Alright students, it’s time to take everything you’ve learned throughout this semester and apply it towards a real life project. Bellow, you will find several projects of which you may select upwards of two: one to work on individually and one to work on with a group of no more than 3 people.
Eligibility
Any and all current EF Academy students who register with mentors on May 19th.
Requirements
You will be expected to create a ‘hack’ for your selected challenge/s in order to address the issue provided. You will have the opportunity to work on this both, in class and during your spare time. Projects will be due at 11:30 AM on Saturday, June 2nd after which, you will present your projects to a set of judges. You will be judged on the following criteria:
- Technical Difficulty
- Addressing of the challenge provided
- Pitch + Presentation
- Overall marketing/business plan
Judges will then debate, select winners and distribute prizes.
Your mentors are here to help! If you need any help throughout this project please contact your mentors via email.
Prizes
Gender Equality
Winner will receive an Instax Mini 9
Connection
Winner will receive a Fire 7 Tablet
Fan/Happy
Winner will receive a Sphero Mini.
Independent/ Team Project
Winning team will receive a Roku Express stick for each team member.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
How to enter
In order to enter students must register on May 19th with mentors. Students who do not register with mentors will not be elligable to participate.
Bellow please find usefull tools you may use for your hacks:
Get a FREE Domain (.com, .net, .org) + Whois Privacy!
hackp.ac/domain
FREE Payments API from Softheon!
hackp.ac/softheon
Snag the GitHub Student Developer Pack!
hackp.ac/github
Judges
Ying Zhou
Director - Queens College Tech Incubator
Kashfi Fahim
Project Manager - Queens College Tech Incubator
Judging Criteria
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What are the judges looking for?
You will be judged on the following criteria: Technical Difficulty,Addressing of the challenge provided, Pitch + Presentation, Overall marketing/business plan
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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