This template contains additional organiser resources (such as branding material) that are hidden from this page but accessible to you once you get your application approved and become an admin for a duplicate of this page.
Kids Hack Day is a series of global, creative and free-of-charge tech events for kids and families. Below is a video from the worlds first Kids Hack Day event that took place in Stockholm, end of august, 2013.
Some more practical info about the venue and the event, how to get there etc.
Note to organizer: When you have finished adding your event details and modifying this template to fit your local context please book a Review Meeting with Carl and your event will be hosted on your own subdomain (that Carl will set-up for you and connect your event page to): yourcityname.kidshackday.com
Bring your own Android Tablet or Laptop if you want to participate in the programming station.
Note to organizer: We recommend you design your event based on material from www.strawbees.com who is our main partner and whose Coding & Robotics kit was developed by the Kids Hack Day Global team. You are more than welcome to complement with or use other material e.g. material you already have. Materials provided (recommended): We will have tape, glue, paper, pens, cardboard and straws for building and designing.
Note to organizer: The event will have different stations that attendees can explore freely. This is the standard event design that is recommended. Below are all the different stations we recommend to include. You are more than welcome to experiment with the format. Bare in mind that if you want to include moderated workshops this will require more staff and more planning from your side.
Example event with this set-up
Station 1: Welcoming & registration
Station 2: Free building & crafts (+ intro to Strawbees material)
Station 3: Robot race (intro to Quirkbot material)
Station 4: Programming (program your robot, requires laptop)
Station 5+ ADD AS MANY MORE STATIONS AS YOU WANT. It's always good if there is a connection between the stations. For example, if you add a 3D printing station you could focus on printing personalized eyes and feet for your robot. See eyes and feet in this video as example.
Contact details of [LOCAL KHD ORGANIZER / ORGANIZATION HERE]
*Template based on events organized by Kids Hack Day Kuala Lumpur team. Many thanks to all of you!
Below video gives you a glimpse of what you can do with some of our material that we will be working with during the event.
For venues it's important that your venue is public and free to enter. We recommend Public Libraries, Civic-, Youth- and/or Culture-Centers as well as Science Centers if they can arrange free entrance for your attendees. Vocational Schools focused on experiential learning or informal public learning spaces such as Fablabs are also great venue collaborators as these will most likely also help you find volunteers + machines (such as 3D printers and laser cutters) for your event. There are also many examples of Fablabs that are located in Public Libraries and since Fablabs are present all over the world we recommend you start by checking if there is one in your city by looking at this map.
As we have a close partnership with Strawbees we can offer all Kids Hack Day organizers discounts on Strawbees products. Please contact us for more info on hello@kidshackday.com
Awesome Foundation is a global network of locally run foundations who give out no-strings attached donation to awesome projects around the world. You apply for a fixed amount of $1000 at a time, which is normally enough to cover costs for basic crafts & branding material + food and/or snacks.
Apply below if your city is listed as a chapter. If it's not perhaps you could start a chapter yourself?
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