PACESTEM/STEMHackathonDec2020

STEMHackathonDec2020

On the Pace web site

• https://www.pace.edu/seidenberg/seidenhack

Final presentations

• https://pace.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=59c6c3c9-a8da-4d96-a6d8-ac890143cbce

Organization

• Teaching: Dr. Christelle Scharff (mobile), Prof. Carmine Guida (game), Prof. Dhruvil Gandhi (design thinking)
• Speakers: Dean Jonathan Hill, Dr. Lauren Birney, Prof. Julie Gauthier, Dr. Stephen Gosnell
• Organization: Jill Olimpieri, Melanie Madera, Vicente Gomez
• Mentors: Yiokling Chu, Jack Egan, Briana Figueroa, Elan Fisher, Gio Abou Jaoude, Mark Anthony De Castro, George Lopez, John Brilhart, Radiy Matveev, Akshay Shirsat, Indira Priyadarshini Singamsetti, Ronaldo Simbana, Ibrahima Ndiaye

Schedule

The schedule is available here.

Surveys

• Exit survey
• Entry survey

Tools

• Unity

  • Instructions on how to install Unity and get started

• MIT App Inventor

  • Access MIT App Inventor directly with your Gmail
  • Install an app to read QR codes
  • How to test an app is described here
  • If you have an Android device:
    • Install MIT AI2 Companion on Google Play
  • If you do not have an Android device, use the emulator
    • Set up the emulator
  • Getting started videos
    • Video 1
    • Video 2
  • Show your phone on your screen with Vysor

• Slack https://seidenhackdec2020.slack.com

• Zoom rooms

  • Main Room Open Space https://pace.zoom.us/j/93336234289

  • Mobile App Dev Open Space https://pace.zoom.us/j/99853930432

  • Game Dev Open Space https://pace.zoom.us/j/99737179892

  • Final Presentation Open Space https://pace.zoom.us/j/96883371265

  • The password was sent to you by email and Slack

Material

Presentations

• Dr. J. Stephen Gosnell, Baruch College and Graduate Center, City University of New York. Oysters and Apps: Using Technology to Inform and Manage

Billion Oyster Project

• What is BOP?
  • BOP web site
  • Video: How the Billion Oyster Project Got Started
  • Video: BOP YouTube Channel
• Learning resources
  • BOP Remote Learning Resources

Mobile

• Slides 1
• Slides 2

Design Thinking

• Icebreaker Around the world in 30 minutes
• Brainstorming
  • Slides
  • Workbooks

Demos (3 minutes)

• The games/apps will be shown from one computer.

  • Title of your app/game
  • Team members
  • Inspiration for the app/game
  • Users
  • Technologies
  • Demo the features of the app/game
  • Talk about your experience in the hackathon

• To post on Slack:

  • 2-3 sentences describing the app/game
  • 2-3 screenshots
  • A video (optional)
  • Game: link
  • App: apk file

• All projects will be on the Pace University web site.

Projects

Check the Pace website https://www.pace.edu/seidenberg/seidenhack