight, a digital product studio in New York City, and judge for the Congressional Data Challenge. “The visualizations were solid and based on real data.”
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