The underlying premise for Technovation Challenge is to encourage and inspire adolescent girls to pursue interests (and ultimately careers) in technology fields. It does so by engaging girls’ teams in a competition – who doesn’t want to win? Teams of 3-5 (aged 10-18) work with a mentor to identify a community problem, create a mobile app to solve it, code the app, build a company to launch the app
in the market, and pitch their plan to experts -- all in 12 weeks. Indeed, it’s a rigorous process but an accelerated way for beginners to learn how to code. Girls will learn AppInventor, a leading app development tool. They’ll also be taught life skills such as how to identify a problem, design and test a solution, collaborate with a team, write a business plan, and communicate to different audiences. The process finishes up with teams pitching and submitting their ideas (through video) and participating in regional competitions. Ten regional winning teams will travel to San Francisco, CA and compete at the Technovation World Pitch event hosted in June. The winners of Technovation World Pitch will receive $10,000 in seed funding to develop and release their app in the market. While the primary target group is aged >18, another competitive level is also included - girls from ages >14 can compete in a similar fashion with a top prize of $10,000 USD. Besides this, the regional teams that will record a good performance can also get the sponsorship for the Sillicon Valley trip held in mid-July. So, if you are a pro-active, ambitious and not afraid of challenges person, you are more than welcome to join Technovation program either as a student, mentor, or ambassador. For more information, please visit the website here http://www.technovationchallenge.org/about/
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