Join Audacity Labs and Rev for a no-coding hackathon full of problem solving, community, and fun!

HackEd presented by Audacity Labs and Rev is a no-code, ideation hackathon in which students can generate a meaningful and innovative idea, learn from industry experts, and develop a concise pitch to present their solution. This hackathon is intended for high school students in the NC area. Over the course of the two-day event, students will be provided a framework to leverage artificial intelligence technologies--utilizing Honeycode-- in order to solve a problem within the Education sector. Students will work in teams to develop their solution and submit a proposal. The winning team will split a monetary scholarship prize.

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Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$1,750 in prizes

Grand Prize

Runner-Ups

Entrance into Rev Accelerator (5)

Top 5 Teams will be invited to join an accelerator where they can receive mentorship, continued support, and funding.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Eligibility

  • Participants: Any High School (grades 9-12) students; Teams; Organizations
  • States: NC

Requirements

  1. Projects have to be submitted on DevPost.
  2. All project submissions must include a video. Your video should explain: What is your idea? What is the problem you are solving? Who are your target users? Please include a demo of your project in your video, if applicable.
  3. Your video should be 90 seconds in length or less.

Judges

Daisy Magnus-Aryitey

Daisy Magnus-Aryitey
NC IDEA

Ken Preiser

Ken Preiser
Amazon

Jamie Jones

Jamie Jones
Duke Fuqua School of Business

Judging Criteria

  • Your Idea
    - What is the inspiration for your idea? - What is the 1-line description of your idea? - Did you describe the meaningful trend, hair on fire problem, and target audience? - Did you make it easy and simple for the judges to understand your idea?
  • Your Presentation
    We will evaluate the following aspects of your presentation: - Was the video 90 seconds or less? - Did you show a product demo? If not, did you explain how a solution could work? - Did you explain how your solution solves the hair on fire problem?
  • Innovation
    The more creative the project is, the higher the judges will evaluate your Innovation score. - How creative is your idea? - Is there a similar product in the market?
  • Extra Credit
    - Usability and Design: how good is the user experience and design of your idea? - Business Viability: is there a well-defined path for this to become a business?

theme

  • Social Good