Join Random Hacks of Kindness Junior and Ginny Weibel, Ph.D, Museum Director for the Bloomsburg Children’s Museum to design and code prototype smartphone apps for projects aimed at helping address the current mental health crisis impacting teens. Helping with this issue will be Olivia Oden, Education and Stigma Reduction Specialist from United in Recovery.
The virtual hackathon is part of the museum’s yearly BloomCON Hak4Kidz. BloomCON Hak4Kidz is the only kid-friendly hacking conference in Pennsylvania. This event is produced by the Bloomsburg Children’s Museum in conjunction with the BloomCON adult hacking conference.
Participants in the virtual hackathon will experience firsthand how they can use technology to create positive change.
The coding program is open to students in grade 4 through 8. The event requires NO prior coding experience. Using Zoom, students will work in pairs with mentors to create prototype smartphone apps addressing the challenging issues of space debris and congestion.
For additional information, contact Patrice Gans, RHoK Jr’s Executive Director at [email protected].