School: 'Eudoxiu Hurmuzachi' National College
    Radauti, -, Romania

2 students, ages 18 worked together to complete this CyberFair project on March 18, 2026. They have participated in CyberFair in the following year(s): 2022

Classes and Teachers: Lazarescu Antoneta/Bejenariu Corvin

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Our School's Web Site: http://https://www.cnhurmuzachi.ro

1. Description of Our Community

Radauti, a modest municipality in Suceava, Romania, blends a rich cultural tapestry with a quietly diversified economy. The town’s lifeblood is its Bogdana Monastery, the oldest stone sanctuary in Moldavia. Education has deep roots: the first school was founded in 1747, and today the town hosts several primary schools, a national college and vocational institutes that serve roughly 3000 students. Commerce thrives on a blend of traditional crafts and modern services. Family-run bakeries, meat-cooking workshops and the famous stud farm fuel tourism, while a modest industrial zone hosts timber processing, furniture factories and many more. The weekly market square buzzes with vendors selling fresh produce from the surrounding villages, reinforcing agriculture’s role in local livelihoods. Culturally, the annual 'Arcanul' folk festival animates the town center, while the ethnic mosaic still echoes in the architecture of the old synagogue, the Catholic church and the Orthodox cathedral. Together, all these shape a resilient community that honors its medieval legacy while steadily modernising its socio-economic fabric.

2. Summary of Our Project

“Economic Systems” is primarily intended for students interested in economics and the sciences with which it shares “general, necessary, repeatable, and relatively stable connections.” At the same time, whether you are a student, a professional, or simply curious about economic theory, this platform serves as a comprehensive resource for understanding the complex forces that shape the world’s economies, highlighting the community of Radauti and exploring the personality of Tiberiu Brailean, one of the most famous economists in the area. Moreover, ideas flow from the general to the specific, from general systems theories to analyses of specific countries/regions or spatio-temporal contexts, in line with the deductive methods so popular among economic researchers.

3. Our Computer and Internet Access

A. Percentage of students using the Internet at home:more than 50%

B. Number of workstations with Internet access in the classroom:more than 6

C. Connection speed used in the classroom:dedicated connection

D. Number of years our classroom has been connected to the Internet:more than 6

4. Problems We Had To Overcome

As enjoyable as working for this project has been, we had to overcome some obstacles. Since the school timetable is so tight and life has so much to it to be explored, we have found ourselves working late but also early hours, many times getting up before the sun. Needing computer and web designing skills, we had to work extra to learn the essentials. However, with great professors, who everyday come with a warm heart to school, the project has been successfully realised.

5. Our Project Sound Bite

Some of the beautiful people that listened to the presentation of this educational source actually ended up asking more questions about our country's and community economy, the principalities of economy and actually, they wanted to know how they can be more responsible in today's age and society.

6. How did your activities and research for this CyberFair Project support standards, required coursework and curriculum standards?

This project not only gave us the opportunity to develop our skills as we learned a lot of new things concerning the economy all around the world and especially around our community, but we were also able to practice the foreign languages that we learn at school (French and English). We also learned a lot about what organizing an activity really means. The points of view of people we had worked with weren’t always the same but we learned to take into account the opinion of the amazing people around us that have helped us research and create the educational videos that are found in the 'Thoroughness' section of our project. We debated the content quite a lot, helping each other understand there is more than just one true perspective to anything. We learned more using traditional methods such as asking people information about the community, rather than just googling it. However, the Internet helped us find out more about the international economies and the personalities that are described in the project, such as Werner Sombart and Janos Kornai, that opening doors for deeper knowledge.

1) What information tools & technologies did you used to complete your CyberFair project?

During the time we set up the website, we used our personal computers and phones, having non-stop Internet connection. Our main sources of information, all being equally important, were our professor - Bejinariu Corvin -, the books provided by him, the Internet and the school books that are mentioned in the curriculum. Under the coordination of our computer science teacher, Lazarescu Antoneta, the website was created using webwave (a free platform that offers a blank template - we designed everything by hand) and a little bit of HTML and CSS. The professors inspired us to develop educational videos exploring the different types of economic systems from all around the world. We used last-generation smartphones to record, Galaxy Studio to edit. In the end, the tasks are complete and the project finalized.

2) In what ways did you act as "ambassadors" and spokespersons for your CyberFair project both on-line and in person.

In the beginning, we started to present the idea of our project to the class, after which we composed a survey with questions concerning the economic and entrepreneurial life of our community. We applied it to the other students from our class. After working with the data, contacting different people that are in the documented domains and putting together the project, our professor suggested that we should present the site to some other classes in our college. Trying to replace nervousness with enthusiasm, going from just practicing in front of a stuffed plushie to sharing the project with over 50 students, more and more people found the subject captivating and wanted to know more.

3) What has been the impact of your project on your community?

Among the town we managed to stir up the curiosity and the admiration of fellow citizens, as we showed them the imposing potential of Radauti. The project highlights the economical aspect of this city and so we tried to make people understand that by acknowledging the socio-economic institutions and their importance, they understand what has been, respect what currently is and fight for what is to come, regarding not only our community, but the whole world. The feedback from our colleagues, parents and friends has been very positive, encouraging us to keep on documenting what is surrounding us.

4) How did your project involve other members of your community as helpers and volunteers?

There have been a variety of collaborators that came up with ideas to develop the website. We would especially like to thank Lazarescu Antoneta – our computer science professor - who told us about CyberFair and coordinated us in completing this project, Bejinariu Corvin – our economics professor - who provided precious information, books, and all of our colleagues that helped us by completing the questionnaire and being actors in the series of educational videos, every time bringing good energy, big smiles and motivation to keep on going. Without these people, it would not have been possible for this project to exist, for us to learn so much. Hoping to highlight the community, it also propelled the project, the voluntary contribution of a multitude of extraordinary persons making the difference. As Mary Anne Radmacher once said, “As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way.”