Hackathon2021
What is a Hackathon?
A hackathon has very little to do with common ideas of breaking into computers. A hackathon is an educational coding event where people come together to collaborate to build a usable solution (normally a digital solution) to a problem. Hackathons are coding marathons, they are typically held over the weekend but we instead opted for a single day. It was an opportunity for students to get together and build things and hone their programming skills.
The seniors were involved in a competitive project building event where the best projects were awarded prizes. The Junior track consisted of coding workshops to get them on track with learning to code.
Special Guests
Nyari Samushonga
CEO at WeThinkCode
Sphiwe Kabini
Strategy Business Intelligence Analyst
Xprexion Radio CEO
We have two special guests from industry coming to engage with us. Nyari is an accountant by training and is now the CEO of WeThinkCode, South Africa’s Largest Training Institute For Web & Software Developers. She will be sharing her insight on the tech industry and what kind of opportunities are available. Sphiwe Kabini is a Strategy Business Intelligence Analyst at Nedbank, driving data driven change within the bank. She is also the CEO of Xprexion Radio. She will be running the design thinking workshop. Design Thinking is the cognitive, strategic and practical processes by which design concepts are developed which is especially useful in technology solutions.
Senior Track (Grades 10+11)
The Senior Track is the main hackathon. Students are given themes of problems to try solve and will develop a game, website or app. Included in the program is a design thinking workshop to learn how to structure technical solutions
SCHEDULE
8:00-8:30 Welcome and Intro
8:30-9:00 Nyari Samushonga Keynote
9:00-10:00 Design Thinking Workshop Sphiwe Kabini
10:00-10:30 Groups Brainstorm Plan + Poster
10:30-13:00 Hacking
13:00-14:00 Break + Walk about + Vote
14:00-15:30 Hacking final hour + half
15:30-15:50 Self assessment + Show and Tell
15:50-16:00 Prize Giving and closing
(Junior Track Grades 8 + 9)
The Junior Track is for Grade 8s and 9s to do a coding immersion to get better acquainted with coding. The juniors will have a chance to see what the seniors have been up to and vote on their favourite coding project.
SCHEDULE
8:00-8:30 Welcome and Intro
8:30 - 9:00 Nyari Samushonga Keynote
9:00-10:30 Lesson 1:Intro to Python
10:30 -11:00 Break
11:00 -12:30 Lesson 2: Fun with Python
12:30 - 13:00 Break
13:00 - 14:00 Senior walk around and vote for best project + Quiz
This event was supported by Retro Rabbit:
