Jekyll2024-05-20T14:10:24+00:00https://appathon.appinventor.mit.edu/feed.xmlMIT App Inventor Summer AppathonTeam up with friends to build apps in MIT App Inventor's "Appathon for Good". Help us celebrate the goal of democratizing app development for all while solving challenging complex problems.Announcing an In-Person Hackathon at the AI+Edu Summit 20242024-05-20T13:00:00+00:002024-05-20T13:00:00+00:00https://appathon.appinventor.mit.edu/2024/05/20/summit-announcementThe MIT Responsible AI for Social Empowerment and Education (RAISE) Initative is pleased to announce that there will be our first in-person hackathon at MIT this summer from July 24-26, 2024 since the COVID-19 pandemic. Please click here to learn more about the MIT AI & Education Summit and register for the event.

]]>Announcing the MIT App Inventor Appathon 20232023-05-16T13:00:00+00:002023-05-16T13:00:00+00:00https://appathon.appinventor.mit.edu/2023/05/16/appathon-announcementFollowing on the previous three years of successful appathons, the MIT App Inventor team is excited to announce the MIT App Inventor Appathon 2023. Registration for the Appathon opens June 1st, so mark your calendars!

]]>Announcing the MIT App Inventor Appathon 20222022-05-18T13:00:00+00:002022-05-18T13:00:00+00:00https://appathon.appinventor.mit.edu/2022/05/18/appathon-announcementFollowing on the previous two years of successful appathons, the MIT App Inventor team is excited to announce the MIT App Inventor Appathon 2022. Registration for the Appathon opens June 1st, so mark your calendars! This year’s appathon will include some changes, so checkout the FAQ for more details.

]]>Appathon 2021 Themes Announced2021-07-20T00:00:00+00:002021-07-20T00:00:00+00:00https://appathon.appinventor.mit.edu/2021/07/20/Hackathon-ThemesThe MIT App Inventor Appathon 2021 began at 00:00 GMT on July 19th and we have announced the themes. For more details, see the themes page.

#AppInventorVision2021:

Theme 1: City of the Future

Create an app for a City of the Future that addresses a particular need of its citizens. You can envision how your app would benefit their lives in a utopian or dystopian future. Your city does not even have to be Earth-bound — it could be a Lunar or Martian colony or somewhere beyond. Imagine future citizens of this city with their own needs, goals, and dreams. In your write-up and video, give us a clear, concise description of your vision of the future.

Theme 2: Improving Academics

Where can teachers introduce coding into the classroom? Anywhere! Coding fits well in many academic subjects. For example, a foreign language department could ask students to build apps to translate between languages, a science department could ask students to build apps to recognize different types of plants, a social studies department could ask students to build apps to guide users through historical landmarks of their city.

Theme 3: Community Computational Action

How could your app make the world better? Identify a need in your community and create an app to address that need. For instance, Is there an app that could address water/air quality? Is there something that could help with the problem of food insecurity? Can your app help with demands in a post-Covid world? In your write-up and video, give us a clear, concise description of how your app addresses a community need.

hAPPy Inventing!

]]>Announcing the MIT App Inventor Appathon 20212021-04-21T12:00:00+00:002021-04-21T12:00:00+00:00https://appathon.appinventor.mit.edu/2021/04/21/appathon-announcementFollowing on last year’s successful appathon, the MIT App Inventor team is excited to announce the MIT App Inventor Appathon 2021. Registration for the Appathon opens June 1st, so mark your calendars!

]]>Appathon 2020 Themes Announced2020-07-12T00:00:00+00:002020-07-12T00:00:00+00:00https://appathon.appinventor.mit.edu/2020/07/12/Hackathon-ThemesThe MIT App Inventor Appathon 2020 began at 00:00 GMT on July 12th and we have announced the themes. For more details, see the themes page.

#AppInventorVision2020:

  • Better Resource Allocation (e.g., water scarcity, natural disaster response)
  • Climate Change
  • Ending Poverty
  • Health Care (e.g., COVID-19, mental health)
  • Learning and Working Remotely
  • Living Together
  • Social and Racial Justice
  • Social Impacts of Artificial Intelligence (e.g., biases, opportunities, equitability)

hAPPy Inventing!

]]>Announcing the MIT App Inventor Appathon 20202020-05-21T12:00:00+00:002020-05-21T12:00:00+00:00https://appathon.appinventor.mit.edu/2020/05/21/announcing-summit-2019Join a worldwide Appathon in July 2020 to celebrate computational action for good.

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