I think we'll probably have them start on Ruby since we have a few students that can teach it and have experience in RoR.
Perhaps you could set up teams that could compete with each other through a series of programming challenges?
I like the idea but I think students might find this to be too much in the beginning. Especially when CS majors are competing with non-CS majors.
Maybe a better option is to promote the Binghamton hackathon from early on and offer prizes/competition for the groups that entered without experience.
You could find a local business who would sponsor a prize, or a restaurant that would offer a dinner for the winning team.
I definitely want to keep it as local as possible and even have a few community members signed up.
Be sure to post updates on your group's website.
I'd recommend following the progress on Twitter and GitHub:
I definitely want to keep it as local as possible and even have a few community members signed up.
You might gain some local sponsors by offering to put their company logo on your website. See the bottom of the page of http://clojure-conj.org for the Clojure Conj conference. There are "Platinum," "Gold," and "Supporting" sponsors listed.
Put a Sponsors page on your website and make it easy for businesses to sign up. You could even have a donate button.
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Thanks Kendal!
I think we'll probably have them start on Ruby since we have a few students that can teach it and have experience in RoR.
I like the idea but I think students might find this to be too much in the beginning. Especially when CS majors are competing with non-CS majors.
Maybe a better option is to promote the Binghamton hackathon from early on and offer prizes/competition for the groups that entered without experience.
I definitely want to keep it as local as possible and even have a few community members signed up.
I'd recommend following the progress on Twitter and GitHub:
- https://twitter.com/HackBinghamton
- https://github.com/HackBinghamton
Thanks for all the advice and feel free to reach out by email (it's on my profile).
You might gain some local sponsors by offering to put their company logo on your website. See the bottom of the page of http://clojure-conj.org for the Clojure Conj conference. There are "Platinum," "Gold," and "Supporting" sponsors listed.
Put a Sponsors page on your website and make it easy for businesses to sign up. You could even have a donate button.