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AI Amplified

A Conversation on Coding

By:

Chelsea Kowalski

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with Aiden Mackey, Callum Penney, and Tanner Big Canoe - In May 2023, Pinnguaq hosted the first-ever Kawartha Lakes Hackathon: Code the Future of Voice Technology for high school students.

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In teams of two, 12 students competed at the Lindsay Makerspace over two-and-a-half days of intense learning, hacking, and presentation. For this hackathon, the goal was to come up with an idea for a new Alexa skill and code it using the beginner-friendly MIT App Inventor platform. Every participant left with an Alexa to continue their coding initiatives post-hackathon.

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