Map Your Timeline

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A Guide To Bring Technovation to Your Community

Map Your Timeline

An key early step to running Technovation is mapping out your timeline. Besides the project submission deadline (April 20, 2026 at 8pm EDT), the timeline of your program can be adapted to fit your context.

If you’re short on time, don’t worry! You can also pilot the Technovation program. Pick out a few lessons from the Core Curriculum to give the students a taste of solving problems with technology!

Decide when you’ll begin recruiting participants for your program

If you’re able to fit it in, it’s ideal to have 1-2 months before the start of the program to spread the word and get folks involved.

Your program start and end dates are up to you! However, keep in mind that It generally takes 40 hours total for students to complete the program.

Often programs start in October, while others squeeze it in January through April. Some programs even run over the summer!

If your students are pretty independent, teams might be able to work on their project on their own between meetings.

TIP: Technovation can be integrated into a school subject, an after-school or summer program, weekend workshops, a bootcamp or other programs
Once you know your start and end dates, map out specific curricular benchmarks to guide teams learning Use the mentor curriculum to get a high-level sense of the content & activities in each unit of the student curriculum. Your students don’t have to do every single lesson! Encourage them to access the parts of the curriculum that are most relevant to their project.

Timeline Template

Click on the image below to access a customizable template you can use to map your program timeline.
A screenshot of the template for planning a Technovation season
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