JennaB said:
In NYC? Join us for Hack Day this Saturday 2/9
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In order to prepare teams for working with App Inventor, you can complete the five tutorials in this fall course before the 12-week course begins the week of January 21. You may have teams complete tutorials on their own or you may want to join with other teams in your area to work together on the tutorials at an in-person "Hack Day".
The Hack Day Guidelines give you step-by-step instructions and tips to help you plan the event. The Hack Day PowerPoint introduces the Technovation program, presents the first set of tutorials, and explains the computer science concepts behind each lesson to use at your event.
Planning a Hack Day (App Inventor training)? Post and share the details for your event here.
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We had our NYC Hack Day with CoderDojoNYC at the Iridescent Studio on Sunday. We had a lot of fun! I was most impressed with how students quickly jumped into the hacks, playing around with buttons and creating original apps. Thank you to all of the teams and volunteers who spent their Sunday with us. Thank you also to the Hive Digital Learning Fund at the New York Community Trust for funding our event.
Photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/113239471880384339965/NYCHackDayAtIridescentStudioWithCoderDojoNYC
Student interview on Technovation Tumblr: http://www.tumblr.com/blog/iridescent-technovation
Hello there! At DSST Cole Middle School in Denver we had our first hack day this past weekend, January 19th from 9:30AM-4:30PM. Some of the girls couldn't make it on Saturday so we will have "make up" hack day in the coming week.
We ran into some technical difficulties with getting the software working on the students computers. There's a lot of security on their school laptops so this week I'm meeting with the school's IT guy to try to find a solution. After trouble shooting some of the difficulties the students worked pretty quickly. They finished Crystal Ball, Paint Pot, and started Mole Mash. I know once we work out the computer situation they will fly through the rest of the tutorials.
One issue we kept having was getting the Blocks Editor to recognize and connect to their phones. I think it is again a problem with their computers/the network because it worked for my personal laptop on the same wireless network. Did anyone else run into similar problems? Any advice?
The girls are so excited to be part of the technovation challenge! Excited to see what they do with it! One comment about running hack day: I think it's a bit long for most students. They were very tired by the end (and so was I). I think working out two hack days would work best. Especially for large groups like ours (we have 35 girls).
sounds like you had a wonderful Hack Day! I would love to see some picture if you took any :) I'm glad you're starting to work out all these technical issues, this will hopefully make things easier in the long run.
Thanks for the advice Laura, I hope it works!
Hi every one ,
I'm excited to see what ideas girls might have!
Here is a contest by MIT,you can see the winner apps..
http://gallery.appinventor.mit.edu/#page%3DContest
In Yemen,we had a short for 1 hour last week with all girls ,we have 21 participated girls ,4 teams . In the session the girls got to know technovationchallenge closely ,sat with their teams ,discussed about the value of teamworking and how to avoide future risks ..
They also had an overview about Appinventor ,show them how to step it up ,and simple apps..
It was short,but we aggreed to resume after their exams till the begining of Feb..
Here is the link of the presentation :
https://www.box.com/s/pue7gsbu518o95bbpy4m
Have fun :)!
Nada
The three teams at the Greater Hartford Academy of Math and Science in Hartford Connecticut willl hold a mini-Hack day on Friday, January 18, 2013 from 4:00 - 8:00 PM.
Hi Chinma,
I am excited to hear your Hack Day came together with everyone's schedules. I hope you have a great time!
Angélica
Happy Hack Day! Be sure to take pictures and share! : )
LOS ANGELES HACK DAY
After several scheduling conflicts, we've decided to postpone the LA Hack Day to Sunday, Jan. 27th, from 10-5. Even though this is technically after the program begins, we don't feel that it will be a problem. If you and your stuents wish to have your own Hack Day in LA before that, you are welcome to do so.
Our Hack Day will be taught by a veteran Technovation teacher who has significant App Inventor experience and is excited to work with your students. Details on location will come soon!
AnnaLise
Hello!
I'm writing from Ukraine!
On Friday, 12.21.2012 SoftServe Sevastopol Development centre hosted teams from Technovatiom program. We organized the first 'Hack day' for our ladies teams. The girls were showed around office. Then they were getting acquainted in a friendly atmosphere with a piece of cake and started creating and exchanging ideas about their future application.
I am proud of my girls! They are energetic inspired and full of ideas!
Just look at our pictures!
Here in Sevastopol , we are doing our best to make our girls succeed!
I've heard that there's a Hack Day planned for January 12th in Los Angeles. Does anyone have any details?
An update about the "scheduled" Hack Day in Los Angeles this Saturday? I was originally told it would be January 12th at the HQ in downtown LA. But no further information was available. So then I told it was a "tentative" date only. Seeing as how it is already January 8 and no information is forthcoming, I am assuming it won't be this Saturday, January 12th.
The question now is this: Is the Technovation Challenge Team planning on holding a Hack Day in Los Angeles? I did not organize one for my girls because I have been under the assumption that we would attend whatever else was organized. So, do I need to plan something?
I apologize for the delay in responding to this, it has still not been finalized due to some scheduling difficulties. It will likely be pushed back, either to Jan. 19th or 27th, and I promise I will post the very minute it is finalized. I apologize for the delay, and I appreciate the follow-up!
AnnaLise
NYC HACK DAY, Sunday, Jan 27, 2013, 10am-4pm
Save the date! The Hack Day will be at the Iridescent studio in Hunts Point (Bronx) with partner CoderDojo NYC. Even though it will be one week into the 12-week course, it will still be a great time to meet other teams and polish off your App Inventor skills. All New York City area teams are welcome to attend.
Stay tuned for official invite and details. If you have your own NYC Hack Day scheduled, please post here.
Hi Angelica,
If we have a team interested in coming how should we register? Looking forward to hearing more details soon!
Thanks,
Natalie
Hi Natalie,
The eventbrite invite is almost ready. I'll post it here when it is (next few days).
Thanks,
Angelica
Details for NYC Hack Day - Sun, Jan 27
Please RSVP using Eventbrite - http://tc-hackday-nyc.eventbrite.com/
Here is the flier. Thank you to CoderDojo, our partners for the event, as well as the The Hive Digital Media Learning Fund in The New York Community Trust for funding the event.
Here is our flier for the Stanford Hack Day, happening on 1/19/13:
University of Regina Blog - Hack Day article
http://www2.uregina.ca/yourblog/?p=7058
Thanks for sharing, Daryl.
If anyone posts articles about Technovation, please send your links to jenna@iridescentlearning.org or me, or tweet them to us @_technovation_
Hi all,
Just wanted to let you guys know that there was a typo in the earlier Hack Day dates. I had accidentally written "Jan. 21st" instead of "Jan. 19th" for the Stanford Hack Day. Thanks, Jo, for catching that!
The Stanford Hack Day will be on Jan. 19th. I've fixed it below as well.
AnnaLise
Northern Essex Community College (NECC) in Haverhill, MA
Dec 7, 2012
9AM- 1PM
App Inventor Taught by CS professor at the college and a teaching assistant
Elaine Mistretta- Haverhill, MA
UC Berkeley: Dec. 15th, 10-5
San Francisco: Dec. 15th, 10-5
Stanford Campus: Jan. 19th, 10-5
PSU Campus, Portland: Dec. 22nd
Daryl, I am excited about your event. Let me know how it goes! Thanks for posting.
Hello;
After being inspired by Angélica, a Hack Day event is being planned for Thursday, December 6 at the University of Regina in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Please visit the following links for more information about the event:
http://www.uregina.ca/futurestudents/quicklinks/special-events/Technovcation_Challenge.html
http://www2.uregina.ca/yourblog/?p=6965
We have no teams in the area yet , but we hope that this day will encourage girls to register.
Best regards,
Daryl Hepting
hepting@cs.uregina.ca