Technovation Challenge Spring 2013 (12 weeks)

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Mentor Meetups


Use this space to organize mentor meetups and G+ hangouts.

Mentors, use this space to post information about Technovation events in your area.

Would you like to meet the other mentors in your region? Post here to coordinate a meet-up. 

Having trouble with a particular issue in your group? Schedule a G+ Hangout for mentors around the world to discuss and brainstorm solutions.

We will post info about events we are organizing as well, but please use this space to get to know each other, organize events, and get connected.

Here are the maps of registrants so you can find others in your area:

Mentor map 

Teacher map

Here are links to the Technovation Challenge Twitter, Linkedin Group, Facebook page, and Tumblr.

Task Discussion


  • JennaB said:

     

     

    NOT in NYC?

    Join us VIRTUALLY with NYTechWomen this Saturday 4/6 April at 12pm EST via G+ RSVP and get feedback on your app! 

    Sign up here: bit.ly/10aOWwV

    Looking forward to hearing about the apps that everyone has been working so hard on!

    -Jenna

    on April 3, 2013, 11:48 a.m.

  • JennaB said:

     

    Greetings Mentors, Teachers and Teams!

    I will be hosting a G+ Hangout this Friday 3/1 at 5pm EST.

    Anyone is free to join our informal chat where we can exchange experiences regarding Technovation Challenge thus far.

    The link to the hangout will be posted on this thread 20min before we will start. If you are interested just click and join. If you have any questions post on this thread!


    Thanks,

    Jenna

    on Feb. 26, 2013, 7:28 p.m.

    JennaB said:

    https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/cc0025637d470105097a24f944ac96bed8588981?authuser=0&hl=en

    on March 1, 2013, 4:47 p.m. in reply to JennaB

  • JennaB said:

     

    Greetings Mentors, Teachers and Teams!

    I will be hosting a G+ Hangout this Friday 2/22 at 5pm EST.

    Anyone is free to join our informal chat where we can exchange experiences regarding Technovation Challenge thus far.

    The link to the hangout will be posted on this thread 20min before we will start. If you are interested just click and join. If you have any questions post on this thread!


    Thanks,

    Jenna

    on Feb. 20, 2013, 12:34 p.m.

    Alice said:

    Thank you Jenna I am very much interested Alice On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 6:36 PM, JennaB <
    on Feb. 21, 2013, 5:52 a.m. in reply to JennaB

    JennaB said:

    Hanging out! Please join!

     

    https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/0da1ac9a7aba4d08bcc52a3b970863c1e3bba80f?authuser=1&hl=en

    on Feb. 22, 2013, 4:50 p.m. in reply to Alice

    JennaB said:

     

    Hi Alice,

    Are there days or times that work best for you to join a hangout?

    Thanks!

    Jenna

    on March 1, 2013, 5:09 p.m. in reply to Alice

  • JennaB said:

     

    Greetings Mentors, Teachers and Teams!

    I will be hosting a G+ Hangout this Friday 2/15 at 5pm EST.

    Anyone is free to join our informal chat where we can exchange experiences regarding Technovation Challenge thus far.

    The link to the hangout will be posted on this thread 20min before we will start. If you are interested just click and join. If you have any questions post on this thread!


    Thanks,

    Jenna

    on Feb. 11, 2013, 10:31 a.m.

    ChantelleBD said:

    Hi Jenna, the team and I would like to thank  you for the full support.  We look forward to the G+ hangout this Friday 2/15 @ 5 pm.

    on Feb. 14, 2013, 4:13 p.m. in reply to JennaB

    JennaB said:

    Here is the link for today: 

    https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/af6b308649df16bffb0c7b1c06cd65e0f1226ce3?authuser=0&hl=en

    on Feb. 15, 2013, 4:47 p.m. in reply to ChantelleBD

    tnjiti said:

    Hello Jenna, I was wondering if any other teams have been having trouble sometimes when trying to access MIT App Inventor and also opening up the emulator. We have been receiving messages like: -cannot connect to server -server not found -No internet connection, even though we are able to access other websites Talamossey Njiti Hourly Technology Lecturer Young Women's College Preparatory Academy An Advanced Placement Magnet 832-552-6696 (Phone) . "The world's but a stage! Kingly is he who struts for a while, then exits in style!"
    on Feb. 17, 2013, 11:32 p.m. in reply to JennaB

  • JennaB said:

    Greetings Mentors, Teachers and Teams!

    I will be hosting a G+ Hangout this Friday 2/5 at 5pm EST.

     

    Anyone is free to join our informal chat where we can exchange experiences regarding Technovation Challenge thus far.

    The link to the hangout will be posted on this thread 20min before we will start. If you are interested just click and join. If you have any questions post on this thread!

    If this time or day does not work for your schedule please let me know. I would be happy to schedule additional hangouts for different time zones.

    Thanks,

    Jenna

    on Jan. 28, 2013, 2:16 p.m.

    Akilah said:

    Hi Jenna,

    Was the Google+ hangout held last Friday?

    on Feb. 5, 2013, 9:46 a.m. in reply to JennaB

    JennaB said:

    HI!

     

    We had to reschedule for today. Is there a better time that works for you and your team? I would love to hear feedback regarding best times for people to meet. The link will go up at 4:40pm EST today.

     

    Thanks!

     

    Jenna

    on Feb. 5, 2013, 12:12 p.m. in reply to Akilah

    JennaB said:

     

    Join: https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/79ee3f2c370b7ca5126cc1f1ad8f93e56cbadcfb?pqs=1&hl=en&authuser=0

    on Feb. 5, 2013, 4:44 p.m. in reply to JennaB

  • Columbia Area Career Center "G33kyGirls" said:

    We are still looking for a mentor who knows programming.  We are making progress on our own but would still like to fnd someone.

    on Jan. 20, 2013, 2:35 p.m.

  • annalise said:

     

    Hi all,

    I'd like to announce two new projects we are starting:

    Mentor of the Week 

    We would like to feature one mentor each week who can share her story (I'll do an interview), and give advice to the girls.  I'd like to align the mentors with topics if possible. For example, it would be great to have a user-interface designer featured for our UI week, etc. 

    Are you interested in telling your story? Or would you like to nominate your mentor to be featured? Please send me an email: annalise@iridescentlearning.org and tell me a little bit about yourself (or the mentor you are nominating). We will also need a headshot of you and a photo of you with your team. We'll review the submissions and choose one mentor for each week who will be interviewed and featured on our Tumblr blog.

    Guest Bloggers

    In addition to the featured mentor, we will also be publishing a blog post about each week's topic, written by mentors, teachers, or outside "experts" about each topic. If you or someone you know is qualified to write an article about one of our weekly topics, please email me: annalise@iridescentlearning.org with some information about your background and what you plan to write about.

    Thanks in advance for your involvement in these projects! I look forward to hearing from you.

    -AnnaLise

    on Jan. 17, 2013, 3:37 p.m.

    annalise said:

    Check out our latest Mentor Spotlights!

    Last week we featured Cassandra Valencia-O'Shea (in Boston) and this week we featured Katherine Corner, an SF mentor. Check out our Tumblr page to see their stories and more!

    Like our Facebook page to get all these updates!

    on Feb. 8, 2013, 6:03 p.m. in reply to annalise