Hack a Tech (Nov. 2021)
Virtual DFW Metroplex Hackathon
Time: Nov. 21 - 22, 2021
Location: Online Zoom Meeting
Registration:
Registration on MetroHacks website.
Event
Kevin Meng, student from MIT and the 1st prize winner of HackMIT, will organize and lead the workshops on the first of the Hackthon. Student will have 24 hours to complete their Hackathon challenge.
Hack a Tech ( Oct. 2021)
How to Prepare for App Challenge
Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021
Location: Online Zoom Meeting
Guest Speaker:
Dr. Gorge Meng
Event:
The Congressional App Challenge (www.congressionalappchallenge.us) is U.S. House of Representatives hosting district-wide Congressional App Challenges for middle school and high school students, encouraging them to learn to code and inspiring them to pursue careers in computer science. This seminar will provide information on why and how you should form team and attend the competition.
Registration:
Hack a Tech (Jun 2021)
2021 Annual San Ramon Hackathon
Time: 9:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Location: Online Zoom Meeting
Hackathon Challenge:
Autonomy of Thought - Tacking Misinformation and Online Echo Chambers
- "Autonomy of Thought" refers to the ability to think independently without being subjected to manipulation due to modern news and media.
- Online echo chambers amplify and reinforce certain beliefs by repetitive communication in a closed system without contradiction, often due to algorithms employed by different media platform.
- Misinformation is false information spread not necessarily with dishonest intentions.
Event
San Ramon New Mayor David Hudson will kick off the annual Hackathon.
Hack a Tech (Jun 2021)
MIT App Inventor Bootcamp
Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm, Mon, Wed & Fri,, June 7-12, 2021
Location: Online Zoom Meeting
Guest Speaker and Instructor:
Dr. Meng
Event:
This is entry-level computer programming bootcamp. No prior programming experiences is required. We will use the MIT App Inventor platform to learn how to build a real mobile App on Android phone. The daily bootcamp contains 2-hrs lectures and 1-hr instructor-lead group discussion.
Registration:
Hack a Tech (May 2021)
Hackathon and MIT App Inventor
Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm, May 09, 2021
Location: Online Zoom Meeting
Guest Speaker: Dr. Yu Meng
Dr. Meng holds a Ph.D in Computer Science and MS in Electrical Engineering, IEEE senior member. Dr. Meng is an experienced and passionate educator who seeks to train middle and high school students to innovate with STEM. His students has won dozens of top awards at the most prestigious national and international science competitions, including ISEF,STS, ACM Cutler-ell Prize, Davidson Fellowship, and HackMIT.
Event
In the Seminar, Dr. Meng introduced:
1. What is Hackathon?
2. How to create a winning Hackathon project?
3. Why MIT App Inventor is a great development and deployment environment for Hackathon.
Many students have expressed the interest to joining the 4th San Ramon Hackathon and learn to build a mobile app with MIT App Inventor. Some parents have commented that even them have learned something from Dr. Meng's seminar.
The seminar recording can be found on the Green Apple Education Foundation Youtube channel.
Hack a Tech (May, 2021)
A Journey of Innovation
Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT, May 8, 2021
Location: Online Zoom Meeting
Guest Speaker
Mr. Jingming Li is Founder and CEO of TrovaPage.com and former CTO of Alipay.
Event
Mr. Jingming Li shared his journey from Silicon Valley software engineer to become Alipay's CTO, then returned back to Bay Area again and started his own company TrovaPage.com. During the years with Alipay, he worked directly reporting to Mr. Jack Ma, the CEO of Ablibaba Group and built the innovative global payment system. There is over 150+ students and parents joined the zoom seminar. Students have asked Mr. Li many interesting questions: such as what's the skills are needed to become CTO? What's his biggest challenges working with Jack Ma? Does Alipay and PayPal have similar technology? Some students even want to get Mr. Li's opinion on if people should hold or sell the Alibaba's stock. It was an very inspiring session.
The seminar recording can be found on the Green Apple Education Foundation Youtube channel.
Hack a Tech (Apr. 2021)
How to Serve Community with Technology?
Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm, 04/18/2021
Location: Online Zoom Meeting
Guest Speaker: Dr. Sherry Hu
Dr. Sherry Hu is Dublin City Council and co-founder of Beyond Academy.
Event
Dr. Sherry Hu shared her point of view as city council with tri-valley students on how we can better serve our community with technology? She also discussed her point of view as Beyond Academy founder on what are valuable extracurricular activities for high school students?
The seminar recording can be found on the Green Apple Education Foundation Youtube channel.
Hack a Tech (March 2021)
Introduction to 2021 San Ramon Hackathon
Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT, March 27, 2021
Location: Online Zoom Meeting
Guest Speaker
Green Apple Education Foundation Youth Leaders: Bryan Mui, Amanda Liu, Angela Liu, Erin Zhang
Event
This online information session announced and introduced the challenge/theme of the coming 4th annual San Ramon Hackathon to local high school and middle school students.
The seminar recording can be found on the Green Apple Education Foundation Youtube channel.