Lesson 1Introduction

IMPROVING THE RATIO FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONTechnovation empowers girls to build the technology of the future

(not just use it)

Agenda

Topics Technovation Overview

Activities

• Meet your team• Introduction to Technovation• Visit the Technovation

Community • Registration• Review Student Workbook• Activity: Complete Tutorials• Next Week• Wrap-Up

Meet your team

• What is your name?• What school do you go to?• Why are you excited about Technovation?• Sample Icebreakers on next slide

Sample Icebreakers• Postcard halves: Allocate half the number of postcards as the total number of participants.

Cut each card in half using zig-zag scissors or making a zig-zig cut. Mix up the cards & distribute a half to each participant. Participants must then try to find their partner (the person whose card matches up with theirs). Each partner interviews the other; then, all participants present their partners to the rest of the group.

• Famous Person on your back: Put post-its or sticky notes with the name of a famous person written on the back of each participant. Ask participants to walk around and as they do, their fellow participants should try to act out or mime something which helps them to guess who they have on their back. When they do guess, they can interview the person who helped them figure it out. Then, all participants present their partners to the rest of the group.

• If I had a million Rupees: Ask participants to introduce themselves by giving their name, grade/standard in school, expectation for the challenge, how they would spend a million Rupees if they won such an amount. You can make a small bill and write "one million Rupees" and pass this around as a prop.

• Dream trip: Same as above, but instead of how they would spend the money, where would they go on their "Dream Trip".

• Deserted on an island: Ask participants to introduce themselves and as they do, tell their fellow participants what they would want to have with them if they were deserted on an island.

Technovation Introduction

http://youtu.be/2IV24SB32ag

Your Community

Develop a mobile app that solves a problem in your community.

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 platform

Final Deliverables

• 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)

World Pitch – San Francisco

Judging Criteria

Technovation Community

• Post a comment in the “introduce yourself!” forum: http://tinyurl.com/lxsez6l

• Introduce your team• Where you are from• Why you are excited about Technovation!• NOTE: you will need to create an account to

post for the first time.

Connect on Social Media• Technovation Facebook Page: http://tinyurl.com/modzevz • Technovation on Twitter: @Technovation

• WeTech Facebook Page: http://tinyurl.com/kccfm5m • WeTech on Twitter: @wetech_global• WeTech Technovation Facebook Group: http://

tinyurl.com/mmzjwed

WeTech is the program that is offering Technovation Challenge to the Bangalore teams

Registration

Before you begin, make sure you’ve fully registered:• Have your Consent Forms been signed and

uploaded? Upload them with your team registration form or email them to technovationchallenge@iridescentlearning.org.

• Have you completed your Team Registration form?• Have you filled out the Student Pre-Survey?

http://tinyurl.com/mhx6q4y

Student Workbook

Download Student Workbook for Session 1 through 6 at http://tinyurl.com/krztvey

Activity: Complete Tutorials

• TalkToMe Part 1: http://tinyurl.com/muk7f4a • TalkToMe Part 1: http://tinyurl.com/muk7f4a • BallBounce: http://tinyurl.com/muk7f4a • DigitalDoodle: http://tinyurl.com/muk7f4a • HelloPurr: http://tinyurl.com/l6r6ajj • PaintPot: http://tinyurl.com/kj84s5x • MoleMash: http://tinyurl.com/mzfv7sj • Magic8Ball: http://tinyurl.com/knnk4ms

Next Week

• Mobile app idea brainstorm• Finish any remaining beginner tutorials

Wrap-up

• Day and time of next meting• How will the team members keep in touch –

phone, emails, SMS, Facebook Group• Home assignments