Lesson 1
Introduction
Agenda
Topics
Technovation Overview
Activities
Review Student Workbook
Finish AI2 Tutorials
Visit the Technovation
Community and introduce
yourself!
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Meet your mentor
What is your name?
What school do you go to (or what company
do you work for)?
Why are you excited about Technovation?
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IMPROVING THE RATIO FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
Technovation empowers girls to build the technology of the future
(not just use it)
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Technovation Intro
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Your Community
Develop a mobile app that solves a problem
in your community.
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Technovation Curriculum
Every team needs their Gmail account and
register as an official Technovation team.
Use your Gmail account to create apps in the
MIT App Inventor pltaform
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Lesson Routine
3:00
5:00
5:15
5:30
7:00
Revisit an app tutorial independently
Mentor arrives
Mini-lecture from mentor
Work in teams with mentor
Session ends and review next steps
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Final Deliverables
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App source code
4-minute pitch video
4-minute app demo video
Business plan (in PDF format)
100-word app description
Presentation slide deck (use PPT if
possible)
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World Pitch – San
Francisco
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Activity: Judging Criteria
To win a competition you must know what you
are being judged on!
Find a copy of the judging criteria in
your Student Workbook
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Activity: Technovation
Community
PLEASE POST A COMMENT IN THE “Introduce
yourself!” forum.
• introduce your team
• tell us where you are from
• tell us why you are excited about
Technovation!
• NOTE: you will need to create an account to
post for the first time.
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Activity: Complete Tutorials
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TalkToMe Part 1 and 2
BallBounce
DigitalDoodle
HelloPurr
PaintPot
MoleMash
Magic8Ball
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Next Week
• Mobile app idea brainstorm
• Finish any remaining beginner tutorials
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