HackBI VII is a student-run hackathon at Bishop Ireton High School. Participants will have 24 hours to learn a variety of new things, collaborate, and make their ideas come to life in amazing projects. This year's theme is global.
Requirements
What to Build
Need advice on what to build? Talk to a mentor, student helper, or any volunteer for advice on something you want to create! We have amazing prize categories you can try to win as well by basing your project off certain topics or using a certain program.
What to Submit
GitHub repo (visit help desk if you need help) with all files and a picture of your project!
Prizes
Intern for a Day Experience (4)
Best Overall Hack
Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry
Hack from Home kit
GoDaddy Registry is giving you everything you need to be the best hacker no matter where you are. Register your domain name with GoDaddy Registry for a chance to win a Hack from Home Kit! Each Kit contains wireless earbuds, blue light glasses, selfie ring light and a pouch for easy transport.
Best Use of Kintone
Breadboard IoT Kit
Still not sure what backend to use in your hack? Kintone is a low-code web database that lets you set up your backend in minutes. It's beginner friendly, allowing you to customize your Kintone app using nothing but JavaScript and HTML. If you're interested in IoT, your team can snag a FREE microcontroller by signing up for Kintone and visiting the MLH table. If you use Kintone in your hackathon project, you'll have a chance to win a breadboard IoT kit to power up the hardware hacking for each member of your team!
Best Use of AI in Education
TickTime Pomodoro Timer
Artificial Intelligence (AI) models, such as large language models (LLMs), are transforming how we interact with computers. During this weekend's hackathon, we want you to apply AI towards improving education to produce tools that support the quality, accessibility, and equitability of learning in today's classrooms. You can use AI to address any challenge teachers and students face, such as curriculum planning, question selection, teacher training, content generation, personalized feedback, automated grading and more.
For this challenge, we encourage you to draw on your own educational experiences and propose technical solutions to problems you've regularly encountered as students — after all, you are the best to know where our education system needs improvement. Design impactful and effective AI tools for education for a chance to win a TickTime Pomodoro Timer!
Raspberry Pi Zero (4)
Best Use of Hardware: Raspberry Pi Zero is half the size of a Model A+, with twice the utility. A tiny Raspberry Pi that’s affordable enough for any project!
Caps Hockey Tickets (4)
Best Use of Theme
Beyond the Lights Tickets (4)
Best Use of Interface/Visuals
Back to the Future Lego Set (4)
Most Creative
USB-C Cables and Portables Chargers (4)
Best Real World Application
Microbits and Programming Books ()
Best Beginner Hack
40 oz Hydro Plask (2)
GWC prize
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Luke Preletz
Technical Business Advisor/Teal
Shivendra Srivastava
Engineering Manager at AWS Lambda
Leyla Johnson
CEO/Mohawk Games
Christopher Johnson
Software Engineer at greymatter.io, BI Alum
Aaron Flaaen
Economist, Federal Reserve
Zoram Thanga
Principal Engineer, Cloudera Inc
Eric McNutt
Finance and IT Management at Trilogy Federal, LLC
Stephen Aquila
Law and IT Project Management
John Hanks
Networking, George Mason University
Arpit Chaudhary
Software Developer, Apple
William Mueller
CS Major at UVA, BI Alum
Charles Domagas
Technical Support Specialist/TEKsystems
Jeremy Paraoan
Software Developer
Maryanne D'Souza
SWE at Verituity, BI Alum
Nicholas Ward
Cybersecurity Analyst/Gibbs & Cox/Leidos, BI Alum
Joe Martinez
Finance, Mid Atlantic Permanente Medical Group
Judging Criteria
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Best Overall Hack
The best project of the hackathon (a standout!) -
Best Use of AI in Education
For this challenge, we encourage you to draw on your own educational experiences and propose technical solutions to problems you've regularly encountered as students — after all, you are the best to know where our education system needs improvement. -
Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry
Register your domain name with GoDaddy Registry for a chance to win a Hack from Home Kit! Each Kit contains wireless earbuds, blue light glasses, selfie ring light and a pouch for easy transport. -
Best Use of Starknet
Use Starknet in your project this weekend for a chance to win a Starknet care package, including a backpack, socks, water bottle, and a ticket to a Starknet sponsored Web3 conference of your choice! -
Best Use of Kintone
If you're interested in IoT, your team can snag a FREE microcontroller by signing up for Kintone and visiting the MLH table. -
Best DEI Hack sponsored by Fidelity
We want you to use your hacking skills to find and build solutions that put financial opportunities and resources within reach for all communities, creating accessible, sustainable, and/or inclusive solutions. -
Best AI Application Built with Cloudflare
This weekend, we want you to build an AI Application utilizing Cloudflare’s numerous services for a chance to win Arduino Student Kits for you and your team! -
Best Beginner Hack
The team must be made up of all beginner hackers (one year or less of programming experience). The winning team should demonstrate new skills they learned from the hackathon in their project. -
Best Use of Hardware
The project must use a hardware component and demonstrate understanding of that component. Anything introduced in the Engineering I and Engineering II workshops, available at the MLH Hardware Table, or the Finch Robots count as hardware. -
Best Use of Theme Hack
The project fits the theme, "Hack to the Future/Futuristic" in a clear way. -
Best Real World Application
Projects submitted for this category respond to real-world problem or need. -
Most Creative Hack
Projects in this category implement a unique idea and/or apply a creative twist, whether in the idea or in how it is approached. -
Best Use of TinyMCE
To qualify for this prize be sure to render the editor with a Tiny Cloud account and use at least 3 open source plugins and 2 premium plugins in your project, for a chance to win a 3D Printing Pen for you and each of your team members! -
Best User Interface/Visuals
This project integrates some visual component and a user interface that is creative and user-friendly.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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