2 posts tagged with "OwlHacks"

Another successful OwlHacks in the books! After returning as a Night Owl, judging the Health and HCI track, and teaching the Deploy Now Workshop for a second time, I want to take a moment to reflect on workshop development: what really matters, and what makes a workshop a good workshop.

Revising this workshop made me reconsider some of my assumptions about that. I had initially wanted to give students a substantial application with plenty to learn from. This time, I used a much smaller example and focused on helping them get something online that they could use during the hackathon. Hearing how students applied the material to their own projects helped me think more carefully about which learning goals belonged in the workshop and which deserved their own time.

On October 6, 2024, I had the chance to serve as the Temple OwlHacks hackathon Night Owl for the second time. I love being around students during those late-night stretches when ideas are still messy, teams are still figuring things out, and a quick conversation can help someone get unstuck.