Hackathon for Kids and Teenagers
Hackathon
BRAINSTORM
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMMING
TIMING
TEAMWORK
GOAL
3 Weeks long programming competition with learning opportunities for all
CodingZen Hackathon is an institution-wide collaborative coding event for students from aged 8 to 16 to showcase
their coding talent. In this edition organized in April 2021, 330 students from Indian and International schools from 12
countries participated. They put their creative minds and coding knowledge to build projects to solve real-word
problems.
The projects were judged by an expert panel who have significant experience in Technology, Design, Coding, and
Education. Students experienced a boost in their confidence when they were given the opportunity to present their
creative projects.
The felicitation event of CodingZen Hackathon 2021 was organized on 2 May 2021 to recognize and celebrate the
winners and other participants.
"Everybody has a creative potential and from the moment you can express this creative potential, you can start changing the world."
- Paulo Coelho
A Hackathon is a week-long coding marathon where coding enthusiasts get-together to build a functioning software or hardware by the end of the event.
It is also a common platform for students to compete, showcase their skills, stand out, and utilize their learning for actual project implementation. This will eventually help them hone their programming skills and have fun at the same time!
Often people get confused about the term “Hackathon” and associate the work “Hack” to hacking servers. But, in reality the word “Hack” here denotes coding so as to build Apps, games, and websites. Thus Hackathons are a safe, educational and supervised space for students to upskill and explore. 😉
Registration Process
Last date for registration –
04 April 2021
Validation: Week starting 25 April 2021
Results: 02 May 2021
- MIT Scratch
- Web Development I: HTML & CSS
- Web Development II: Javascript
- Python
- Unity
We have exciting prizes to give away!
The below is for each subject category
"Hackathons are where your crazy ideas become a reality"
Alex Kern, Hacker
Eligibility Criteria
- Codingzen’s Hackathon 2021 is open for all students who are currently enrolled with CodingZen as well as CodingZen alumni.
- No team format is allowed, each participant will be required to work individually throughout the Championship.
Hackathon Challenge Format
- CodingZen’s Hackathon 2021 is a virtual competition comprising 3 Rounds. To take part in this Hackathon register yourself on https://codingzen.in/ hackathon2021/
- Round 1 of shortlisting would be through an MCQ challenge round.
- Successful completion of Round 1 takes you to Round 2: Prelims where you will have a programming based coding challenge.
- Students who are qualified for the Final Round will be presenting a demo to the Jury basis which winners will be finalized.
- Declaration of the results!
"As a Quick route to innovation, Hackathons are intensenly focused, creative and collaborative"
Anonymous
Rules of Participation
- Current student batch of CodingZen as well as CodingZen Alumni are eligible to take part in this Hackathon.
- Participants can choose a maximum of 2 subjects according to their area of interest. Students can choose max of 2 subjects in their area of interest.
- Questions will be based on the subjects selected by the student during the time of registration.
- Once registered, students would be admitted to Hackathon Google Classroom,Where all the updates regarding the Championship will be updated from time to time.
- During the qualifying round, if any student is found cheating, taking any external assistance, or doing any malpractice, the student will be disqualified from the competition. Any malpractice (cheating/external assistance) would result in disqualification.
- Make sure the form is submitted on time otherwise the student will be disqualified.
- Each student will be eligible for only one attempt to submit their work in every round.
- Round 1 – consists of multiple-choice questions (MCQs), in a time-bound manner.
- Round 2 – requires completion of coding programming questions.
- Round 3– require project submission where shortlisted students from the qualifying round have to submit their coding project, through the CodingZen Google Classroom portal.
Note: Please download Google Classroom App ( iOS or Android ) on your mobile for a hassle-free experience.
Terms and Conditions
“CodingZen Hackathon” ” (“Contest”) is organized, conducted and sponsored by CodingZen Academy (“Organizer/CodingZen”) and shall be open for registrations and participation from 04 April 2021 to 02 May 2021 (“Contest Period”).
- This Contest is open to all the existing and prior students of CodingZen in India and abroad at the time of registration.
- The right to permit or restrict participation is at the sole discretion of the Organizer.
- Entries will be invited through an online entry/ registration form is available on https://codingzen.in/ hackathon2021/
- All ideas/entries presented must be original work, the ownership and all intellectual property rights in the same must belong to the participant.
- Any incomplete/inaccurate entry or entries received after the Entry Period shall be invalid and any entry after the close of Entry Period may be permitted only at the discretion of the Organizer.
- The participants have to participate as an individual and not as a team.
- Evaluations & Shortlisting for Round 3 will be done by the CodingZen jury team. The decision of the above short-listing is binding and final on all participants.
- The organizer has the right to substantiate/audit/verify the participants’ details/information as provided in the entry form or the Organizer may seek any further document, as may be required to verify the participants’ details/ information. If such a request is made and the participant either fails or does not agree to provide the same, then the Organizer reserves the right to disqualify the participant from participation in the Contest
- Determination of whether the information is correct or not rests with the Organizer. If at any time, any information provided by any participant is found to be incorrect in any manner, then the participant will be disqualified for participating in the Contest.
- Evaluation: The submissions received in the online round will be screened by the Organizer and scored by a panel of experts on the basis of originality of the idea, technical efficiency, architecture and user experience.
- The organizer will use a third-party platform hackerank.com https://classroom.google.com/ and conduct the online Contest and it will not be responsible for the content, service and access lapses, technical glitches, or any other issues associated with this third-party platform.
- The finalists and/or winners may get coverage on social media or traditional media channels as part of the promotional activities done by the Organizer.
- The Organizer reserves the right to modify the start date and end date of the Contest; add or remove additional deadlines related to the Contest and such changes are communicated through the Contest website only, as aforementioned.
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