HackingEDU is a hackathon conceived and executed by students, for students, with the intent of disrupting the classroom and really pushing the envelope on the contemporary education system. This is the largest student run hackathon encompassing all the major San Francisco Bay Area Universities and those along the west coast.
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Questions? Email us at: team@hackingedu.co
Eligibility
- Currently the application is open to all to apply.
- The following people, however, are not eligible to participate: individuals who (a) are an employee of ChallengePost, (b) an employee of one of the sponsoring companies, (c) are the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) and household members of any of those employees or former employees as stated above; (c) are current employees of an entity in which the companies above has invested and holds an ownership interest; (d) are current employees of a third-party sponsor of the Hackathon; or (e) are residents of Cuba, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Sudan, or Syria.
- If you are an employee of a corporation, government agency, or an academic institution, you are responsible for ensuring that your participation in the Hackathon complies with any policies your corporation, agency, or institution may have regarding participation in contests of this type. We are not responsible for any disputes arising between you and your employer.
Requirements
Each team member must register both as an individual and as part of a team at http://hackingedu.challengepost.com/ by 11:00 PM on October 24, 2015. You may not be part of more than one team.
You must complete your team’s Entry to the Event at http://hackingedu.devpost.com/ by 10:00 AM on October 25, 2015. Late entries will not be accepted, and incomplete entries will be disqualified.
Entry to the Event consists of:
- The Apis/Platforms your project uses.
- Selection of the challenge you are competing in
- Project title;
- Project tagline;
- Project description (should be approximately 100-500 words);
- Project screenshots or image/logo, with a maximum size of 5mb; format should be JPG, PNG or GIF with a 3:2 aspect ratio;
Prizes
$100,800 in prizes
HackingEDU 1st Place Winner
500 Startups Interview
ATT Aspire Accelerator in person interview
Oculus DK2 for each team member
$5000 scholarship from Draper University (per applicant accepted)
Hackster: Goodie Bag
HackingEDU 2nd Place Winner
Interview and dinner with GSV Labs Staff
Interview with Learn Capital
BT Controller & Speakers
Emotiv Headset (1x)
Draper: Teams 3 & 2 receive $3,500 off tuition(per applicant accepted)
HackingEDU 3rd Place Winner
Interview with Draper University
Dinner with MakeSchool Founders
Particle Boards
Muse Headset
Draper: Teams 3 & 2 receive $3,500 off tuition(per applicant accepted)
Best use of Wolfram Technologies
TRIP TO NYC for top team to Present Hack at Ignite Disrupt Edtech Conference
One year of Wolfram Programming Cloud Developer Level
One year of Wolfram Mathematica Online
One year of Wolfram|Alpha Pro for everyone on those teams
Best Use of IBM Bluemix
$3500
Best Use of Target API
$2000
Coolest Pebble Hack!
(3)
Pebble Times for top teams
Best use of Dolby (Usage of our technology (base on useful and creativity))
(2)
Sennheiser Game One headsets (for each team member)
GlobalCommit: Social Good Award
$100 gift cards (google play, itunes)
Automattic Social Good Prize
Apple Watches for the Team
Best use of Clusterpoint
$5000
Criteria for challenge:
1) sign-up for Cloud Account and enter promo code
2) use Clusterpoint as back-end solution for your app
3) relative degree of Clusterpoint utilization
Rubicon:Bring your Javascript, app development and big data experience and automate advertising
First Prize: $1,000 Amazon Gift Card+Interview with Rubicon Project
Second Prize: $500 Amazon Gift Card+Interview with Rubicon Project
Third Prize (2 count): $250 Amazon Gift Card each + Interviews with Rubicon Project
Design the Future of WikiHow
Hosted lunch with the CEO of WikiHow
WikiHow Challenge Description
wikiHow, the world's most popular how-to website, is currently comprised primarily of text and photos. Help us envision the future of wikiHow: in the world of Snapchat, PhotoMath, Oculus Rift, what additional ways might you imagine interacting with an Internet site to learn how to do something? Consider at least 3 of the various categories you would learn about, including (but not limited to): Health, Relationships, Food, Arts & Entertainment, Technology, and DIY! This challenge can also be completed by non-technical participants. Please complete: 1) A futuristic forward-thinking design for up to 5 different types of articles while also 2) bringing your idea to life by building out a sample interaction with an article. The ideas/design should be primarily for mobile devices.
Best Leap Motion Hack
(2)
Leap Motion for everyone on the top 2 Teams
Twist: BEST UX + UI Challenge
$500
Best use of Twilio API
Wearable sleeping bag suit
Best Collaboration Hack using Moxtra SDK/API
$1000
Best use of .Club
$2500
Best .Club Name
$1000
Capital One API Prize
$250 Amazon Gift Card for each Team Member
Best use of Backand
(2)
1x Hoverboard (per team)
Best Use of Chegg API
$2000
Top Myo Hack
1 Myo Armband for every team member
Namecheap Best Domain
Best Use of Linode Services
1 Raspberry Pi 2 for every team member
HackingEDU Staff Pick
(6)
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
How to enter
Apply soon because the waitlist is growing fast and we can't guarantee everyone can attend.
Judges
Elizabeth Yin
Partner, 500 Startups
Muzzammil Zaveri
Partner, KPCB
Michael Staton
Partner, Learn Capital
Niko Bonatsos
Partner, General Catalyst
Li Jiang
VP, GSV Asset Management
Anne Dwane
CBO, Chegg
Elizabeth Douglas
COO, WikiHow
Josh Tyler
VP of Engineering, CourseHero
Judging Criteria
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Implementation/Execution
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Potential Impact
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Feasibility
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Presentation
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