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JennaB said:

In NYC? Join us for Hack Day this Saturday 2/9

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on Feb. 5, 2013, 2:56 p.m.

Angelica said:

The Hack Day at The Point this Saturday is postponed due to the snowstorm. We will reschedule and post the new date soon. I hope everyone on the East coast of North America is staying warm today.

on Feb. 8, 2013, 1:55 p.m. in reply to JennaB
Angelica said:

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

on Feb. 1, 2013, 2:11 p.m.
Jacqualyn Blizzard said:

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).

on Jan. 22, 2013, 12:06 p.m.

Columbia Area Career Center "G33kyGirls" said:

Some of the device would not be recognized and needed an oem driver instead of the generic USB. This website has many of the OEM drivers. http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/oem-usb.html#Drivers If you can see the device via device manager the software should work well. I also found that packaging the software for download many times I got an error that the server was busy. We worked on Sunday and didn't experience that problem. Laura Estabrooks

on Jan. 22, 2013, 12:30 p.m. in reply to Jacqualyn Blizzard

TahaniZ said:

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!

on Jan. 22, 2013, 4:29 p.m. in reply to Jacqualyn Blizzard
Nada said:

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

on Jan. 12, 2013, 4:01 a.m.

TahaniZ said:

Hi Nada,

Thank you for sharing! I loved hearing about your session and you presentation was a great overview too. Looking forward to hear about their progress :)

Tahani

on Jan. 14, 2013, 10:19 a.m. in reply to Nada
chinmauche said:

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.

on Jan. 11, 2013, 11:14 p.m.

Angelica said:

Hi Chinma,

I am excited to hear your Hack Day came together with everyone's schedules. I hope you have a great time!

Angélica

on Jan. 16, 2013, 7:22 p.m. in reply to chinmauche

Technovation said:

Happy Hack Day! Be sure to take pictures and share! : )

on Jan. 17, 2013, 2:26 p.m. in reply to Angelica
annalise said:

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

on Jan. 11, 2013, 11:07 p.m.
Viktoriia said:

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!

on Jan. 11, 2013, 8:38 a.m.

annalise said:

Viktoriia,

Thank you for posting the beautiful photos! I'm so excited for you and your girls. Keep us posted with stories and photos as you go, we can add them to our Tumblr blog :)

AnnaLise

on Jan. 11, 2013, 11:04 p.m. in reply to Viktoriia
Ms. B. said:

I've heard that there's a Hack Day planned for January 12th in Los Angeles. Does anyone have any details?

on Dec. 21, 2012, 8:31 p.m.

annalise said:

Jan. 12th is a tentative date; it hasn't been confirmed yet. We will send details as soon as it is finalized. Sorry for the inconvenience.

AnnaLise

on Dec. 31, 2012, 5:41 p.m. in reply to Ms. B.

Ms. B. said:

Is there an update yet? Just curious... Thanks

on Jan. 7, 2013, 12:01 p.m. in reply to annalise

Elaine Mistretta said:

An update about what? elaine mistretta Haverhill High School Haverhill, MA On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 12:01 PM, elaine_blomeyer <

on Jan. 8, 2013, 4:18 p.m. in reply to Ms. B.

Ms. B. said:

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?

on Jan. 8, 2013, 6:25 p.m. in reply to Elaine Mistretta

annalise said:

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

on Jan. 8, 2013, 10:29 p.m. in reply to Ms. B.

Ms. B. said:

Ok. My issue is that several of my girls are part of the Academic Decathalon competition in LA. They will be busy on both January 19 and January 26. Drat...

on Jan. 9, 2013, 10 p.m. in reply to annalise

Elaine Mistretta said:

In my opinion: That seems so early in the process, that it seems like they can make up the material. Elaine Mistretta Haverhill, MA On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 10:00 PM, elaine_blomeyer <

on Jan. 9, 2013, 10:13 p.m. in reply to Ms. B.
Angelica said:

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.

on Dec. 21, 2012, 3:50 p.m.

dackner said:

I'm out of the office and away from my mail for a while. I'll read your mail when I return. Thanks, Dalia

on Dec. 21, 2012, 3:50 p.m. in reply to Angelica

Natalie H. said:

Hi Angelica,

If we have a team interested in coming how should we register? Looking forward to hearing more details soon!

Thanks,

Natalie

on Jan. 10, 2013, 10:19 p.m. in reply to Angelica

Angelica said:

Hi Natalie,

The eventbrite invite is almost ready. I'll post it here when it is (next few days).

Thanks,

Angelica

on Jan. 11, 2013, 11:47 a.m. in reply to Natalie H.

Angelica said:

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.

on Jan. 16, 2013, 7:32 p.m. in reply to Angelica
annalise said:

Here is our flier for the Stanford Hack Day, happening on 1/19/13:

on Dec. 20, 2012, 7:06 p.m.

Ruth said:

How do we sign up for the Hack Day? We couldn't find details.

Thanks,

Ruth

on Jan. 11, 2013, 4:44 p.m. in reply to annalise

Leena Joshi said:

I forwarded a calendar invite to you and sairina- she has to forward to the girls and they have to accept. Worst case I can just let Annalise know. Should we confirm 10 girls? Sent from my iPhone

on Jan. 11, 2013, 9:50 p.m. in reply to Ruth

Ruth said:

Git it. Somehow it made it to my Junk folder!!! On 1/11/13 6:51 PM, "leenajoshi" <

on Jan. 15, 2013, 3:25 p.m. in reply to Leena Joshi
Angelica said:

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_

on Dec. 19, 2012, 3 a.m.

dackner said:

I'm out of the office and away from my mail for a while. I'll read your mail when I return. Thanks, Dalia

on Dec. 19, 2012, 3:04 a.m. in reply to Angelica
annalise said:

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

on Dec. 5, 2012, 5:21 p.m.
Elaine Mistretta said:

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

on Dec. 3, 2012, 8:45 p.m.
annalise said:

UC Berkeley: Dec. 15th, 10-5

San Francisco: Dec. 15th, 10-5

Stanford Campus: Jan. 19th, 10-5

PSU Campus, Portland: Dec. 22nd

on Dec. 3, 2012, 6:24 p.m.

Kamilah said:

Hi AnnaLise,

How do we sign up to volunteer at the HackDays, and are guys welcome to volunteer on these days?

Kamilah

on Dec. 3, 2012, 6:35 p.m. in reply to annalise

annalise said:

Kamilah,

I'll send out a calendar invite for the Stanford Hack Day once the details are finalized. Guys can come if they want, but I think for our South Bay Hack Day we'll have more than enough volunteers :)

AnnaLise

on Dec. 4, 2012, 3:15 p.m. in reply to Kamilah

Kamilah said:

That makes sense, will you need more volunteers for the Berkeley hack day then?

Kamilah

on Dec. 4, 2012, 3:35 p.m. in reply to annalise

annalise said:

Kamilah,

We are in need of more mentors in general for the East Bay program, yes. I'd love to have help recruiting more mentors for the East Bay if anyone else has contacts!

AnnaLise

on Dec. 5, 2012, 5:20 p.m. in reply to Kamilah

Anonym said:

I'm available for East Bay dates and I know of at least two more. I'm pretty sure we've all set up accounts already as well Sent from my iPhone

on Dec. 5, 2012, 8:06 p.m. in reply to annalise

Kamilah said:

Glad to see you signed up Crystal!

Kamilah

on Dec. 5, 2012, 8:39 p.m. in reply to Anonym

Anonym said:

:) Sent from my iPhone

on Dec. 5, 2012, 8:41 p.m. in reply to Kamilah
Angelica said:

Daryl, I am excited about your event. Let me know how it goes! Thanks for posting.

on Nov. 29, 2012, 3 p.m.
Daryl Hepting said:

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

on Nov. 29, 2012, 11:39 a.m.