About the challenge

This hackathon challenges participants to leverage AI technology to enrich and equitize K-12 student education by creating innovative tools or plans that directly address the needs of their defined audience.

Schedule

Friday Night (4/11):

• Kickoff Event: 6:30 pm

  • 15-minute presentation covering:

    • Lawrenceville’s engagement with AI

    • Ethical guidelines

    • Prompt and inspiration

• Participants will return to their schools or homes and return to Lawrenceville before 7:00 pm on Saturday to present and submit their assignments.

Saturday (4/12):

• Lunch: 12:00 pm (provided)

• Projects Due: 7:00 pm

• Student Presentations & Judging: 7:00 pm onwards

• Winners Announced: 9:00 pm

And snacks! 

• Problem/Target Audience
  Has a clear problem that is relevant to people today, and addresses defined target audience. This problem should be relevant to K-12 education, and target a specific group of students.
• Process
  Participants use some kind of AI-related tool, whether an API or ChatGPT to develop/brainstorm/code their tool.
• Solution
  Solves problem by creating a solution that is accessible to the target audience, easy to use, visually appealing product.
• Ethics
  Demonstrates deep understanding of how to engage critical thinking skills while using AI, ethics are considered. (eg. bias, hallucination, age-appropriateness). This innovation emphasizes responsible technology use.