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 public high school or public charter 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 diversity question is mandatory for each group.
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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 Friday, April 14, 2023 at 11:59 PM.*
*Please note that the Devpost site says the submission period ends on April 15, 2023 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 Friday, April 14th, 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
Innovation Award
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Ciera Tucker
NCBCE Program Manager
Amy Erb
STEM Teacher
Morgan Ford
Program Director
Adam Pence
NCBCE Data and Accounts Manager
Jennifer Dollar
CTE/Accountability Admin Assistant
Kendall Latham
Education Strategist
Nancy Turner
Program Coordinator
Rayshoun Chambers
EVo Learning Development
Kimber Stone
Greenville Pitt County Chamber of Commerce
Sarah Greer Koenig
Federal Legislative Child & Education Advocate
Sheneka Brightwell
Community Development Contract Specialist II / Office of Rural Health NC DHHS
Siddharth Maruvada
NCBCE RSA Lead Intern
Bhavna Hilligrass
Business Analyst
Deepak Sharma
Virtual Instruction Consultant, Rethink Ed, NCDPI
Lisa Smith Nichols
Educator
Mary Edwards
Teacher
Scott Frye
Senior Manager, Data Engineering / Press Ganey
Jasmine Jackson
Cybersecurity Professional
Vermaine Shelton
Athletic Director
Amanda Pierce
Teacher / Pitt County Schools
April Vaughn
Teacher
Nathan Pope
Security Guard
Mario P. Fields
Founder & President at Still Serving, Inc., Jacksonville, NC
Brielle Barrow
Communications Coordinator/Vance County Schools
Megan Johnson
NCBCE Program Manager
Brianna Green
Project Manager at North Carolina Business Committee for Education (NCBCE)
Lena Previll
Human Resources/Sr HR Manager/Greenville Utilities Commission
Robbie Matthews
Retired Instruction/Curriculum Facilitator/Coach Cumberland County Schools
Rhonda Dillingham
Executive Director/NC Association for Public Charter Schools
Krista Norris
Teacher
Andy Leibrandt
Automation Engineer - FujiFilm Diosynth Biotechnologies
Lisa Neckameyer
Director of Digital Experience, North American Plastics
Morgan Crawford
NCBCE Deputy Director
Ben Kinney
Publisher Business North Carolina magazine
Sarah Woodward
Pitt County Schools
Brigetta Koepke
Lenovo
Seema Rahim
IT Professional / Product Manager / Lenovo
Suzanne Pruett
Teacher/Nesbitt Discovery Academy
Ambika Shankar
Programmer/Software Developer/Google RDU
Karen Ondrick
Retiree, Lenovo & NAF
Shannon Vickery
Public Media, Director of Corporate Engagement, PBS North Carolina
Brittny Bell
Marketing Manager - HPC & AI, Lenovo
Lauren Moran
COO, Constellation Digital Partners, Inc
Elizabeth F Poole
Educator/CTE Coordination/Cabarrus County Schools
Angelica Srivoraphan
App Development Project Manager/VP Business Operations/Cloverhound
Tim Leisman
Program Specialist, Guilford County Schools
Michael Walker
Regional Director of External Affairs - AT&T North Carolina
Jennifer Walker
Career Development& STEM Education / Career Development Coordinator / Chapel Hill High School
Paige Capps
Teacher/Pisgah Forest Elementary
Susan Miller-Hendrix
Science Supervisor at the Public Schools of Robeson County
Karen Elizabeth Brown
Career Development Coordinator
Eddie Karriker
Cavin-Cook Funeral Home
Brittany Palmer
Career Development Coordinator
Angelia Walker Howard
Special Population Coordinator/Credential Coordinator CTE Craven County Schools
Renea Stitt
Career Development Coordinator
Pranathi Gorty
NCBCE RSA Intern
Ganning Xu
NCBCE RSA Intern
Jonathan Rogers
NCBCE RSA Intern
Ahmya Rivera
NCBCE RSA Intern
Alyssa Womble
Director of CCP/ Nash Community College
Emily Nicholson
Land of Sky P20 Council Exec Director
Erin Cook
Lenovo
Dwahza Barnard
Lenovo
Geno Yoham
Lenovo
Erica Norwood
Lenovo
Stephen Rasp
Lenovo
Kandyss Massenburg
Lenovo
Kayla Silverstein
Lenovo
Daniela Russo
Lenovo
Rohit Sisodia
Lenovo
Lauren Ulmer
Lenovo
Gina Dahl
Lenovo
Otis Jay
Lenovo
Catherine Kelly
Lenovo
Debby Heid
Lenovo
Ryan Quinn
Lenovo
Christopher Kapsch
Lenovo
Travis Johnson
Lenovo
Pete Paldino
Lenovo
Naimish Thaker
Lenovo
Huby Pan
Lenovo
Lokesh Alluri
Lenovo
Coco Peterson
Lenovo
Luis Santa
Lenovo
Jessica Butel
Lenovo
James A North
Lenovo
Harshada Ghodke
Lenovo
Sunny Arora
Lenovo
Ebony Rogers
Lenovo
Brian Hardbarger
Lenovo
Aishwarya Dharani Arul
Lenovo
Chanel Carter
Lenovo
Andy Hang
Lenovo
Bhavesh Shah
Lenovo
Matt Fardig
Lenovo
Victoria Maurer
Lenovo
Sydni Behm
Lenovo
Darshan Patel
Lenovo
Sefina Lucki
Lenovo
Mohit Panwar
Lenovo
Lepy Dolfi
Lenovo
Brendan McDermott
Lenovo
Tiffany Harrell
Lenovo
John Trapasso
Lenovo
Javier Perez
Lenovo
Thomas J. Williams
Consultant/President/Strategic Educational Alliances
Dore Herrera
Lenovo
Denise Driscoll
Lenovo/ Global Test
Emily Irons
NCBCE Communications & Marketing Manager
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 Graphical User Interface (GUI) Design
Is the app visually appealing? Does the app consider accessibility? Is the app easy to navigate? -
Collaboration/ Team Development
Are 3 of the reflection questions answered with thoughtful and meaningful responses? Does the team reflection show the group's personal and professional growth? Does it demonstrate how diversity was used to aid in the app development process? -
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?
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