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Thursday, June 23 • 11:00am - 11:15am
Building School Community With Civic-Themed Hackathons

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Student hackathons have been a catalyst for creativity and unity across the 18 schools in the Software Engineering Program (SEP) at the NYC Department of Education. Learn how SEP created and tailored 9 unique hackathons for thousands of students in grades 6-11, each guided by the design process to show students that coding is ubiquitous; from art to game design to community causes, there is a place in the programming world for every student that’s interested.
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Amna Siddiqui

Program Manager, NYC DoE
Amna manages all facets of communication at Eyebeam. Her primary concentration is developing permanent strategies that elevate and support the organization's mission to expose, engage, and educate the public with the novel and creative technologies being developed by Eyebeam's outstanding... Read More →


Thursday June 23, 2016 11:00am - 11:15am EDT
Room 105
  Games for Learning Summit, Talk

Attendees (30)