Hack Day (App Inventor Training) Information [Dec. 4, 2012, 5:41 p.m.]

You will attend a Hack Day with your team where you will learn how to program using App Inventor. The Hack Day curriculum takes approximately 8 hours to complete.

Mentors can help arrange Hack Day through contacts in local colleges and universities or find another suitable venue. Undergraduate and graduate computer science students can volunteer for the event. Teachers can also help to arrange Hack Day. Combine your efforts by reaching out to other teams in your region -- send them a message on P2PU or add a comment below.

Please post comments about Hack Day below.

Virtual Hack Day:

Teams without access to nearby colleges or universities can complete Hack Day as a series of online tutorials using the tutorial instructions, questions, and PowerPoint presentations provided below.

WHAT TO BRING TO HACK DAY:

tutorial instructions (PRINT one copy per student)
tutorial questions (PRINT one copy per student)
laptops with App Inventor installed
Android phones (if available)
USB cables for phones (if available)
notebook and pencil for taking notes
camera (optional) for taking photos of the event!
lunch and water bottle

Organizing Hack Day? First, check out our Hack Day Guidelines which will give you step-by-step instructions and tips to help you plan the event. Next, download the Hack Day PowerPoint, which introduces the Technovation program, presents the first set of tutorials, and explains the computer science concepts behind each lesson.

Earn badges at Hack Day! What are digital badges?

A digital badge indicates your team's achievement of a skill, quality or interested through your Technovation Challenge Journey. These badges let the Technovation Community know a little more about your team and help us all work together. Don't have a "Hack Day" badge? Reach out to a team that does and learn what they did to receive it!

Each time you complete one of the Technovation Tasks, your mentor can give your team a badge to award your hard work.