Lenovo’s partnership with the NAF brings a robust mobile app development curriculum and delivery program to NAF academies. The Lenovo Scholar Network, now in its third year, is designed to provide high school students with an intensive application development program to enable the next generation of developers and entrepreneurs. The Lenovo Scholar Network encourages greater interest among underserved high school students in STEM subjects while providing them with skills to succeed in the 21st century.
Students use the MIT App Inventor service developed by the Center for Mobile Learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a joint project of the MIT Media Lab and MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, to develop their apps. Teachers receive additional support from including access to MIT’s self-guided teacher course on App Inventor, introductory webinars and an in-person training with App Inventor staff, and regular open office hours with a MIT master trainer.
Lenovo has provided PC and tablet devices to each of the participating schools to aid the students and teachers in implementing the curriculum. The products include PC devices for student development and coding collaboration, and Lenovo tablet devices for the testing and viability of the mobile apps.
This year more than 1,800 NAF students from 50 academies across the United States are participating in mobile app develop project. Academies were selected by NAF through a competitive application process.
Participating academies are hosting local contests and showcases in early March. Each academy will enter two apps into the national competition. Judges will select the five best apps and the student teams who developed these apps will win a trip to Dallas, Texas, to be recognized at NAF Next, NAF’s signature annual conference, for their achievements.
More information can be found at lenovoscholars.com, including the winning apps from the 2016 competition.
Prizes
$12,500 in prizes
Travel Support to Come to NAF Next in Dallas, Texas!
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The top 5 student teams will win a trip to Dallas, Texas, to be recognized at NAF Next, NAF’s signature annual conference, for their achievements.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Leslie Aaronson
Strategic Director for K12 Initiatives, National Center for Women & Information Technology
Steven Anderson
Educational Evangelist, Speaker, Author, creator of #edchat
Tim Bajarin
President, Creative Strategies, Inc.- and Columnist for Time, PCMag
Meghan Barnes
Sr. Program Manager, Charitable Operations, AT&T
Briana Boyington
Education Digital Producer, U.S. News & World Report
Elaine Best
Admin Assistant, Lenovo
Dilip Bhatia
VP, PCSD Group, Global Marketing & User Experience, Lenovo
Rick Bjorck
US Commercial Central Sales, Lenovo
Shakira Boyce
Senior Assoc-EA, KPMG
Casey Castañeda
Vice President & Program Officer, J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Rob Cato
Executive Director, Public Sector, Healthcare and Vertical Sales, Lenovo
Cindy Cochran
Regional Sales Leader, Education West, Lenovo
Yolanda Conyers
VP, HR Global Functions and Chief Diversity Officer, Lenovo
Brittany Cook
Inside Sales NC Public Sector & Education, Lenovo
Kurt Cranor
Executive Director and CFO, Lenovo North America
Ant-quanique Dancy
NAF Alumna
Julie Drapala
Senior Program Associate, Community, 100Kin10
Chad Duhon
Chief of Staff to Kirk Skaugen, Lenovo
George Farthing
Lenovo Internal Comms, Lenovo
Satya Gade
VP-Service Management, Moody's
Rich Garceau
US Commercial East Sales, Lenovo
Shatiek Gatlin
NAF Alumnus
Natasha Ghatak
NAF Alumna
Emilio Ghilardi
President, Lenovo North America, and Vice President, Lenovo Group
Rebecca Gnessin
Manager, Philanthropy, American Express
Tobi Graham
NAF Alumnus
Cliff Gumkowski
VP, North America DCG Sales, Lenovo
Brooke Hanson
Senior Manager, Social Innovation, AT&T
Monica Hauser
Motorola Foundation Program Manager, Lenovo
Gina Hefner
Server Sales Director, Lenovo
Kelly Hoey
Author of Build Your Dream Network and Investor
Robin Howdershelt
Inside Sales Director, U.S. Public Sector, Lenovo
Kathy Ishizuka
Executive Editor, School Library Journal
Sammy Kinlaw
Executive Director, North America Channel Sales, Lenovo
Suzie Koonce
Community Relations Program Manager, Lenovo
Laura Laltrello
VP, Enterprise Business Group Operations, Lenovo
Karen Lang
Education and Business Development Coordinator, MIT App Inventor, MIT Center for Mobile Learning
John Lauffer
Lenovo Ambassador, Lenovo
Marshae Mansfield
Executive Director, US Commercial, Lenovo
Stephen Miller
Manager, Lenovo Ambassador Team, Lenovo
Ceri Mobley
Social Media, Lenovo
Milanka Muecke
Director, Lenovo North America Comms
David Nagel
Editorial Director of Education for 1105 Media' s Public Sector Group and Editor-in-Chief of THE Journal
Yelena Nemenko
NAF Alumna
Jim Nicholson
Senior Director, Investments Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
Catherine Nicolosi
Associate Analyst 2, Moody's
Carolyn O'Brien
J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Karen Ondrick
Chief Connector, Lenovo
Ann Panaro
Lenovo Channel Program Manager
Laura Parkinson
Event Administrator, Lenovo NA
Jerry Passione
General Manager of OpenLab, Juniper Networks
Phil Puthumana
Program Manager, Technology in Education, Verizon Foundation
David Rabin
VP, North America Marketing, Lenovo
Katy Rhodes
Jason Richwagen
NAF Alumnus
Brad Ries
North America Education Segment Marketing Manager, Lenovo
Mary Rindlesbach
Senior Producer of Story Development, Upworthy
DeAnne Row
Program Operations Manager, Juniper Networks
Jamie Royster
Regional Sales Leader, Education Southeast, Lenovo
Mike Saad
Director, Lenovo Gaming
Sophie Sheehan
Lenovo Customer Ambassador
Josh Sheldon
Director of Strategic Programs – MIT App Inventor, MIT Center for Mobile Learning
Mark Sherman
MIT Center for Mobile Learning
Shannon Sigmon
Chief of Staff to Cliff Gumkowski, Lenovo
Ajit Sivadasen
VP, Global eCommerce, Lenovo
Amy Stuart
Director, Client and Partner Group, KKR
Casey Sutton
Lenovo Ambassador, Lenovo
Christina Taylor
NA Sales Operations Manager, Lenovo
Raquhel Taylor
NAF Alumna
John Therrell
Regional Sales Leader, Education Southeast Public Sector, Lenovo
Antonnette Wallace
Associate-Tax, KPMG
David Wiese
Regional Sales Leader, Education Southwest, Lenovo
Janice Williams
Senior Associate-EA, KPMG
Matt Windham
Lenovo Briefing Center
Sue Jones
Director
Evan Lee
Kate Benson
Account Manager, Clean Design
Jennifer Yu
Text 100
Abby Schoffman
Text 100
Katie Johnston
Text 100
Steve Rychly
Regional Sales Leader, Education MidWest, Lenovo
Alan Jackson
Judging Criteria
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Problem Relevance
5 Stars - Very relevant, solution doesn’t exist, useful for broad audience; 4 Stars - Relevant/original; 3 Stars - Some aspects relevant/original; 2 Stars - Not-relevant and/or an adequate solution already exists; 1 Star - Not addressed by the materials -
Adequacy of Solution
5 Stars - Addresses all aspects of problem and is exceptional in some way; 4 Stars - Addresses all aspects of problem; 3 Stars - Addresses most aspects; 2 Stars - Addresses some aspects of problem; 1 Star - Doesn’t address any aspects of problem -
Creativity and Innovation in the Solution
5 Stars -Completely original or elegant reimagining of existing app; 4 Stars -Mostly original, uses some ideas from existing apps; 3 Stars -Some original ideas, mostly replicates existing apps; 2 Stars -Replicates existing solutions; 1 Star -Not addressed -
Quality of Graphical User Interface (GUI)/Design
5 Stars - GUI is very appealing, layout is clear & unobtrusive; 4 Stars - GUI is appealing and easy to navigate; 3 Stars - Very basic GUI; 2 Stars - GUI is incomplete and/or missing features; 1 Star - Not addressed -
Functionality
5 Stars - Meets app goals & has additional useful features; 4 Stars - Fully meets goals; 3 Stars - Somewhat useable though features anticipated are missing or don’t work; 2 Stars - App as presented is unusable; 1 Star - Not addressed by materials -
Usability
5 Stars - Very easy for any audience, has visual/auditory feedback to make user experience simple; 4 Stars - Easy even for someone new to technology; 3 Stars - Usable by sophisticated user; 2 Stars - Difficult/frustrating to use; 1 Star - Not addressed -
Quality of Materials
5 Stars - Imaginative & informative, includes motivation and solution; 4 Stars - Covered all relevant info but unimaginative; 3 Stars - Didn’t cover all relevant aspects; 2 Stars - Didn’t cover any topics related to app; 1 Star- No supporting materials
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