Coding for the Community: Promising Practices for Designing and Implementing Hackathons for Teens

• In Event: TIL- Computer Applications for Kids and STEM-based Classroom Applications (v)

Short Description

Hackathons are high-energy, competitive events through which teams respond to computing challenges by designing and developing computational artifacts within a constrained period of time. The hackathon is an effective format for encouraging K-12 students to use computational thinking and engage in the software development life cycle. This presentation details insights stemming from the implementation of a hackathon for teens which has been offered for four years in a small community in the Southeastern United States.

Authors

• Presenter: Kim C. Huett, University of West Georgia

• Contributor: Anja Remshagen, University of West Georgia