Start Planning [Feb. 14, 2012, 7:44 a.m.]
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Choose your Key Issue What issues are you passionate about? What themes will your participants enjoy? Finding a theme for the event will help you create design challenges and an agenda that makes sense.
Here are some examples:
Key Issue = Environment: At one hackjam, <title>Hacking Citizen Science on Earth Day</title>, participants collected data about their carbon footprint, compiled that info into websites in a virtual online world, and linked their websites to an interactive game website that the New York Hall of Science had set up for the event.
Key Issue = Business: At an <title>Entrepreneurship 101 Jam</title>, teen designers used the Hackasaurus tools to set up websites for their budding inventions and businesses.
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Set your learning objectives Determine what you want participants to learn and/or make at your event. Setting goals helps participants and organizers alike prepare for the event. Here are some sample learning objectives from a Hackasaurus Learning Lab that you may wish to borrow or put in your own words.
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Write or record a description Take a first stab at a title and short description of your event. The description will change as you solidify your agenda/learning plan, but having a first draft will help you define your strategy.
Here are some examples:
http://www.andrea-zellner.com/archives/854
https://mojodundee-eorg.eventbrite.com/
Post your event title, description and a list of learning objectives here. Give feedback! Give two of your peers feedback on their ideas and descriptions.