What is the DGF Hackathon?

Hackathons are sprint-like programming competitions where students get together to show off their coding skills. Students from DoDEA schools can team up to build products such as websites, applications, hardware hacks, and at the end of the event they show them to a panel of judges. The goal of the night is to create a technology based solution to a predetermined problem facing the world or society overall. Throughout the night we will host workshops to teach tech related skills to students while they work on their final projects, such as coding languages and design fundamentals.
The DGF Hackathon will engage students in a fully emersive, virtual event platform. Participants will have the opportunity to attend technology workshops, access a library of resources and participate in virtual networking "how to's" with industry professionals.

What are our Goals?

CTE Goal

The objective of the STEM/Hackathon club is to inspire students, build confidence in technology and develop tech industry skills. By combining the excitement and challenge of a Technical club with the structure of the STEM curriculum we emphasize the engineering design to build up to long term projects and college-ready skills. During these activities a focus is placed on direct association with possible career paths in both armed forces and civilian support.

Subgoal #1

Engage middle/high school students with hands-on STEM learning led by faculty and student leadership.

Subgoal #2

Develop mentorships between upper and lower class participants (8th -12th grade)

Subgoal #3

Allow upperclassmen time to focus on challenging technical applications and lead STEM/Coding based events (virtually and in-person)

Subgoal #4

Apply STEM concepts to real-life applications and career exploration.

Subgoal #5

Collaborate with other DODEA students and industry professionals through annual hackathon competitions held virtually.

Subgoal #6

Learn from industry professionals

Who is on our Team?