Technovation Online


TECHNOVATION ONLINE
JANUARY 16 TO APRIL 22
with support from CWIT
and Technovation Girls' partner Shopify
SUPER SESSION INFO (MAR 2023)

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

First things first!

Before joining us, we have some requests!

Have paper and pens at the ready for the first session, that’s it!

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 LINK FOR TECHNOVATION

Research Surveys

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

Whistleblower 2.0

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:

MIT App Inventor is an intuitive, visual programming environment that allows everyone – 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

Global Judging Process

Important Dates for the Season

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS APRIL 18 BY MIDNIGHT
April 29: Technovation Girls Ireland Celebration Event at Microsoft DreamSpace
April 30 – May 25: Round 1 Online Judging.
June 2: Technovation will announce semifinalists via email.
June 2 – June 16: Round 2 Semifinal Online Judging.
Late June/Early July: Competition results released recognizing 12 finalists teams and 10 Regional Winners. Teams will be able to access their scores and certificates at this time.
August: Technovation World Summit, where we celebrate the hard work of teams across the world!

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 of €1,000. 

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:

Kaye, Studied Computer Science at NCI and is now working on her design portfolio. When not balancing being a student, big sister, Coder Dojo mentor and part-time employee at Zero Latency, I like gaming. My first Teen-Turn activity? I made an insomnia app for Technovation in 2018.

Dahab, Studying Business Computing in TUD. Currently doing 2nd year work placement with SAP as a software engineer. Other than college and working, I take side courses for coding languages. My first Teen-Turn activity ? I joined the Coder Dojo at Twitter HQ and made my first website in 2017.

Sarah, Graduate of DCU in Law. Currently Teen-Turn’s Research & Digital Citizen Activities Assistant. I am an avid photographer and singer as well as a committed free legal clinic contributor. My first Teen-Turn activity? A summer internship with WorkHuman in 2016.

Athaliah, Studying Pharmacology & Data Analytics in UCD. I love connecting with people through science, entrepreneurship and my faith. My hobbies include reading scifi, cooking and dancing to Tiktok. My first Teen-Turn activity? A summer internship with Rockall Technologies in 2018.

Schedule

Session	Week Beginning	Break	Topic
1	16-Jan		Ideation
2	23-Jan		Design Thinking
3	30-Jan		Market Research
4	6-Feb		Business Models
5	13-Feb	Mid-Term (Bootcamp-Optional)	App Development
6	20-Feb		App Development
7	27-Feb		Prototyping
8	6-Mar		Marketing Plans
9	13-Mar		Business Plans
10	20-Mar		Demo-ing
11	27-Mar		Pitching
	3-Apr	Easter Week
12	10-Apr	School Break (Optional)	Filming
	18-Apr	Deadline 5pm PDT	Submission!