From Patrice Gans:

I would like to take this opportunity to invite your students to participate in Random Hacks of Kindness Junor’s  upcoming virtual hackathon scheduled for Saturday, September 25, 2021.

The three hour coding program will focus on designing and coding apps addressing the ever increasing number of endangered animals.  There are about 2 million different species on Earth. The data suggests the growing number of endangered species by year is nothing to scoff at. It shows that between 0.01–0.1% of all species are lost annually — that’s about 200 to 2,000 extinctions every year.

 

Join with Random Hacks of Kindness Junior and Friends of Animals to design and create apps addressing the rise of endangered species and ways to help slow it down. Experience first hand how you can use technology to create positive change.

Using Zoom, students will work in pairs with mentors to create prototype smartphone apps (using the online app block programming language, APP LAB from Code.org). This is not your traditional hackathon where the objective is a finished product.  No prior coding experience is required.  The core mission of our program is to expose girls and boys to kindness and social good through the lense of technology. We are more interested in the creation of technology, specifically the ideation and design process as it applies to a local community nonprofit.   We focus on the soft skills of collaboration and cooperation.

Pre-registration is required. The registration fee for the event is $18. Participants may register by going to RHoKJr’s website at https://rhokjr.org/event/hacking-for-endangered-species/.

For additional information I can be reached at reesegans@gmail.com

Thank you,

Patrice

Patrice Gans, Founder, Executive Director

Random Hacks of Kindness Junior Inc.

@RHoKJr

https://rhokjr.org