About the challenge

TechXcelerate is a student-run hackathon aimed at bringing technology to high school students around the globe!

Get ready for an exhilarating time at our high school hackathon. This event presents an opportunity to showcase your coding skills, ignite your creativity, win prizes, and solve real-world problems using innovative technology solutions.

Join us and be part of a high school community that embraces the power of technology to make a difference. Let's push boundaries, break barriers, and create a better future together.

Get started

1. Fill out the attendance form to confirm registeration 

2. For communication, join our discord server where we will post announcements and updates

3. For more information, and the schedule, check out our website

Requirements

What to Build

A theme regarding social good will be announced during the opening ceremony. From there, build your creative visions surrounding that theme! All projects submitted must be related to software and technology. UI mockups are allowed as well! Unfortunately, no hardware projects are allowed. 

What to Submit

 - Github link to code. Make sure repository is public. 

 - Submissions will be done through Devpost. 

 - Any additional resources that you might want judges to consider. 

 - We require a demo video!

Demo Video Details:

Your demo video should be 3-4 minutes and it should demo what you created as well as explain the problem it solves.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$61,464 in prizes

1ST PLACE TEAM

- $300 in cash
- Wolfram Alpha | One Personal Addition 1-year subscriptions for each member of the team (up to $1160)
- Wolfram Alpha Pro 1-year subscriptions for each member of the team (up to $240)
- Taskade Plus 5-year subscriptions for each member of the team (up to $1920)
- Free .XYZ Domain Name for 1 year for each teammate.
- Leading Learners Expansion package with 15 innovation strategies proven to jumpstart enterprises for each teammate ($100 per individual)
- 1st Place Certificate

2ND PLACE TEAM

- $200 in cash
- Wolfram Alpha | One Personal Addition 1-year subscriptions for each member of the team (up to $1160)
- Wolfram Alpha Pro 1-year subscriptions for each member of the team (up to $240)
- Taskade Plus 5-year subscriptions for each member of the team (up to $1920)
- Free .XYZ Domain Name for 1 year for each teammate.
- Leading Learners Expansion package with 15 innovation strategies proven to jumpstart enterprises for each teammate ($100 per individual)
- 2nd Place Certificate

3RD PLACE TEAM

- $100 in cash
- Wolfram Alpha | One Personal Addition 1-year subscriptions for each member of the team (up to $1160)
- Wolfram Alpha Pro 1-year subscriptions for each member of the team (up to $240)
- Taskade Plus 5-year subscriptions for each member of the team (up to $1920)
- Free .XYZ Domain Name for 1 year for each teammate.
- Leading Learners Expansion package with 15 innovation strategies proven to jumpstart enterprises for each teammate ($100 per individual)
- 3rd Place Certificate

AXURE RP Team Edition Raffle

- 1-year subscription to an all in one prototyping tool to use in your innovations
- 1 individual participant will be randomly selected to win this award
- submission and participation in our hackathon is the only requirement to qualify for the raffle prize.

Participation Honors

- Taskade Plus 1-year subscriptions ($96 per individual)
- Interview Cake license for full access to their coding interview prep course ($249 per individual)
- 1Password Families 1-year subscription ($60 per individual)
- 1-month FREE access to our Premium plan of the echo3D platform ($99 value)
- Participant Certificate
- Submission and participation in our hackathon is the only requirement

TBA and other prizes

Expect more prizes and cash to be split among various projects, specifics will be posted soon

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Will Chen

Will Chen
Amazon

Krishnan Thazhathekalam

Krishnan Thazhathekalam
Amazon

Justin Kim
Microsoft

Judging Criteria

  • Problem Solving and Innovation
    Does this project help solve a real world problem? How well does it fit with the theme?
  • Demo
    Was the project well presented? How well did you cover the full functionality?
  • Functionality and User Experience
    Does the project work like it's supposed to? Is it easy to use for the end user? Is it accessible?
  • Complexity
    How complex is the implementation of the features and how deep did you go?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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