{"id":15142,"date":"2014-02-18T10:50:27","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T14:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=15142"},"modified":"2014-02-18T10:50:27","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T14:50:27","slug":"call-dream-it-code-it-win-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2014\/02\/18\/call-dream-it-code-it-win-it\/","title":{"rendered":"[CALL] Dream It. Code It. Win It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dream It. Code It. Win It<\/a>\u00a0is a programming challenge – not a hackathon for high school and college students, organized by the MIT Club of New York, MIT Enterprise Forum of NYC, and Trading Screen. The goal is to reward “the creative aspects of a computer science education.” College teams can win monetary prizes ($20k, $15k, and $10k). High School teams can win iPads. A special prize for women. The submission is a video where the team explains the problem they set out to solve, their solution, and a demonstration of a live working product that solves the problem.\u00a0 Submissions can be made\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0and the judging panel will meet in NYC on\u00a0April 30th from 5pm to 9pm\u00a0to select the winners. If you know a high school or college aged student \u2013 or parent of one – who likes to code, please let them know about this contest.<\/p>\n

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As a specialist in coaching innovators to tell stories with meaning about their innovations for diverse audiences, I\u2019m pleased to see storytelling as a key element.\u00a0 As a woman very much involved in helping women get funded (ASTIA) and to learn investing (37 Angels), that special prize for women means a lot.\u00a0 As a loyal American and New Yorker, I believe we need to do a lot more to inspire and empower kids in math, science and technology.\u00a0 As a long-time member of the NY Tech Council and its predecessor organization, I believe you\u2019ll agree!<\/p>\n

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A little personal press for the event:<\/b><\/p>\n

http:\/\/slashdot.org\/topic\/datacenter\/50k-student-coder-contest-aims-to-reward-creativity\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are the other articles:
\nhttp:\/\/dreamitcodeitwinit.wordpress.com\/category\/news\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Fred Wilson covered it in his blog:\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/www.avc.com\/a_vc\/2014\/02\/dream-it-code-it-win-it.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AVc+(A+VC)]\\<\/a>
\nI find that college students usually need a little help from a parent or mentor or professor to get motivated.\u00a0 The submission is a video – describing the problem they are solving and how their solution solves it with a short demo.\u00a0 It doesn’t need to be more than 1 minute. They can even do it as a team – if one is better at coding and the other at storytelling then they should create a team and submit.\u00a0 I am just trying to get the word out.<\/p>\n

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\nParents, Professors, Mentors –\u00a0 get the word out to College Students and motivate them to get their submissions in to win $20,000 (first prize)\u00a0 $15,000 (second prize) $10,000 for 3rd prize.\u00a0 There is a $5,000 Tekserve prize for the best submission by a woman and a $5K prize for innovation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>http:\/\/a.pgtb.me\/RWD2Mk<\/a><\/p>\n

The submission is very easy compared to other contests and they can win lots of money!<\/b><\/p>\n