WEDNESDAY (2/5)
6pm in HC DC/Bryn Mawr Room.
Even if you didn’t register feel free to attend. If you go, this is a great opportunity to start chatting with people about ideas they have or problems they want to solve during the hackathon.
FRIDAY (2/8)
Transportation: Buses to/from Swarthmore
On Friday a special bus will run from Bryn Mawr to Haverford to Swarthmore. Please Note:
- 4-4:10 Bryn Mawr Marion Ave Bus Stop (leaving promptly at 4:10p)
- 4:20-4:30 Haverford Stokes Bus Stop: (leaving promptly at 4:30)
Drop off at Parrish around 5p.
This will be the only special bus run. Please refer to the Blue Bus Schedule for all other bus runs on Friday & Saturday. Please remember that the Blue Bus picks up/drops off at the Bond Parking lot after 7pm.
5-5:30pm
Join us for pizza and welcome in Science Center 101 (the auditorium). We will be in this area for the entirety of the event.
5:30-6:30: Workshops
Class-y Food
Training a neural network to recognize and classify 101 different foods + Dorm Room Startup.
Mind Mapping
Sharon Strauss, Instructional Technology and Training Specialist, Haverford College
Sketch out ideas with your team using Mindmup. Brainstorm ideas, share, add notes and images.
6:30-7:30: Workshops
Interactive Static Web: Building Blocks
Nabil Kashyap, Digital Scholarship Librarian, Swarthmore College
Students will be introduced to tools and techniques for developing and deploying interactive static websites. How free, secure, and stable websites built with HTML/CSS and JavaScript can include the functionality of more technically complicated stacks without having to run a server or a database.
Python Web Applications
Andy Janco, Haverford College, Digital Scholarship Librarian
Students will learn the concepts and skills needed to create simple web applications using Django and Responder.
8-9: Snacks, team formation & get to work!
We will do an exercise to help students identify interests and potential teammates. Teams are considered between 2-5ppl.
*Teams may work as long as they like. Tri-Co staff & faculty will begin leaving around 9pm.
SATURDAY (2/9)
10am
Join your teams back in Sci Center around 10am for bagels.
10-5pm: Work Continues
5-6pm
Close down projects, dinner & prepare presentations (a template will be provided to use for presentations).