Startup Weekend Seattle Edu http://seattleedu.startupweekend.org Sun, 04 Nov 2012 23:21:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 300 seconds to share your idea http://seattleedu.startupweekend.org/2012/11/04/300-seconds-to-share-your-idea/ http://seattleedu.startupweekend.org/2012/11/04/300-seconds-to-share-your-idea/#comments Sun, 04 Nov 2012 23:21:33 +0000 stevesiden http://seattleedu.startupweekend.org/?p=352 It’s been a few weeks since Startup Weekend Seattle EDU has came and gone like a whirlwind, and  we have some more updates for you!

FlipTheMedia did a write-up here, as well as video recordings of the final presentations. [Available on their Livestream, beginning here around 2:35.] Look for more content from them here soon.

Lindsey and Steve run the Seattle EdTech Meetup group, and would love for you all to join to continue the conversation for more than just a weekend!

If you’d like to share your team’s final presentations, feel free to email us at seattleedu@startupweekend.org for inclusion in our list below!

Study Sesh: http://prezi.com/fs6sa9hai4s9/study-sesh/

]]> http://seattleedu.startupweekend.org/2012/11/04/300-seconds-to-share-your-idea/feed/ 0 Announcing the 6th annual Amazon Web Services (AWS) Global Start-Up Challenge! http://seattleedu.startupweekend.org/2012/10/21/announcing-the-6th-annual-amazon-web-services-aws-global-start-up-challenge/ http://seattleedu.startupweekend.org/2012/10/21/announcing-the-6th-annual-amazon-web-services-aws-global-start-up-challenge/#comments Sun, 21 Oct 2012 04:53:53 +0000 stevesiden http://seattleedu.startupweekend.org/?p=348 Big news for our Startup Weekend participants!  We’re excited to announce that the 6th annual Amazon Web Services (AWS) Global Start-Up Challenge is now accepting entries from around the world through November 9, 2012. This contest is a way for promising start-ups to get noticed and compete for an opportunity to win some great rewards.

This year’s challenge offers big prizes, including 4 grand prizes of $100K in combined cash and credits, VC introductions, global PR, and more. If your project this weekend is built using AWS, we want you to apply!

This year, we will announce one Grand Prize winner in each of the following categories:

1. Big Data & High Performance Computing;
2. Gaming;
3. Consumer Applications;
4. Business Applications.

The winners will be announced at the final pitch event, taking place in San Francisco on January 24, 2013.

The contest entry period ends on November 9, 2012. For other contest related inquiries and questions, feel free to email awsstartups@amazon.com. More information including the Official Rules can be found on the AWS Website.

 

]]> http://seattleedu.startupweekend.org/2012/10/21/announcing-the-6th-annual-amazon-web-services-aws-global-start-up-challenge/feed/ 0 Special Prize for “Application of Gaming in Education”! http://seattleedu.startupweekend.org/2012/10/18/special-prize-for-application-of-gaming-in-education/ http://seattleedu.startupweekend.org/2012/10/18/special-prize-for-application-of-gaming-in-education/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:08:02 +0000 lindseyown http://seattleedu.startupweekend.org/?p=335 We have an exciting last-minute addition to Seattle Startup Weekend EDU 2012!  Awesome math teacher Lisa Castaneda will be joining us as a special judge for an “Applications of Gaming in Education” prize!  Lisa uses gaming in engaging, innovative, and learning objective-focused ways in her middle grades math classes, and is excited to see what ideas for technology applications – especially gaming-driven solutions – that Startup Weekend EDU participants bring to the table!
We still have room for both developers and designers.  Join us this weekend to innovate technology in education!
]]> http://seattleedu.startupweekend.org/2012/10/18/special-prize-for-application-of-gaming-in-education/feed/ 0 Meet the Seattle Startup Weekend EDU 2012 judges! http://seattleedu.startupweekend.org/2012/10/17/meet-the-seattle-startup-weekend-edu-2012-judges/ http://seattleedu.startupweekend.org/2012/10/17/meet-the-seattle-startup-weekend-edu-2012-judges/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:25:13 +0000 lindseyown http://seattleedu.startupweekend.org/?p=323 I have three amazing judges to tell you about, and you can find their formal bios at http://seattleedu.startupweekend.org/ !

Frank Catalano is a veteran of education and consumer technologies, and posts a mean tweet at @FrankCatalano. I started following Frank on twitter even before I got involved with Startup Weekend EDU, and he has an amazing sense of what education needs from technology right now.

Teri Hein is the executive director of 826Seattle, the PacNW branch of 826 National, an incredibly innovative writing, publishing, and tutoring organization. I’ve been slightly obsessed with the 826 organization since I first started reading their “Best American Non-Required Reading” series in about 2005. Teri Hein is going to bring that amazing and creative consideration of education to our Startup Weekend EDU!

Finally, we have a super-secret surprise judge, who’s staying on the down-low until after a surprise arrival in Seattle to visit some special friends. What I CAN tell you is: This awesome person is coming from the Department of Education headquarters in DC and will be bringing some amazing federal-level tools and needs to the big event! Open data to share, federal-level tech needs, awesome experience in both entrepreneurship AND education?

These judges are going to help you take your edtech solution to a higher level, and support us all in innovating educational technology for better outcomes for our kids!

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