Course Materials

Access all Technovation course materials here.

Welcome to Technovation Challenge 2013!

We are excited that you are participating in our 12-week course, which will prepare your team to submit an original app along with video pitch and business plan. Whether you are new to programming completely or a returning Technovation alum, we are excited to embark on this journey with you.

The 12-week course starts the week of January 21. We suggest you plan for about four hours per lesson, but you are welcome to complete the course with your teams at your own pace. All deliverables are due on April 13th, 5 pm PST.

In this section, we posted all the printable course materials for the Spring course. Each week's PowerPoint presentation will be posted on the task of its corresponding week. If your team did not complete Hack Day (App Inventor training) yet, you can access the tutorial instructions, questions, and PPT slides from Hack Day here.

Student Course Materials
Print one copy for each student.

Mentor Course Materials

Please print this Mentor Lesson Guide as well as the documents listed above. We recommend you read the first 5 pages of the Mentor Lesson Guide before teaching your first lesson. You can also access the tutorial answers, which are posted in the mentor course.

Mentors, please watch our Mentor Training Video which will help you learn how to effectively manage your Technovation team. Share your thoughts in the comments section of the mentor course.

Mentors and teachers will also receive an answer guide to the tutorials via email. Let us know if you have not received it, and we'll send you a copy.

Check for Updates

As we receive feedback about the course, we may need to update the course materials. Please check below (before printing) whether you have the most up-to-date versions of the curriculum.

Curriculum last updated on: 1/22/13

OTHER LANGUAGES

Our Technovation fellow, Emilie Robert Wong, is currently working on translating all of our curriculum into French. Here are the tutorial instructions that she translated. Are you interested in helping us translate our materials into other languages? Post a comment below!

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Task Discussion

Nightingale said:

We should translate it to Spanish as well, especially since it's a widely-used language. I would not hesitate to help out, what do you think?

on March 18, 2013, 10:51 a.m.

annalise said:

Nightingale,

We'd love to have your help with that! Thank you so much for offering. Can you email me at annalise@iridescentlearning.org and we can talk further?

Thanks again,

AnnaLise

on March 19, 2013, 4:05 p.m. in reply to Nightingale
Sara Spiegel said:

Although we are not up to our pitch, we (the teachers) would like to know an outline of the pitch and maybe some suggested types of footage

Thanks,

Sara Spiegel

on Feb. 28, 2013, 7:29 a.m.

JennaB said:

Hi Sara,

Thanks for the question!

There is no specified outline for the 4-minute video pitch. What is most important is content and the message the girls get out regarding their app. The order of the pitch depends on how the team would like to present their information. Some teams are choosing to pitch their apps live in front of an audience and record video while others may choose to shoot and edit.

Below are some examples from winning teams over the years:

IOU pitch - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taGCgqN6m8I&feature=youtu.be

Sample questioning from judges - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEHM6FapobI

Examples of past apps with descriptions and teams - http://iridescentlearning.org/technovation-challenge/app-quilt/

NYC 2012 “Oink Oink Operation” 2nd place winning app pitch - http://youtu.be/w8Dh0TyzC8s

I like these articles on putting together pitches:

http://www.reoverthinking.com/2012/01/2012-example-investor-pitch-deck-and-discussion/

http://www.businessinsider.com/interview-with-daymond-john-shark-tank-2012-10

Thanks,

Jenna

on Feb. 28, 2013, 8:46 p.m. in reply to Sara Spiegel
Nada said:

All Appinventor examples/resources in the book (Appinventor : create your own app)

http://examples.oreilly.com/0636920016632/

Bests,

Nada

on Feb. 7, 2013, 4:20 a.m.

chinmauche said:

Thank you, Nada.

on Feb. 7, 2013, 5:45 a.m. in reply to Nada

JennaB said:

Thanks Nada!

on Feb. 7, 2013, 3:41 p.m. in reply to chinmauche
Emma Barker said:

I see that you already have someone working on translating these materials into French, but if you needed additional help I would be happy to offer my services. I have a BA in French and studied the language for a total of 9 years.

on Jan. 29, 2013, 5:32 p.m.

annalise said:

Thank you, Emma! I really appreciate your willingness to help, and I'd love to talk with you more about this. I'll contact you offline to discuss further :)

AnnaLise

on Jan. 29, 2013, 11:53 p.m. in reply to Emma Barker