Our First Scratch Hackathon!

  On May 27, TriValley Coder Dojo held our first Scratch Hackathon! Written by: Kristin Goedert Photos: Kristin Goedert   TriV wanted to offer our youth members the experience of participating in a Hackathon event, and all of the learning opportunities that surround a hackathon. Although hackathons are typically only available to teens and adults…

Another CodeDay San Francisco Win For TriV Teens!

BattleAxe Game Wins Most Entrepreneurial   Ethan and Pulkit rack up a second win at this weekend’s CodeDay San Francisco hackathon (Feb. 14-15, 2014).  They won a special Most Entrepreneurial Award for their BattleAxe game. You can get a perspective of the hackathon from this time-lapse video of the event Ethan took with his GoPro camera from 1 AM…

TriV Dynamic Duo Does It Again

  TriV Teens Win Best Overall App At AT&T Mobile App Hackathon   Ethan and Pulkit entered the AT&T Public Safety Mobile App Hackathon over the two days of December 12 and 13, 2014.  Attendees gathered to build apps to benefit public safety agency missions. Victoria, Ethan’s mother, had this to say about the event: I thought you…

House Student App Challenge 2014

 A National US Apps Challenge This year marks the first annual Congressional Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Academic Competition, the “House Student App Challenge.”  This new challenge is designed to engage student’s creativity and encourage their participation in STEM education fields.  Established by Members of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2013, this challenge…

Alameda County Apps Challenge 2014

Coding for County and Community Guest speakers, Ram Gurumurthy and Byron Fisher, from Alameda County’s Information Technology Department will speak about the upcoming Alameda County Apps Challenge 2014 at TriV’s next monthly session on April 2, 2014. The day-long AC Apps Challenge event will be held on May 3, 2014 at Dublin High School.  This event will be the County’s…