HALF Hackathon!
Details
Hosted by Bogota Dev. We are scheduling a half hackathon (SCRAMBLE EDITION) with our students. We are so excited to be hosting this mini hackathon. HACKATHON IS FREE!
PARA PARTICIPAR POR FAVOR LLENA ESTE FORMULARIO:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeeab0dDar1wdA434T6BxxegZYr_g80pK_6JY9e8oUZJoSJtQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
RULES & GUIDELINES:
- Each official team will have up to 4 members.
- Participants can only enter with ONE additional friend/peer to be on their team.
- Teams will be announced by Nicolle & Granger on the week of the event.
- Winning team will receive PRIZES! (more details to come soon...)
- Participants are not allowed to have coded in advance.
- No bullying, we have a strict "be kind" policy. Any negative comments to one another will result in the participants immediate removal from the hackathon.
TOPIC:
The topic of our hackathon will be TOURISM IN COLOMBIA!
We have a lot of experience with people for the US, Australia, Canada, China and Chile coming to visit or coming to Bogota to take a coding bootcamp! You (the hacker) are challenged to solve some of the issues that all the tourist face when visiting Colombia.
The following are examples of issues tourist {can} have while visiting Colombia:
- How to get data on my phone?
- How to get around, what apps should I download?
- How to order lunch? Where's the menu!?
- How do I get to and from the airport safely?
- Ways to meet tour guides.
- Ways to communicate even though I don't speak spanish.
- Affordable places to stay while I'm traveling around Bogota, Medellin, Cartagena, etc.
Schedule:
10:00- 11:00 am - We are mingling and going over the rules! Teams will be announced and introduced!
11:00- 1:30 pm - Start planning and preparing your code.
1:30- 2:30 pm - Lunch Break (not mandatory)
2:30-9:15 pm: CODE
9:20- 10:20 pm- Code presentations. 3 Minutes each presentation.
10:20- 10:40 pm - Judges pick winner.
11:00 pm - We say goodbye!
More details about the event will be posted shortly.
HALF Hackathon!