She believed she could, so she did.
Registration is now closed for the season, but here’s the map of our participants in 2024!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Appapalooza – Live Pitch Event (virtual)
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 from 9:30am to 12:30pm
Code Savvy Celebrate – Awards Ceremony (in-person at Hyland Hills Chalet in Bloomington, MN)
Sunday, May 19th, 2024 from 2:30pm to 5pm
Register today! https://bit.ly/2024CSCelebrate
What is the Technovation Girls Challenge?
Technovation Girls is a global development challenge. In the state of Minnesota, Code Savvy manages the local program for girls and non-binary students across the state.
For 12 weeks between January and April, teams work with dedicated mentors to ideate, plan, develop, and pitch a mobile application or AI technology project that solves a community issue that the teams have identified. These projects can be iterated over a number of years, and ideally, monetized so the teams can experience entrepreneurship through technology. The way this work happens is extremely flexible: in-school, after-school, home-school, in-person, or remote – it’s up to the teams and their mentors to find the ways that work best for them to work together most effectively.
Code Savvy provides workshops, mentor matching, and overall program tech support to the teams over the entire course of the program. Then, in May, local judging occurs with the teams participating in a live pitch event and award ceremony.
The lessons learned and confidence built through participating in the Technovation Challenge is immeasurable, and many of the students go on to pursue higher education and careers in Computer Science and other STEM fields.
TECHNOVATION GIRLS COMPETITION PARTICIPANTS & DIVISIONS
Participants– Teams of up to 5 girls in middle school or high school (ages 8-18)
Commitment– 40-60 hours: 2-4 guided hours per week from Jan through Apr; Appapalooza live pitch event in May
Experience– No prior programming experience is needed
Accessibility– The entire curriculum can be accessed online and there is no charge to participants
Beginner Division – Students between 8-12 years old as of August 1 compete to win recognition for their work developing an app or an AI program. They then participant in the Technovation Girls World Pitch to show off their talent.
Junior Division – Students between 13-15 years old as of August 1 compete to win seed funding to bring their app to market and participate in the Technovation Girls World Pitch to show off their talent.
Senior Division – Students ages 16 – 18 years old as of August 1 compete to win funding to bring their app to market and participate in the Technovation Girls World Pitch to compete on the global stage.
For more information, please email us to connect!
Example Team Projects
BEGINNER DIVISION
Enviro App by H2Awesome
Find microplastics in your products with the help of a barcode scanner and game!
JUNIOR DIVISION
Undangered App by Girls With Power
App that gamifies learning about the environment.
SENIOR DIVISION
AIpple – AI Technology
AI that helps people identify if items are able to be recycled or not.