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) 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 following terms and conditions to be considered for the competition. If groups have any questions, please contact Program Manager Kiya Edwards at kiya.edwards@nc.gov.
This competition is only open to North Carolina high school students-other submitters will be automatically disqualified.
Eligibility
- Students must be enrolled as a 9-12 grade student in public high school or public charter school in North Carolina.
- Teams are comprised of three-five students and one teacher advisor/leader. (Note: Students can only join ONE team. and 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 opens October 6, 2020 and closes at 11:59 p.m. November 30, 2020. Please note- registration only indicates interest in the competition. Final projects are not due until March 2021.
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) 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 diversity questions is mandatory for each group.
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Upload your APK file to Devpost
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Complete and enter information into all required fields of the submission form on hackathon site.
*Please see Phases tab for more details*
Prizes
Invitation to Virtual Pitch Competition
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Kiya Edwards
Amber Williams
Kshitij Chauhan
Michael Denning
Caroline Bertoni
Lauren Polaha
Jordan Piper
Jake Zimmerman
Kiya Edwards
Denise Driscoll
Nicole Hutchinson
Mike McDermott
Andrew Hansen
Seema A Rahim
Nahyr Thomas
Sandeep Karandikar
Chandler Brown
Guangxue Xiao
Shimei Li
Melissa Herb
Erin Folk
John Mathew
Connor Gridley
Linda Yao
Roberto Agostini
Marta Gibb
Sydni Collins
Christian Rivera
Elaine Durazzo
WILLIAM JOHNSON
Daniel Bain
Karen Kluttz
Rowan Cress
Yan Li
Erin Cook
Tiffany Harrell
Cassie Jeppson
Lauren Ulmer
Sandra Dennison
Jenna Cote
Brenda Purnell
Sandra Clarke
Maria Jose Martin
Rashika Mishra
Vaidehi Gosawi
Caroline Sullivan
Morgan Crawford
Ashlea Hitchcock Francis
Olivia Comer
Eric Libbey
Sarah Woodward
Mike Cole
James johnson
Tim Woody
Robert Bates
Mayank Gupta
Heather Roof
Amy Policastro Schroeder
Caroline Knox
Evelyn Gonzalez
Ciera Tucker
Claudia Cokis
Gabrian Chua
Shreya Gundam
Aman Anas
Kyla Guilford
Leah Guilford
Anna Halim
David Rivera
Curtis Edwards
Teresa Edwards
Josh Franklin
Tynageja Grant
Kiya Edwards
Gail Edwards
Kiya Edwards
Judging Criteria
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Problem Relevance
Please consider: the conciseness of argument and research/date provided to support the solution. -
Adequacy of Solution
Please consider: Is the app developed sufficiently to meet the needs of the problem indicated? -
Creativity and Innovation in the Solution
Please consider: Do the students provide a unique solution to the problem? -
Quality of Graphical User Interface (GUI) Design
Please consider: user accessibility- can the user get to what they need quickly? Is there consistency within the app? Is the app intuitive? -
Collaboration/ Team Development
Please consider: Does the team reflection indicate personal and professional growth amongst the group? Does the team reflection demonstrate how diversity and inclusivity of the team aided in the app development process? -
Quality of Materials
Please consider: Did the student groups put significant thought into their final materials?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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