Teachers presentation , Bilquis school

Hodeidah -Yemen

Dec,2012

“In short, software is eating the world.”Marc Andreessen 

What is Technovation?What is Technovation?

Entrepreneurship skills

Communitydevelopment

Why STEM?Why STEM?• Science and Technology are leading the

world.

• Women are contributing between 10-40% in computing depending on a research.

• Learning to be a real inventors rather than consumers.

• Be competitive in the labor.

• Contribute to the economy

• Science

• Technology

• Engineering

• Math

“Ideas come from everything” -Alfred Hitchcock

1) Mentor2) Teacher3) 5 girls

Building Teams

1) Mentor2) Teacher3) 5 girls

1) Mentor2) Teacher3) 5 girls

1) Mentor2) Teacher3) 5 girls

App inventor

TimeLine 1. Create an account on P2PU: www.p2pu.org2. Register at <technovationchallenge.org>

Get InvolvedInvolved

CurriculumCurriculum

https://p2pu.org/en/groups/technovation/

Students enrollment Students enrollment Students fill the application form :

http://iridescentlearning.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Technovation-Challenge-Student-Application1.pdf

Certificate of accomplishment Certificate of accomplishment

• Regional winners will travel to the San Francisco Bay Area, California (United States) to compete at the Technovation World Pitch event.

• The winning team will receive $10,000 to support further development of their app and release on the market.

• "Technology is like a fish. The longer it stays on the shelf, the less desirable it becomes."  Andrew Heller

ResourcesResources

• Iridescent.org

• beta.appinventor.mit.edu

• http://iridescentlearning.org/programs/technovation-challenge/involved/

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