TNT-Free Basics Developer Challenge
Mobile Web and Content Developers! Create great local mobile websites for Free Basics to help your local communities and win cash prizes and gadgets! Join the TNT-Free Basics Developer Challenge, a competition open to all mobile web developers in the Philippines. Presented by TNT, in collaboration with Free Basics by Facebook, and organized by SMART DevNet.
Here’s where you can use your talents to help out your country, and win prizes while doing it!
Here’s what you need to do.
1. Come up with great web ideas related to education, health and disaster preparedness. Now imagine turning these ideas into mobile websites and spread knowledge by making them available to the public with zero data charges. You may refer below for more information on the challenge and the process on joining the online competition.
2. Form a web development team for the project or you can go solo. Typically this means you’ll need a developer, a content writer/editor, a UI designer, a visionary. Here’s a link to basic technical guidelines for Internet.org for developers: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/internet-org/platform-technical-guidelines
3. Attend our PRE-EVENT on July 20, 2016, 6-9pm (Philippine Standard Time) at Plaza Cafe, 121 Paseo De Roxas, Legaspi Village, Makati to learn more about Internet.org, developing for the platform, and know more about the challenges by listening to agriculture and eco-tourism resource experts. Pre-event details: http://bit.ly/preeventtntmobilewebdev
4. Top projects will be chosen to come back on Pitch Day to DEMO the finished mobile sites to a panel of distinguished judges. 5 projects will be chosen, and each winning team will get:
• PHP 10,000 in cash & a trip to Facebook Singapore
• Prizes and Swag from TNT, Free Basics, and Facebook
• 80,000 USD worth of FBSTART STARTUP PACKAGE
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HOW TO JOIN
1. Register as an individual or form a team of 2-5 members. Complete the registration form via https://tntfreebasicsdeveloperchallenge2016.eventbrite.com. Don’t forget to submit your team name, team members and contact details.
2. Once you've registered, you can already start coding!
3. Once done, submit your entry to http://bit.ly/tntfreebasicsdevchallengesubmitentry. All entries must be submitted by 11:59 PM, August 19, 2016.
4. On August 26, 2016, we’ll reveal the Top chosen teams or individuals who will join us on the PITCH DAY.
5. If you are part of the chosen finalists, we will see you at September 9, 2016 (venue to be announced) for the Live Pitch and Q&A!
CHALLENGES:
EDUCATION
Build a website that will raise awareness, innovate and strengthen the educational sector.
Sample use cases: See the projects at: http://www.hackathon.io/game13/projects
Here are some recommended use cases from DepEd:
- Solutions to help parents to be more engaged in their children's education
- Alternative Learning Sytems (ALS) and Distance learning Innovations
- Special Education
- Assistive Technologies
- Solutions to help students and teachers get and share more resources
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
Build a website that will raise awareness, innovate and strengthen disaster-preparedness-centric communities.
Sample use cases: See the projects at: http://www.hackathon.io/readysaster/projects
Here are some recommended use cases from Project NOAH:
- Effective communication of Disaster Preparedness Terminologies
- Innovations for Effective Communication during an actual disaster
- Solutions to identify areas that need help and supply during disasters
HEALTH
Build a website that will raise awareness, innovate and strengthen health-centric communities.
Sample use cases: See the projects at: http://www.hackathon.io/thinkopenhealth-hackathon/projects
Here are some use cases from DOH. The DOH suggested creating websites targetting the following areas:
- Nutrition
- Body Image
- Smoking
- Drug Use
- Mental Health
- Physical Violence
- Sexuality and Reproductive Health
- HIV and AIDS
- Healthcare for Migrant Workers and Travlers
CRITERIA
| NAME | DETAILS | WEIGHT |
| TECHNICAL APPLICATION |
Must follow the technical requirements for inclusion in Internet.org found at: -https://developers.facebook.com/docs/internet-org/participation-guidelines -https://developers.facebook.com/docs/internet-org/platform-technical-guidelines |
30% |
| RELEVANCE | The relevance of the project’s content to the selected target community. | 40% |
| USER EXPERIENCE | Usability of mobile website, considering both feature phone and smart phone users | 30% |
ELIGIBILITY
1. Open to developers 16 years old and above
2. The challenge is open to individuals or teams with 2 to 5 members.
2. The project entry should not have been entered into a similar activity nor released in public prior to the related competition.
Mobile Web and Content Developers! Create great local mobile websites for Free Basics to help your local communities and win cash prizes and gadgets! Join the TNT-Free Basics Developer Challenge, a competition open to all mobile web developers in the Philippines. Presented by TNT, in collaboration with Free Basics by Facebook, and organized by SMART DevNet.
Here’s where you can use your talents to help out your country, and win prizes while doing it!
Here’s what you need to do.
1. Come up with great web ideas related to education, health and disaster preparedness. Now imagine turning these ideas into mobile websites and spread knowledge by making them available to the public with zero data charges. You may refer below for more information on the challenge and the process on joining the online competition.
2. Form a web development team for the project or you can go solo. Typically this means you’ll need a developer, a content writer/editor, a UI designer, a visionary. Here’s a link to basic technical guidelines for Internet.org for developers: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/internet-org/platform-technical-guidelines
3. Attend our PRE-EVENT on July 20, 2016, 6-9pm (Philippine Standard Time) at Plaza Cafe, 121 Paseo De Roxas, Legaspi Village, Makati to learn more about Internet.org, developing for the platform, and know more about the challenges by listening to agriculture and eco-tourism resource experts. Pre-event details: http://bit.ly/preeventtntmobilewebdev
4. Top projects will be chosen to come back on Pitch Day to DEMO the finished mobile sites to a panel of distinguished judges. 5 projects will be chosen, and each winning team will get:
• PHP 10,000 in cash & a trip to Facebook Singapore
• Prizes and Swag from TNT, Free Basics, and Facebook
• 80,000 USD worth of FBSTART STARTUP PACKAGE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HOW TO JOIN
1. Register as an individual or form a team of 2-5 members. Complete the registration form via https://tntfreebasicsdeveloperchallenge2016.eventbrite.com. Don’t forget to submit your team name, team members and contact details.
2. Once you've registered, you can already start coding!
3. Once done, submit your entry to http://bit.ly/tntfreebasicsdevchallengesubmitentry. All entries must be submitted by 11:59 PM, August 19, 2016.
4. On August 26, 2016, we’ll reveal the Top chosen teams or individuals who will join us on the PITCH DAY.
5. If you are part of the chosen finalists, we will see you at September 9, 2016 (venue to be announced) for the Live Pitch and Q&A!
CHALLENGES:
EDUCATION
Build a website that will raise awareness, innovate and strengthen the educational sector.
Sample use cases: See the projects at: http://www.hackathon.io/game13/projects
Here are some recommended use cases from DepEd:
- Solutions to help parents to be more engaged in their children's education
- Alternative Learning Sytems (ALS) and Distance learning Innovations
- Special Education
- Assistive Technologies
- Solutions to help students and teachers get and share more resources
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
Build a website that will raise awareness, innovate and strengthen disaster-preparedness-centric communities.
Sample use cases: See the projects at: http://www.hackathon.io/readysaster/projects
Here are some recommended use cases from Project NOAH:
- Effective communication of Disaster Preparedness Terminologies
- Innovations for Effective Communication during an actual disaster
- Solutions to identify areas that need help and supply during disasters
HEALTH
Build a website that will raise awareness, innovate and strengthen health-centric communities.
Sample use cases: See the projects at: http://www.hackathon.io/thinkopenhealth-hackathon/projects
Here are some use cases from DOH. The DOH suggested creating websites targetting the following areas:
- Nutrition
- Body Image
- Smoking
- Drug Use
- Mental Health
- Physical Violence
- Sexuality and Reproductive Health
- HIV and AIDS
- Healthcare for Migrant Workers and Travlers
CRITERIA
| NAME | DETAILS | WEIGHT |
| TECHNICAL APPLICATION |
Must follow the technical requirements for inclusion in Internet.org found at: -https://developers.facebook.com/docs/internet-org/participation-guidelines -https://developers.facebook.com/docs/internet-org/platform-technical-guidelines |
30% |
| RELEVANCE | The relevance of the project’s content to the selected target community. | 40% |
| USER EXPERIENCE | Usability of mobile website, considering both feature phone and smart phone users | 30% |
ELIGIBILITY
1. Open to developers 16 years old and above
2. The challenge is open to individuals or teams with 2 to 5 members.
2. The project entry should not have been entered into a similar activity nor released in public prior to the related competition.