Welcome to the cyber ethics hackathon

Thanks for joining us today!

Today is not about you listening to a long lecture. It’s not about finding the right answer to a problem someone else came up with.

Today is about YOUR ideas and YOUR voice. You’ll use your creativity to identify and solve a real cyber problem affecting you and your community.

Before you go to the next page, let’s make sure you have the following:

  • All your teammates are signed onto your private team link and ready to go

  • Your parent or guardian has completed all the required paperwork from Kigumi Group

  • Optional: a teacher or parent is signed on to help you throughout the activity

Then scroll down to see a summary of what you’re going to do today and press the button after that to proceed to the next step.

Summary of Hackathon steps

Step 1

Craft your problem statement.

Step 2

Discuss with your team and decide what form your “solution” will take. Is it a single 3-5 min informational video describing the problem and raising awareness of the issue? Is it a series of shorter videos (TikTok style) that gives well-thought out, ethical solutions to the problem? Is it a Powerpoint-style training that you can give to your school counsellor to use?

Step 3

Decide on how your team is going to manage this project and roles & responsibilities.

Step 4

Draft a timeline for checking in with each other and work on that timeline. Reach out to your parent, designated teacher or info@kigumigroup.com with questions during this time.

Step 5 (optional)

You can choose to submit your project to be reviewed by Kigumi Group’s advisory panel of computer science professors and digital literacy experts to earn a Hackathon badge for your academic portfolio.