EXCELathon 2020
is a hackathon created for Little Rock School District EXCEL students.The EXCEL Teacher Cadets partnered with Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority to create this all-day educational event intended to immerse students in
creative collaborative problem-solving.
What Is a Hackathon?
EXCEL students work in teams to tackle a real problem Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority is currently facing.
Teams...
- IMMERSE themselves in the problem to unpack and understand the complexities,
- IDEATE to generate innovative solutions,
- PITCH their ideas to panels of EXCEL-erators. EXCEL-erators give students feedback to push their thinking and select top ideas.
EXCEL students...
- HAVE FUN,
- COLLABORATE with peers and professional mentors,
- THINK critically and creatively to
- DESIGN solutions, and
- CREATE presentations to
- PITCH their ideas.
