Welcome to Hack the Hood: Build!
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Welcome to the course website for Hack the Hood’s Build Program for Summer 2025 ☀️. We will be posting announcements, lecture slides, reminders, and additional resources here.
Lectures: Mondays and Thursdays (10:00 am-12:30 pm PT)
Learning Labs: Mondays (12:30pm-1:30pm PT)
Tiger Teams: Tuesday or Wednesday (10am-12pm, 1pm-3pm, 4-6pm PT)
Instructors: Anas Aly (anas@hackthehood.org) & Jovita Sofia Jiz de Ortega (jovita@hackthehood.org)
Week 4 Announcements
- RSVP for the field trip on July 17th at Workday
- Submit Monday lecture exit ticket, Chipotle Data Analysis
Reminders:
Tiger Team Schedule
| Tiger Team Color | Tiger Team Time |
| Red Tiger Team | Tuesdays 10am-12pm PT |
| Blue Tiger Team | Tuesdays 1pm-3pm PT |
| Purple Tiger Team | Tuesdays 4pm-6pm PT |
| Yellow Tiger Team | Wednesdays 10am-12pm PT |
| Green Tiger Team | Wednesdays 1pm-3pm PT |
| Orange Tiger Team | Wednesdays 4pm-6pm PT |
Week 1
| Monday 6/9: | LECTURE Launch Day & Cohort Logistics and Setup | Slides: Logistics & Setup + Slido |
| Wednesday 6/10 or Tuesday 6/11: | TIGER TEAM Meet Your Tiger Team and Environment Setup | 1: SCRUM Slides, 2: Environment Checkpoint |
| Thursday 6/12: | LECTUREDiscrepancies in Computer Science Education + Python Review | Kahoot, Discrepancies in CS Education, Superhero Battle Simulator |
Week 2
| Mon 6/16: | LECTURE Identity Development Workshop 1 of 2 + Using Technology for Social Justice | Slides, Kahoot |
| Tues 6/17 or Wed 6/18: | TIGER TEAM Social Justice Checklist | SCRUM Slides, Social Justice Colab |
| Thur 10/9: | LECTURE Juneteenth - NO LECTURE! |
Week 3
| Mon 6/23: | LECTURE Career Exposure Panel + Data Literacy and Computational Thinking | What is Data Literacy [slides] , Computational Thinking, Problem Solving and Programming [slides] , Alarm Clock Pseudo Code Activity [instructions] |
| Tues 6/24 or Wed 6/25: | TIGER TEAM Superhero Battle Simulator | SCRUM [slides], Superhero Battle Simulator [documentation] |
| Thur 6/26: | LECTURE Data Science + Data Driven Change | Kahoot, Data-Driven Change Advocacy [slides] , What is Data Science? [slides] |
Week 4
| Mon 6/30: | LECTURE Identity Dev Workshop 2 of 2 + Using Python for Data Science | Using Pandas for Data Science, Learning Lab: Chipotle Data Analysis, Data Science Methods Tutorial on GitHub |
| Tues 7/1 or Wed 7/2: | TIGER TEAM Data Analysis for Social Change | SCRUM [slides], Data Analysis for Social Change Colab |
| Thur 7/3: | LECTURE Technical Benevolence + Data Manipulation with Pandas | Kahoot, Technical Benevolece? [slides], More Pandas Data Manipulation [slides], Python Data Visualization [slides] |
Week 5
| Mon 7/7: | LECTURE New Relic Data Science Career Panel + Data Science Applications | Data Science in the Real World, Team Data Exploration Chipotle Data Analysis |
| Tues 7/8 or Wed 7/9: | TIGER TEAM Check Ins + COVID19 Data Analysis | SCRUM Slides, COVID19 Data Analysis |
| Thursday 7/10: | LECTURE Healthcare Technology + Pandas + Ethics in AI | Healthcare and Technology, Algorithmic Medicine |
Week 6
| Mon 7/14: | LECTURE Dangerous Minds + Machine Learning Code Along | Dangerous Minds Slides, Machine Learning Algorithms Slides, Machine Learning with Python Slides, Learning Lab: Simple Machine Learning |
| Tues 7/15 or Wed 7/16: | TIGER TEAM Understanding AI/LLM Limitations | Why AI Can't Spell Strawberry, SCRUM Slides |
| Thurs 7/17: | Company Tour + Mock Interviews |
Week 7
| Mon 7/21: | LECTURE Web Development + Digital Marketing Panel + Community Building | Artificial Intelligence Slides, Learning Lab: Bias in AI |
| Tues 7/22 or Wed 7/23: | TIGER TEAM Using GitHub as a Team | SCRUM Slides, Using GitHub as a Team Slides |
| Thurs 7/24: | LECTURE Social Media + the Egyptian Revolution + Terminal | Social Media and the Egyptian Revolution Slides, Understanding Your Work Environment Slides, Terminus Game |
Week 8
| Mon 7/28: | LECTURE Intersection of Health + Tech Career Panel + Check-Ins + Missing Activities | Instructors will meet with tiger team members individually for a check-in. Learners will also get a chance to catch up on missing activities. |
| Tues 7/29 or Wed 7/30: | TIGER TEAMCheck-Ins + Missing Activities | See above |
| Thurs 7/31: | LECTUREThe Economics of Minority-Owned Businesses | Economics of Minority-Owned Businesses Slides |
Week 9
| ASYNCHRONOUS - CHECK ASYNC TIGER TEAM SCHEDULE ABOVE | FINAL PROJECT Finding an Interesting Dataset | Final Project Guide, Final Project Example |
Week 10
| ASYNCHRONOUS - CHECK ASYNC TIGER TEAM SCHEDULE ABOVE | FINAL PROJECT Using Pandas for Chosen Data Exploration | Final Project Guide, Final Project Example |
Week 11
| ASYNCHRONOUS - CHECK ASYNC TIGER TEAM SCHEDULE ABOVE | FINAL PROJECT Using Python for Chosen Data Visualization | Final Project Guide, Final Project Example |
Week 12
| ASYNCHRONOUS - CHECK ASYNC TIGER TEAM SCHEDULE ABOVE | FINAL PROJECT Reporting Your Data Analysis | Final Project Guide, Final Project Example |
| Happy Graduation! |