Coding4TX's Hackathon at RetailMeNot brings students together to work with tech mentors and compete for prizes. All attendees will also get a free T-shirt plus free breakfast, lunch and snacks all day long from 9am - 5pm!

Our event schedule is below: 

8:30am - Check-in

9:00am - Opening & Challenge Reveal

9:45am - Team Formation & Brainstorming

10:30am - Coding Starts

11:30am - Lunch (and work time as needed)

12:00pm - Coding Continues

2:00pm - Deadline for Submissions & Pitch Practice

2:30pm - Demo Your Solution

4:30pm - Judging, Prizes & Closing

5:00pm - Check-out

 

Eligibility

Participants must be pre-registered on Splashthat.

All students must have a signed permission slip with media release to participate.

There are two tracks, one for Scratch and one for Thimble.

Teams should include no more than five students.

 

Requirements

EACH GROUP HAS 4 DELIVERABLES DUE TODAY: 

  1. Critical Thinking: Each group must produce, either digitally or by hand, wireframes or sketches of their brainstorming to show the judges what their tech solution might look like.
  2. Coding: Each group must produce a project in Scratch or Thimble to showcase their problem and solution.  The website link must be included in the final submission on DevPost.
  3. DevPost Written Descriptions: Write a detailed description of your tech product that answers all of the questions presented to you by DevPost about your solution and include pictures of your work throughout the day.
  4. Demo Pitch: Discussion how you approached the problem and demo your solution to the audience and judges.

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Prizes

2 non-cash prizes
Team Prizes
6 winners

1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams in each track will be awarded prizes. Participants will also select a "student choice" prize for a team in each track.

Student Choice
2 winners

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Mausam Bhatt

Mausam Bhatt
RetailMeNot

Jose Bethancourt

Jose Bethancourt
TeacherTalent

Hugh Forrest

Hugh Forrest
SXSW

Michael Henderson

Michael Henderson
Doing Development

Andie O'Brien

Andie O'Brien
Microsoft

Judging Criteria

  • Critical Thinking
    The concept has been developed in a way that maximizes the benefit for the challenge. The concept needs to be unique, creative, and realistic. (10 pts)
  • Coding
    Code is functional, free of glitches, contains comments and includes no copyrighted material. (50 pts)
  • Sharing
    Team delivers a demonstration of their prototype, the code is explained, Devpost submission is complete and includes photos, screenshots, and the project URL. (30 pts)
  • Caring
    Team follows the Community Collaboration Agreements throughout the day and everyone is working together as a functional team. (10 pts)

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