2022 TeenTechSF Civic Hackathon

TeenTechSF is an interactive tech community run by and for teens committed to empowering and inspiring the next generation of tech innovators. Marc Robert Wong founded TeenTechSF as a high school sophomore to ensure equal access to tech opportunities and resources for all teens because diversity fuels innovation. After graduating with honors from the Lycée International Franco-Américain with a baccalauréat français scientifique, Marc received his BS in Computer Science at Stanford and is continuing his studies there towards his Masters.A dual citizen of the US and France, Marc speaks four languages and has worked at Apple, Mozilla Firefox, Eero, and Barefoot Networks.Since launching TeenTechSF has connected more than 2500 students from over 50 diverse Bay Area schools and organizations with 100+ tech leaders from Apple to Zynga, including speakers and workshop leaders from Apple, Cisco, Facebook, GitHub, Google, IDEO, Khan Academy, LinkedIn, MakeSchool, Microsoft, Nest, PlayStation, Salesforce, and Oracle Team USA. In 2014, TeenTechSF went global doubling participation with the inaugural TeenTech GLOBAL Youth Summit livestreaming from Plug and Play Tech Center, birthplace of PayPal and Dropbox. TeenTechSF now has US chapters & global partners in Seattle, New York, Paris, Tunis, Nairobi, Shanghai, and Chengdu. Across the US and around the world TeenTechSF GLOBAL is on a mission to innovate, collaborate, and create for a better world.For more info, please visit our website atTeenTechSF.organd like theTeenTechSF Facebook page.If you'd like to get involved with the TeenTechSF leadership team or join us as a global partner, please contact us at:teentechsf@gmail.com!

Marc Robert Wong, TeenTechSF GLOBAL Founder & Executive Director

Join us for the 2022 TeenTechSF Civic Hackathon (Fully Virtual)
Saturday &amp; Sunday Oct 8-9th,10 am to 4:30 pm

Join us for the 2022 TeenTechSF Civic Hackathon [Fully Virtual]O﻿nline: Zoom and DiscordTheme: Out and About!Saturday Oct 8, 10:00 am - 4:30 pmAND Sunday Oct 10, 12:00 pm - 3:30 pmREGISTER NOW -- SPACE IS LIMITED!2 days, 12 hours, 100 teens generating thousands of ideas for tech solutions and amazing innovations to solve world problems and help communities, nature, and the environment.Like all our events, the TeenTechSF Civic Hackathon is free, beginner-friendly, and open to all teens. New hackers are highly encouraged to participate. We'll have a special award category for first-time hackers and female hackers and $1000 worth of PRIZES and GIVEAWAYS throughout the two-day long event! Workshops will be available on design thinking, app and website design, and more.We're inviting special judges such as the TeenTechSF alumni Brian Whitney from UC Berkeley, Jordan Arnesan from Make School and Climatebase, and Benjamin Tiger Wong from USC. Mentors from TeenTechSF and others will help teens turn their big ideas into reality! The teams with the best projects will win bragging rights, prizes like tech kits and t-shirts, some great swag, and the chance to participate in the TeenTech Civic Hackathon World Pitch in December with teams from as far away as Greece or China!Rules and Guidelines:This year's civic hackathon will focus on the opportunity to use technology to solve the problems facing our world today! Specific prompts will be provided on the day of the hackathon. Be sure to have you and your friends register!The project must be original and new. Previously developed projects cannot be submitted.Hackathon teams are made up of 2-5 students who must be 11-18 yrs old. Each student must register individually. Don't have a partner yet? No problem – we'll help you find one!Run for and by teens, like all of our events: Event is FREE, but if you are able, please make a $5 or more donation to cover food and other event costs.DISCLAIMER: TeenTechSF will be live-streaming and recording this event and reserves the right to use all videos/photos from the event.Schedule (PST)Saturday10:00 AM to 10:30 AM - Opening Ceremony10:30 AM to 11:00 AM - Team Building1﻿1:00 AM to 12:00 PM - Project Work Time12:00 PM to 12:30 PM - Lunch/Break12:45 PM to 1:30 PM - Design Thinking + Pitch Dev Workshop1:45 PM to 2:30 PM - Prototyping and App Design with Figma2:45 PM to 3:30 PM - Intro to Web Dev3﻿:45 to 4:30 PM - Creative Coding (﻿Workshops are optional; 12:00 PM to 4:30 PM can also be used for project work time)Sunday10:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Work Period1﻿2:00 PM - 2:00 PM - Judge Introductions and Pitch Presentations2:00 - 2:30 PM- Break/ Lunch2:30 - 3:00 PM - FINAL 5 Pitch Presentations3:00 - 3:30 PM - Award Ceremony and ClosingFAQs about the online event: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iSZwUk8qVC-Ezn3eFJ4KXxQX1NA_FOqHWPFgzILJlKA/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">TeenTechSF FAQs</a>THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS &amp; SPONSORS:<ul><li><a href="https://www.google.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Google</a></li><li><a href="https://sharpsf.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">SHARPSF</a></li><li><a href="https://www.littlebits.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Little Bits</a></li><li><a href="https://makeymakey.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Makey Makey</a></li><li><a href="https://www.hackerearth.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">HackerEarth</a></li><li><a href="https://themixatsfpl.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Mix at SFPL</a></li><li><a href="https://www.yfyi.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Youth Funding Youth Ideas</a></li><li><a href="https://www.leapmotion.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Leap Motion</a></li><li><a href="lawrencehallofscience.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Lawrence Hall of Science</a></li><li><a href="deyoung.famsf.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">De Young Museum</a></li><li><a href="https://yli.org/program/b-l-i-n-g/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">B﻿LING</a></li><li><a href="https://yli.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Y﻿outh Leadership Institute</a></li><li><a href="https://www.dcyf.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">S﻿F DCYF</a></li></ul>About TeenTechSF:TeenTechSF's mission is to empower the next generation of tech innovators and civic entrepreneurs through equal access to tech for all teens. Run by and for teens, all our events are free!For more about WHO WE ARE and WHAT WE DO, visit <a href="http://teentechsf.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">TeenTechSF.org</a>For the latest events and opportunities, LIKE the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/teentechsf" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">TeenTechSF Facebook page</a> Please share this event with your friends and classmates!

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