Create a plan, build your team and find a mentor!

• Getting Started

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 with.

• Understanding your Community
• Brainstorming Problems
• Solving Problems with Mobile Phones
• Solving Problems with Artificial Intelligence
• Exploring Different App Builders

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.

• Researching and Selecting Problems
• Brainstorming Solutions
• Market Research
• Problem Statement
• Algorithms and Pseudocode

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
• Businesses and Mission Statements
• Events Handlers
• All About AI
• AI or Mobile App or Both?

Wrap up your idea with a project canvas. Solve your first coding challenge and learn about branding.

• Paper and Cardboard Prototyping
• Project Canvas
• Coding Challenge 1
• Data and Functions
• Brands
• Find Patterns with AI

Learn how to visually express your business's identity, learn about variables and lists.

• Color Schemes
• Typefaces
• Variables
• Lists
• Datasets

Brand your app and learn about conditionals.

• Logos
• Marketing your Project
• If / Else Conditionals
• Coding Challenge 2
• Positive Impact of your Project
• Train your AI Model

Continue coding your app and create your business model.

• Calculating Revenue
• Operating Costs and Business Models
• If / Else / Else If Conditional Statements
• Advanced Logic and Conditionals
• Software Options for your AI Model

Learn about loops and sensors and write your business plan.

• Outline Your Pitch Video
• User Adoption Plan [Junior Division]
• Business Plan [Senior Division]
• Loops
• Components and Sensors

Learn to code databases & APIs, and create your pitch video.

• Record Your Pitch Video
• Outline Your Demo Video
• Storing Data Locally
• Cloud Storage and APIs

Edit your pitch video and debug your app.

• Edit Your Pitch Video
• Record and Edit Your Demo Video
• Debugging Tips

Practice pitching your idea and prepare your submission materials.

• Learning Journey

Follow a walk through on how to submit your idea and planning for after the season!

• Submitting to the Competition