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Technovation Girls Curriculum
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Start
Create a plan, build your team and find a mentor!
- Getting Started
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Week 1
Get to know your community, the problems they face, and how to best solve a problem with a mobile phone. You will also choose an app builder to build your app.
- Understanding your Community
- Brainstorming Problems
- Solving Problems with Mobile Phones
- Choose Your App Builder
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Week 2
Come up with a solution to your problem, and do some marketing research to make sure it's the best solution possible. Learn some basics of programming.
- Selecting Problems
- Market Research
- Problem Statement
- Algorithms and Pseudocode
- All About AI
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Week 3
Plan out the best way to tackle your solution. Create a business around your app idea and write a mission statement. Learn about event handlers.
- Minimum Viable Product
- Paper Prototype
- Businesses and Mission Statements
- Events Handlers
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Week 4
Wrap up your idea witha
project canvas. Solve your first coding challenge and learn about branding.- Brands
- Coding Challenge 1
- Data and Functions
- Project Canvas
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Week 5
Learn how to visually express your business's identity, learn about variables and lists.
- Color Schemes
- Typefaces
- Variables
- Lists
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Week 6
Brand your app and learn about conditionals
- Logos
- Marketing your app
- Coding Challenge 2
- If / Else Conditionals
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Week 7
Continue coding your app and create your business model
- If / Else / Else If Conditional Statements
- Advanced Logic and Conditionals
- Calculating Revenue
- Operating Costs and Business Models
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Week 8
Learn about loops and sensors and write your business plan
- Loops
- Sensors and Components
- Business Plan
- AI and Your App
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Week 9
Learn to code databases & APIs, and create your pitch video.
- Outline Your Pitch Video
- Storing Data Locally
- Cloud Storage and APIs
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Week 10
Edit your pitch video and debug your app
- Record Your Pitch Video
- Debugging Tips
- Flowcharts
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Week 11
Practice pitching your idea and prepare your submission materials
- Edit Your Pitch Video
- Create a Pitch Presentation
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Week 12
Follow a walk through on how to submit your idea and planning for after the season!
- Submitting to the Competition