Technovation Online


TECHNOVATION ONLINE
JANUARY 19 TO APRIL 24
with volunteers 
from 20 CWIT companies
and Oracle

Teen-Turn is hosting Technovation activities nationwide! 
Develop a social enterprise by creating a business plan and building 
an app that addresses a challenge facing your community.

Research Surveys:

Find below links to surveys to help out your fellow participants undertake market research!

Bus App

ConnecTEEN

Legitly 

Frequency App for Focus and Calm

Bear with Me

"Blister Pack" Survey

Anti-procrastination app

CoacHer 

Survey for Grief&Me

Luma- The Confidence-Boosting App 

Time Management 

NyoUO

Info! We will share the slides & information from the sessions (content
we draw from Technovation Girls, simplified for a virtual space) in the dropbox folder link below.

DROPBOX LEARNING MATERIALS FOR TECHNOVATION

Technovation Girls:

Technovation Girls equips young women (ages 8-18) to become tech entrepreneurs and leaders. With the support of volunteer mentors and parents, girls work in teams to code mobile apps that address real-world problems.

40+ hours of materials here https://technovationchallenge.org/curriculum-intro

App Inventor:

For complete beginners, we support the use of MIT App Inventor. It is an intuitive, visual programming environment that allows everyone FOR FREE – even children – to build fully functional apps for Android and iOS smartphones and tablets.

Open App Inventor here http://ai2.appinventor.mit.edu/

Android Companion App here http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/ai2/setup-device-wifi.html

No Android? Use Emulator here http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/ai2/setup-emulator.html

Tutorials http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/ai2/tutorials.html

Create a simple game here http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/ai2/space-invaders.html

Example of an App Inventor Project here https://vimeo.com/266139209

Combining two App Inventor Projects AIMerger-Documentation-AI2

With special thanks to a Microsoft Giving Campaign volunteering day, 
we were provided a team of software engineers whose expertise delivered 
Thunkable and App Inventor tutorials to address common project challenges 
facing early app developers in our programming. 

These included bar code scanning, text-to-speech, maps, and database 
functions. See micro-site here.

Java for Android, React Native and Swift (including Swift Playgrounds)

For those who have completed at least one functioning app on App Inventor, we support pursuing further app development learning on the above.

Global Judging Process

Important Dates for the Season

12 weeks to submission: January 26, 2026
This is the latest we recommend starting the program
Registration Deadline (Students and Mentors): March 18, 2026 at 23:59 UTC.
The last day to formally register a team
Submission Deadline: April 20, 2026 at 5pm PDT
Quarterfinals (Judging Round 1): April 23 – May 18, 2026
Semifinalists announced: May 26, 2026
Semifinals (Judging Round 2): May 27 – June 10, 2026
Virtual Celebration and Finalists & Regional Winners Announcement: June 2026
World Summit: October 2026

And of course it will be fun! In fact, Teen-Turn participants will have
their own celebration event themselves at the end of the season
with cool prizes like Beats, Laptops and a Grand Prize. 

As for the global competition, if you want to learn more, they even made 
a movie about it -- see below!

Who is CWIT? Connecting Women in Technology is a network of Irish based technology companies who all share a common goal to support the development of women in the technology industry. Founded by Accenture, Dell and Microsoft in 2011, the network today spans 20 leading multinational technology companies, who all collaborate to attract, promote and encourage women in STEM careers.

Your Teen-Turn Hosts & Alum Lead Mentors:

Schedule

Session	Week of Wednesday		Topic
	14-Jan		Registration
Session 1	21-Jan		Ideation
Session 2	28-Jan		Design Thinking
Session 3	4-Feb		Market Research
Session 4	11-Feb		Business Models
	16-Feb-20-Feb	MIDTERM Bootcamp	App Development
Session 5	25-Feb		Prototyping
Session 6	4-Mar		App Development 1
Session 7	11-Mar		App Development 2
Session 8	18-Mar		Project Management Review
Session 9	25-Mar		Market & Business Plans
Session 10	30 Mar-10 Apr	School Break	self directed work
Session 11	15-Apr		Final Presentation of Projects with Filming
	20-Apr	Submission Deadline
Session 12	22-Apr		Pitching & Demo-ing
	25-Apr	Regional Pitch Event (RPE)	AMD