Every year, ScriptEd students, volunteers and staff come together for an all-day Hackathon.

The theme of this year's Hackathon is DARE, EXPLORE, DISRUPT. 

Over the course of the day, students in ScriptEd Foundations classes collaborate in teams to build interactive web-based projects around the general theme of exploration and innovation. 

At the end of the day, students will submit their projects for two rounds of judging, and the winners take home some awesome prizes! 

How will students engage with the theme? Use the following questions to help guide your thinking.

What things do you see that others might not see? What things do you see that people have forgotten about? For example, think about your teachers, principal, community leaders, parents, etc...

What’s something you’re not happy with in the world? In this country? In your school? In your life? How would you change them?

Where is somewhere you could see improvement?  List some examples of places or experiences you have. How do you want them to be different?

Eligibility

All currently enrolled ScriptEd students based in the San Francisco Bay Area are eligible to participate in the hackathon. Students with any level of experience can attend and participate as long as they have turned in a signed permission slip.

Requirements

Projects will be submitted as live Glitch links. In the submission process, teams will be able to submit screenshots of their projects and must answer a series of questions.

Students will need to answer the following questions:

  • What is the name of your project?
  • What does this project do?
  • What was your inspiration for this project?
  • Who is this project targeted to?
  • What challenges did you run into?
  • What accomplishments are you most proud of?
  • What did your team learn? 
  • Please list all the members of your team (first and last name), your team name and the volunteer who helped. 

Please remember that these questions will be published online as a part of your project description. 

 

Watch this video for help submitting your projects.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

2 non-cash prizes
Chromebook
5 winners

Bluetooth Speakers
5 winners

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Shashi Jain

Shashi Jain
Co-Founder, Techqueria

Adina Luo

Adina Luo
Co-Founder, Dear Tech People

Alissa Briggs

Alissa Briggs
Head of Design, Plan Grid

Logan Bailey

Logan Bailey
Principal Engineer, Oath

Dhruv Maheshwari

Dhruv Maheshwari
Co-Founder, Dear Tech People

Judging Criteria

  • HTML/CSS (UI/Design)
    Excellent projects will have: High-quality user interactivity. Project is very well organized and user can use application without any additional instructions.
  • JavaScript Concepts
    Excellent projects will have: Code that is well structured and uses functions effectively. No redundant code. Team includes a third party library if necessary.
  • Cleanliness of code
    Excellent projects will have: Code that is pristine! Developers outside of the team would be happy to work with this code. Little to no errors/ warnings exist.
  • Functionality
    Excellent projects consist of: Site is fully functional (80-100%) - meets intentions (e.g. actually does what you say it is supposed to do).
  • Teamwork
    Excellent projects will have: All students are able to talk about the functionality of the project. All students are able to answer any questions that came up.
  • Concept Fidelity
    Excellent projects have: design & functionality of the project is directly useful. Project has application in a clear, unique way.

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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