Saturday10:30 AM-11:00 AM10 min demo + 50 min sprint

MVP Building

Get a rough first version live. Fast.

The point

Everyone leaves the Saturday sprint with a live URL. Students who finish ideation early may begin the same fast track as soon as they have a team.

Time blocks

3 sections · 30 min
  1. 0–5Live demo
  2. 5–25Make one thing
  3. 25–30Keep building

Facilitator cue sheet

Run this block

2 blocks · 60 min · 11 cues

Saturday · block 01

Vibe Coding 101 + MVP sprint

10:30 AM-11:00 AM · Lead: Workshop Guide

30 minutes

Timebox

0 → 30 min
  1. 0–5Live demoBuild badly on purpose, recover once and publish something small.
  2. 5–25Make one thingStudents build the smallest page or form a stranger can react to; mentors remove setup stalls.
  3. 10Mentor checkFind students stuck on setup, spelling or a blank prompt; get one visible result on screen.
  4. 20Room callTen minutes remain: everyone should have something visible on screen.
  5. 25–30Keep buildingConfirm every student has something visible, then move into the supported build block.Finish check: Something tangible · Build opened · Next step clear
  6. 25Room callFive minutes: save the current version and prepare to keep building.
  7. Any timeCall it outFirst live URL: Show it briefly, award the first-launch patch and praise the speed of shipping.

Say this

“Make one thing a stranger can open and react to. Rough is fine. Get it live before the hour is up.”

Finish line

Every student has something visible and a clear next build step.

If late: Cut the demo explanation. Protect hands-on building.

Saturday · 11:00 AM-11:30 AMWork block · MVP build↓

Lead: Mentors

Timebox

0 → 30 min
  1. 0–20Build with supportStudents keep building while mentors clear tooling stalls and reduce scope.
  2. 10Mentor checkIdentify every student without a working page and assign one mentor through publication.
  3. 20–30Publish and collectStop adding features, publish the simplest working version and submit every URL.Finish check: Live or shareable URL · URL collected
  4. 20Room callTen minutes remain: stop adding features and publish.
  5. 25Room callFive minutes: submit every live URL through the Wall of URLs path.

Say this

“Keep building. By 11:30, I need a link or the simplest working fallback from every team.”

Finish line

Every student submits a live URL or the simplest tangible fallback.

If late: Cut design and extra features. Protect publication and URL collection.

The deck · 5 slides

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Speaker notes

Slide 1

0:00Open the block · this sprint is about tangibility

  • The job now, beyond the idea, is something they can hold up.
  • A student with a live link has something real to test in the next block.
  • One hour. Set the clock in front of them so the bar reads as low.
1In the roomCallouts
Building the real thing
"Nope. What's the fake version? What can you fake and still learn something?"
Stuck 20 min on one bug
"Delete it and re-prompt. Don't debug, redirect."
Perfecting fonts
"Is it live? Then stop. Ugly ships now; the offer block improves it next."
Blocked on tech after trying the first fix
Escalate. Ambassador for 13 and under, staff for 14+.
Way ahead
Let them run. Chicago retro: kids who are ready to rip shouldn't be held to the programming. Give them the Module 3 material early.
A kid is building a login screen
Stop them. Nobody needs auth in this sprint. One page that explains the thing and captures an email.
No URL at the 45-minute sweep
Mentor sits with them for the rest of the block. This is the one hard gate of the sprint.
A physical-product kid says this doesn't apply
Google Form, three fields, live in four minutes. It can take a real order today.
  • Ops: shadow accounts pre-created. Both retros flagged account setup friction as a top time-waster. [Open: who owns shadow account provisioning per city?]
  • Feedback in this sprint is binary: is it live. Nothing about quality, copy, or design.
  • Praise shipping speed publicly. Name the first kid with a live link to the room.
  • Save substantive critique for the Module 3 teardown, where it has structure around it.