Time Armor Hackathon and Workshop Series 2024

This series has ended for 2024. Thank you to all participants, volunteers, parents and caretakers for helping to make this a successful event.

Let us know if you are interested in future series like this by signing up as a participant or volunteer:

• Signup as participants in future events at bit.ly/timearmorhackathonsignup
• Signup as volunteers for future events at bit.ly/timearmorvolunteerform

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Workshop & Hackathon Series Summary

Join us for a fun and educational experience where young minds come together to learn about community safety and security, gain tech skills, and engineer a real-world application with guidance from tech experts.

With each session building on the previous, our workshops will provide hands-on learning while our hackathon sessions will guide participants in applying what they learned to design and develop a software application.

Opportunities for Subject Matter Experts

If you'd like to join us in future events guiding youth through these types of workshop series, please sign up at bit.ly/timearmorvolunteerform.

This is a great opportunity to share your skills and expertise in support of young people excited to learn and implement technology focused on enhancing community safety, security, and privacy.

Workshop Goals

To educate participants on community safety, data privacy, and security, with a focus on surveillance tech and software development. Participants will also get hands-on experience in designing and developing an application focused on community safety and security.

Participants

The workshop & hackathon series is designed for youth 12-24 years of age.

Registration Fee

$0. We are excited to offer this series for FREE thanks to our sponsor Abandant Guard, Your Best Solution for Multicultural Security Services.

Course Structure and Outline

• There will be a total of five (5) sessions.
• Each session builds on the previous one, with hands-on planning and designing throughout the series.
• The series emphasizes collaboration and team-building while enhancing tech skills and knowledge about safety, security, and privacy.

Session Details

SESSION 1: Introduction to Safety, Security, and Privacy

• OBJECTIVE: To introduce participants to the concepts of community safety, data privacy and security.
  
• DATE: Saturday August 10, 2024
• LOCATION: The Brighton, 6727 Rainier Ave S, Seattle WA, 98118
  
  

SESSION 2: Data Privacy and Security

• OBJECTIVE: To provide participants with practical knowledge and tools to protect their personal privacy and security in the digital age.
• DATE: Saturday August 17, 2024
• LOCATION: William Grose Center, 101 23rd Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144
  
  

SESSION 3: Connecting Concept to Implementation

• OBJECTIVE: To explore how the principles of privacy and security inform and influence the design of software applications.
• DATE: Saturday August 24, 2024
• LOCATION: Byrd Barr Place, 722 18th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
  
  

SESSION 4: User Experience (UX) and Design with Security Principles

• OBJECTIVES: To introduce participants to design principles in relation to security and privacy, basic coding concepts with hands-on coding activities, and begin security camera engineering with Raspberry Pi.
  
• DATE: Saturday August 31, 2024
• LOCATION: The Brighton, 6727 Rainier Ave S, Seattle WA, 98118
  
  

SESSION 5: Security Camera Application Development

• OBJECTIVE: Work together to implement security cameras interfacing with Raspberry Pi with a focus on secure software development principles.
  
• DATE: Saturday September 7, 2024
  
• LOCATION: William Grose Center, 101 23rd Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144
  

Workshop Hackathon Series Registration

This series has ended but if you're interested in future series like this, you can let us know here: Time Armor Workshop Hackathon Signup Form.

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