Start Technovation Roadmap
A Guide To Bring Technovation to Your Community
Determine Your Structure
Explore these guiding questions:
Who
➤ How many students do you anticipate will participate?
➤ How many mentors will support the students?
👉 Some programs have one lead Mentor who guides all the teams; other programs assign a different mentor to each team. Or you can do both
Where
➤ Will your program meet at a single or multiple sites? In Person or virtually?
➤ Will all teams meet at the same time, or will teams meet separately with their mentors at different times ?
👉 Your meeting space should be equipped with internet and at leat 1 device per team (laptops, chromebooks, and tablets all work great!)
What
➤ Who will lead the content?
👉 Depending on the age and experience of the students, the content may be more student-driven or more mentor-driven.
➤ Will you host any special events or workshops?
👉 You might consider having a launch events, coding workshop, end of season showcase, etc.
When
➤ How frequently will you run meetings or workshops for your participants?
➤ How long will meetings last ?
➤ For how many weeks total will your program run ?
Who
➤ How many students do you anticipate will participate?
➤ How many mentors will support the students?
👉 Some programs have One Lead Mentor who guides all the teams; other programs assign a different mentor to each team. Or you can do both!.
Where
➤ Will your program meet at a single or multiple sites? In Person or virtually?
➤ Will all teams meet at the same time, or will teams meet separately with their mentors at different times?
👉 Your meeting space should be equipped with internet and at leat 1 device per team (laptops, chromebooks, and tablets all work great!)
What
➤ Who will lead the "Content"?
👉 The age and experience of the students will inform how student-driven the meetings are and what content is led by the mentor(s)
➤ Will you host any special events or workshops?
👉 You might consider having a launch events, coding workshop, end of season showcase, etc.
When
➤ How many students do you anticipate will participate?
➤ How many mentors will support the students?
👉 Some programs have One Lead Mentor who guides all the teams; other programs assign a different mentor to each team. Or you can do both!.
Here are some examples of successful program models that we’ve seen among our partners:
All teams meet together with one lead mentor who facilitates every session
All teams meet together with a mentor assigned to each team
Note: it’s often still helpful to have a lead mentor to facilitate
Teams meet separately with their mentors in different locations or virtually
