The North Carolina Business Committee for Education’s Ready, Set, App! challenge is a mobile app development competition for high school students sponsored by Lenovo. Student groups are asked to develop a mobile app using a mobile app development platform (e.g., MIT App Inventor, App Lab, etc.) to solve a problem in their community or school. Ready, Set, App! focuses on three primary pillars:
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Mobile App Development
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Professional and Personal Development
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Interpersonal and Soft Skills Development
Student groups are asked to adhere to the Devpost terms and conditions to be considered for the competition. If groups have any questions, please contact Program Manager Ciera Tucker at ciera.tucker@nc.gov.
This competition is only open to North Carolina high school students who have previously registered for the competition through our site (https://ncbce.org/ready-set-app/) - other submitters will be automatically disqualified.
Eligibility
- Students must be enrolled as a 9-12 grade student in a high school in North Carolina.
- Teams are comprised of three-five students and one adult advisor/leader. (Note: An advisor can have multiple groups listed under their name. Students, however, can only join ONE team. Team formation should seek to demonstrate and utilize diversity and inclusivity (e.g., race/ethnicity, gender, neurodiversity, age, culture, language, subject area of expertise).
- Participants commit to developing an Android mobile application that addresses a problem in your school or community.
- Registration is currently closed. Please look forward to joining our competition again next fall if you are interested and eligible.
Requirements
RSA is designed in three phases:
- Phase 1: Registration
- Phase 2: Develop + Demo + Pitch Group Reflection
- Phase 3: Finalist Round
What to create: develop a mobile app using a mobile app development platform (e.g., MIT App Inventor, App Lab, etc.) to solve a problem in their community or school. Ready, Set, App! focuses on three primary pillars:
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Mobile App Development
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Professional and Personal Development
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Interpersonal and Soft Skills Development
What to submit:
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App Pitch + Demo
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Group Reflection - Answer 3 out of the 6 - The mandatory question, plus two others of your choice.
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Upload your APK file to Devpost
- Link to your completed Phase 2 Part 1 Workbook
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Complete and enter information into all required fields of the submission form on hackathon site.
Projects are due on Sunday, March 17, 2024 at 11:59 PM.*
*Please note that the Devpost site says the submission period ends on March 18, 2024 at 12:15 am. Please notice that this time says AM, and it is simply to allow a 15-minute grace period for project submissions, as many people run into issues submitting their projects at the last minute. Projects are still due the night of Sunday, March 17th, and you should try submitting earlier in the day to avoid any issues that tend to arise when waiting until the last minute.
*Please see the Phases tab for more details*
Prizes
Lenovo product valued up to $700
Lenovo product valued up to $200
Lenovo product valued up to $100
Finalist
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Ciera Tucker
NCBCE Program Manager
Sonya Parker
Director of Media and Technology Services, Halifax County Schools
Eli Hamrick
Secondary Computer Science, IT, and Technology Education Consultant
Scott Frye
Senior Manager, Data Engineering / PressGaney
Mario Fields
President at Still Serving, Inc.
Ashley Cooper
Transition Specialist
Rayshoun Chambers
Director, Technology Learning and Development
Jonathan Rogers
Computer Science Student / NC State University
Ganning Xu
Student at Georgia Institute of Technology; prev. RSA Intern & incoming SWE Intern @ Fidelity Investments
Sheneka Brightwell
Community Development Contract Specialist II
Angela Martin
Staff UX Designer, Lenovo
Summer Dail
Beaufort County Schools
Lindley Hille
Data Manager with Building Bright Futures
Ben Kinney
Publisher, Business North Carolina magazine
Sharron Barnes
Teacher
Emily McNeill
NC Business Committee for Education
Morgan Crawford
NC Business Committee for Education
Tami Rosage
Career Development Coordinator
Renee Habersetzer
NC Department of Information Technology
Jamie Wood
Director of Enterprise Customer Experience at NC Department of Information Technology
Kiya Edwards
Digital Equity Manager- NC DIT
Phillip Holloway
Program Coordinator/NC DIT ODEL
Brianna Green
North Carolina Business Committee for Education
Mick McCarthy
Exceptional McCare
Joanne Sullivan
NCBCE - Office of the Governor (STEPs4GROWTH)
Denise Marti
Head of School / Providence Montessori
Samese Heyward
Student at East Carolina University
Wisdom Walker
RSA Intern
Pranathi Gorty
NCBCE Ready, Set, App! Lead Intern
Shannon Vickery
Director of Corporate Engagement, PBS NC
Hana Howard
NCBCE Ready, Set, App! Intern
Arianna Lee
NCBCE Ready, Set, App! Intern
Calvin Jackson
Application Systems Analyst: NC DIT-Transportation
Angeline Walker
Victoria Maurer
Account Executive- MidMarket Corp
Karen Ondrick
Lenovo Retiree
Angelica Srivoraphan
VP Business Operations and Development
Erin Cook
Lenovo
Paige Capps
Teacher
Siddharth Maruvada
NCBCE Ready, Set, App! Lead Intern
Angelia Howard
Craven CTE Special Population
Nancy Turner
Workforce Development Consultant - ECU Health
Kimber Stone
Greenville-Pitt County Chamber of Commerce
Katie Kitching
Communications Intern - NCBCE
Sarah Woodward
Acceleration Advisor
Matthew Raisig
Teacher - Ashe County Schools
Mick DiGrazia
Senior Director of Enterprise Operations
Sefi Lucki
Technical Product Manager, Lenovo
Letitia Stolarczyk
Data Manager
Lilly Fine
NCBCE Communicaiton Intern
Makeda Houston
SMB Manager, CSB
John Greene
Morrisville
Elizabeth Poole
CIMC
Adam Pence
NCBCE Data and Accounts Manager
Naimish Thaker
CFO eCommerce - Lenovo
Pradeep Ramineni
Workstation Performance Engineer
ShaKira Hodges
Career Development Coordinator, Cumberland County Schools
Indira Everett
Duke Energy
Teross Young
Ahold Delhaize USA
Catherine Kelly
Lenovo
Daniela Russo
Sr Mid-Market Account Manager
C'Nay Hines
Web Product Manager/Lenovo
Denise Driscoll
Lenovo
Milanka Muecke
Marketing, Lenovo
Nathan Pope
Security Guard
Kayla Silverstein
Marketing
Maria Dolfi
Senior Sales Ops Specialist
Judging Criteria
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Problem Relevance
Has the group chosen a problem that is demonstrated to be relevant to their community or today’s society? Is research/data provided to support the relevancy of the problem? -
Adequacy of Solution
Is the app developed sufficiently to meet the needs of the problem indicated? Is the app innovative in its approach to solving the problem, with a unique design different from similar apps? -
Quality of User Experience Design
Is the app visually appealing? Is the app’s design intuitive and easy to navigate? Does the app design address accessibility issues for disabled users? -
Collaboration/ Team Development
Are reflection questions answered thoughtfully and meaningfully? Does the reflection indicate growth amongst the group? Does the reflection demonstrate how diversity was utilized in the app development process? Did all members participate in the video? -
Quality of Pitch Video
Is the pitch video thought out, well-organized, and engaging? Does the video flow from the app pitch to the app demo well, and is the app’s purpose and function conveyed in a clear manner? -
Project Workbook
Are all the exercises in the project workbook complete? Do their answers indicate that thought and effort were put into the app’s purpose and design? As a consumer, were you able to understand the creator's reasoning behind the app and its features? -
Presentation & Distinctiveness
Overall, did the team present their app well? Was the overall project thoughtful, with attention to detail in design, purpose, and function? Did they convey the app's purpose clearly while also portraying their app in a unique and engaging manner?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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