Codetivate blurb

 

The Dynamics, an international nonprofit organization bridging the income and gender gap in STEM presents to you "Codetivate." At Codetivate, our mission is to empower all people of low-income backgrounds, underserved communities, and marginalized genders by providing opportunities to gain valuable skills and explore tech in an inclusive, inspiring, and engaging environment.

Codetivate is virtual! Join us in December for empowering workshops, networking opportunities, and amazing prizes like Drones, Airpods, Smartwatches, Spy cameras, free software, and much more.

No coding experience is required. Beginners will have access to workshops, virtual meetups, and mentorship programs to help them get prepared. The Workshops are optional! It's just to equip you with the necessary skillset.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$6,414,322 in prizes

Overall Winning Team [Codetivate Prize]

- Drone $1,000
- IP65 Waterproof Smartwatch $100
- Spy camera $60
- The Dynamics T-shirt and Swag pack
- Wolfram Award $1,500
- Axure RP team edition $1,512
- 1 year of Egghead subscription $1000
- Sublime text licenses x 4 = $396
- Lifetime upgrade to Taskade
- Certificate for all teammates
- Special mention on our socials with 5,400+ followers
- Feature on Our website with visits from 100+ Countries

$5,568 USD worth of Prizes

Runner-up team [Codetivate Prize]

- Makey makey classic STEM kit $199.8
- Wireless charger $60
- Airpods $100
- Wolfram Award $1,500
- 1 year of Egghead subscription $1000
- Lifetime upgrade to Taskade
- Certificate for all teammates
- Special mention on our socials with 5,400+ Followers
- Feature on Our website with visits from 100+ Countries
- Lifetime upgrade to Taskade

$2859.8 USD worth of Prizes.

2nd Runner-up Team [Codetivate Prize]

- Wolfram Award $1,500
- Bluetooth speaker $100
- Wireless charger $60
- Certificate for all teammates
- Special mention on our socials with 5,400+ Followers
- Feature on Our website with visits from 100+ Countries.

$1,560 USD worth of Prizes.

3rd Runner-up team [Codetivate Prize]

- Lifetime upgrade to Taskade
- Wolfram Award $1,500
- Smartwatch $100
- Certificate for all teammates
- Special mention on our socials with 5,400+ Followers.
- Feature on Our website with visits from 100+ Countries.

$1,500 USD worth of Prizes.

Best Solo Hack at Codetivate

- Drone $250
- Makey Makey classic STEM kit $49.95
- Wolfram Award $375
- Sublime text license $99
- Airpod $25
- Smartwatch $25
- 1 year of Egghead subscription $250
- Lifetime upgrade to Taskade
- Certificate of excellence
- Special mention on our socials with5,400+ Followers.
- Feature on Our website with visits from 100+ Countries

$1,073 USD worth of Prizes.

Best UI/UX Hack

- Sketch licenses x 3 = $297
- Rosenfeld e-book for UI/UX Design, Research e.t.c $200
- Lifetime upgrade to Taskade
- Certificate for excellence
- Special mention on our socials with 5,400+ Followers.
- Feature on Our website with visits from 100+ Countries

$497 USD worth of Prizes.

Best Web/App with Qoom challenge

Teams must use the Qoom platform to be eligible for this prize, the prizes are:

- 1-year Pro Plan package (one per team, $140 value)
- Feature on Qoom Project Gallery
(https://www.qoom.io/projects)
- Certificate for excellence
- Special mention on our socials with 5,400+ Followers
- Feature on Our website with visits from 100+ Countries.

$140

Best project with a start-up potential built by high school students

Best project with a start-up potential worth $260.

The best project to portray a start-up potential and have an entrepreneurial mindset with good business value. The project should also be creative, innovative, and answer the “why this?” clearly. Technical complexity is desired but not mandatory.

Prizes and Opportunities:

- All members of the winning team will win a direct ticket to Round 2 of Applied Computing Foundation’s inaugural international teen tech entrepreneurship competition ‘Future Impact Challenge’, worth $260 per teammate (more about Future Impact Challenge here).

- Invitation to join the ‘Applied Computing Foundation’ Discord server, a rich community of teen tech enthusiasts, educators, entrepreneurs, and seasoned industry experts and advisors.

- The winning team will be invited to our future ACF start-up teams’ project presentation sessions and learn how ACF start-up teams excel.

- Potential mentorship opportunities in the future and invitations to our global workshops or teen tech summits.

- Partial tuition scholarship to ACF courses for winning teams.

Check #ACF channel on our Discord server for Eligibility and Requirements.

Youngest Female innovator with the best Project

How does it work?

Be a female in a team with a very good project. Ensure you made a substantial impact so your teammates can nominate you.

If you're a SOLO hacker, ensure that your project is on point in terms of functionality, aesthetics, innovation e.t.c

Prize:

You stand a chance to win an ImagiCharm and some imagi stickers worth more than $85. The imagiCharm is a smart accessory that you can program to look different every day by using the imagi app. Learn coding and show your projects to the world: the imagiCharm can be worn on backpacks, bags or as a keychain. The imagiCharm has 64 lights that can turn into endless designs and animations! ImagiLabs gives coding superpowers to girls and nonbinary so that the next generation is equally equipped to use technology to shape the future.

Free Software, swag, special discounts, and perks for every registered participant (8)

- echoAR 1-month subscription of the business plan. Useful for teams building a project on the Augmented reality/Virtual Reality Track
$153,080
- Replit 1 month free Hacker plan. Useful for teams building a website or app.
$12,040
- Qoom 3-month starter plan. Useful for teams building a website or app.
$34,400
- 2-year free upgrade to Taskade. Useful for collaboration, assigning tasks to meet submission deadlines, working remotely, and of course managing your Hack if you're going to launch a start-up after the Hackathon.
$206,400
- 90 days extended trial of Balsamiq Cloud. Useful for wireframing, prototyping, UI sketching, and much more.
- Access to Wolfram|One for 30 days. Wolfram|One includes both Desktop and Cloud access, full access to the Wolfram Language and Knowledgebase, FreeCDF Deployment, 5000 Wolfram|Alpha API calls, 5000 Cloud Credits, 2 installations per user, and 2 GB of Cloud Storage.
$43,000
- AWS Credits for everyone
$5,000
- Azure Credits for everyone
$25,000

Special Discounts:
Build a professional NO-CODE website with Typedream at 10% off, a free plan available with Typedream branding.

Other Perks:
Certificate for all attendees (verifiable online for up to 10 years) proudly sponsored by Give My Certificate.

$521,840 USD in free Software, swag, special discounts, and perks at Codetivate.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

The Dynamics

The Dynamics

Judging Criteria

  • Innovation
    How ingenious is the project? How did the team use the resources ?
  • Design
    Did the team put thought into the user experience? How well designed is the interface or hack?
  • Workability
    Does the hack work? Did the team achieve everything they wanted?
  • Originality
    Has this project been done before at hackathons in the past? How creative is the project in solving the problem at hand?
  • Scalability
    Is the project scalable? Does it have any market potential? Can a start-up be formed from the project?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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