Welcome to Hack the Hood: Build!
Welcome to the course website for Hack the Hood’s Build Program for Fall 2024. We will be posting announcements, lecture slides, reminders, and additional resources here.
Lectures: Mondays (4:30 pm-7:00 pm) and Wednesdays (4:00 pm-7:30 pm)
Thursday Tiger Teams: Red (3:00 pm-5:00 pm), Blue (4:00 pm-6:00 pm), Green (5:00 pm-7:00 pm), Purple (6:00 pm-8:00 pm)
Saturday Tiger Teams: Yellow (10:00 am-12:00 pm), Pink (11:00 am-1:00 pm), Gray (1:00 pm-3:00 pm), Orange (2:00 pm-4:00 pm)
Instructors: Parker Broadnax (parker@hackthehood.org) & Sydney Ly (sydney@hackthehood.org)
Week 11 Announcements
Assignments Due:
- Submit your third final project checkpoint on Google Classroom!
Reminders:
- Catch up on any assignments you’re missing on Google Classroom!
- RSVP for graduation here!
- FILL OUT THE POST-PROGRAM SURVEY HERE!
Asynchronous Tiger Team Schedule
| Tiger Team Color - Instructor | New Async Tiger Team Time |
| Red Tiger Team - Parker | Mondays 4pm-6pm |
| Blue Tiger Team - Sydney | Wednesdays 4pm-6pm |
| Green Tiger Team - Parker | Tuesdays 6pm-8pm |
| Purple Tiger Team - Sydney | Mondays 4:30pm-6:30pm |
| Yellow Tiger Team - Parker | Wednesdays 5pm-7pm |
| Pink Tiger Team - Sydney | Tuesdays 5pm-7pm |
| Gray Tiger Team - Parker | Tuesdays 4pm-6pm |
| Orange Tiger Team - Sydney | Wednesdays 5pm-7pm |
Week 1
| Mon 9/30: | LECTURE Launch Day & Discrepancies in CS Education | Slides |
| Wed 10/2: | LECTURE Python Review + Learning Lab: Object Oriented Programming | Kahoot, Python Calculator Colab, Superhero Battle Simulator |
| Thurs 10/3 or Sat 10/5: | TIGER TEAM Meet Your Tiger Team and Environment Setup | SCRUM Slides |
Week 2
| Mon 10/7: | LECTURE Career Exposure Panel & Using Tech for Social Justice | Zoom Recording, Slides |
| Wed 10/9: | LECTURE Data Literacy & Computational Thinking + Learning Lab: CRUD Operations | Data Literacy Slides, Computational Thinking Slides, Cookbook Instructions, Cookbook Colab |
| Thurs 10/10 or Sat 10/12: | TIGER TEAM Social Justice Checklist | SCRUM Slides, Social Justice Colab |
Week 3
| Mon 10/14: | LECTURE Indigenous People's Day - NO LECTURE! | |
| Wed 10/16: | LECTURE Data Science and Pandas + Learning Lab: Introduction to Pandas | Kahoot, What is Data Science? Slides, Using Pandas for Data Science Slides, Learning Lab |
| Thurs 10/17 or Sat 10/19: | TIGER TEAM Data Analysis for Social Change | SCRUM Slides, Data Analysis for Social Change Colab |
Week 4
| Mon 10/21: | LECTURE Data Science Career Panel & Healthcare Technology | Zoom Recording, Healthcare and Technology Slides, Algorithmic Medicine Slides |
| Wed 10/23: | LECTURE Pandas Data Manipulation + Learning Lab: More Pandas & Visualization | More Pandas Data Manipulation Slides, Python Data Visualization Slides, Kahoot, Data Science in the Real World Slides, Learning Lab, Learning Lab Example Code |
| Thurs 10/24 or Sat 10/26: | TIGER TEAM McDonald's Menu Data Analysis | SCRUM Slides, McDonald's Menu Colab |
Week 5
| Mon 10/28: | LECTURE Identity Development & Digital Cookie Crumbs | Storytelling Slides, Digital Cookie Crumbs Slides |
| Wed 10/30: | LECTURE Command Line & Version Control + Learning Lab: CLI and Git | Understanding Your Work Environment Slides, Kahoot, Code Along: Terminus, Terminus Game Dictionary Colab, Code Along: Git Branching |
| Thurs 10/31 or Sat 11/2: | TIGER TEAM NO TIGER TEAMS! Happy Halloween! |
Week 6
| Mon 11/4: | LECTURE LinkedIn Workshop & Dangerous Minds | Workshop Recording + Slides, Dangerous Minds Slides |
| Wed 11/6: | LECTURE Machine Learning with Python + Learning Lab: Machine Learning | Machine Learning Algorithms Slides, Machine Learning with Python Slides, Code Along: Intro to Practicing Machine Learning, Learning Lab: Machine Learning, Learning Lab: Machine Learning Example Code |
| Thurs 11/7 or Sat 11/9: | TIGER TEAM Spotify Music Recommendations | SCRUM Slides, Spotify Music Recommendations Colab |
Week 7
| Mon 11/11: | LECTURE Veteran's Day! NO LECTURE! | |
| Wed 11/13: | LECTURE Large Language Models & Ethics in AI + Learning Lab: Comparing AI Tools | Kahoot, Artificial Intelligence Slides, AI Ethics and Bias Slides, Learning Lab: Comparing AI Tools |
| Thurs 11/14 or Sat 11/16: | TIGER TEAM Spotify Music Recommendations | SCRUM Slides |
Week 8
| Mon 11/18: | LECTURE Identity Development & Social Entrepreneurship | Workshop Zoom Recording, Social Entrepreneurship Slides |
| Wed 11/20: | LECTURE Catch Up | |
| Thurs 11/21 or Sat 11/23: | TIGER TEAM Catch Up | SCRUM Slides |
Week 9
| ASYNCHRONOUS - CHECK ASYNC TIGER TEAM SCHEDULE ABOVE | FINAL PROJECT Finding an Interesting Dataset | Final Project Guide, Final Project Example |
Week 10
| ASYNCHRONOUS - CHECK ASYNC TIGER TEAM SCHEDULE ABOVE | FINAL PROJECT Using Pandas for Chosen Data Exploration | Final Project Guide, Final Project Example |
Week 11
| ASYNCHRONOUS - CHECK ASYNC TIGER TEAM SCHEDULE ABOVE | FINAL PROJECT Using Python for Chosen Data Visualization | Final Project Guide, Final Project Example |
Week 12
| ASYNCHRONOUS - CHECK ASYNC TIGER TEAM SCHEDULE ABOVE | FINAL PROJECT Reporting Your Data Analysis | Final Project Guide, Final Project Example |
| Fri 12/20: | Happy Graduation! |