The following information outlines an opportunity for high school girls to participate in the Technovation Challenge with mentors from UBC and industry. We hope the information can be shared with students who may be interested.
UBC Computer Science is partnering with a number of local tech companies to put together a series of tech-related activities for high school girls. Coming up very soon is the Technovation Challenge (http://www.technovationchallenge.org/), a coding and entrepreneurship challenge where small teams of up to 5 girls identify problems they want to solve, design a plan and an app, pitch the plan and build the app! To do this, groups will be paired with both business and technical mentors which we will source from industry professionals and undergraduate students from UBC to help guide the teams through a well-outlined curriculum. It’s a fantastic opportunity to develop skills within a group of friends or classmates over the competition period. The team formation deadline is on Dec 14th, and the curriculum runs until the delivery date of April 23rd. It is expected that teams will meet on an ongoing basis in-person with their mentors to facilitate the learning and mentoring process. When/where/how the teams will meet depends on what they work out with their mentor. This will mark the third year that UBC CS and local companies, including Tasktop, are working together to mentor girls for Technovation. In past years we had a very successful initial participation in this challenge with two of the teams winning their category - one of which won $5000 after attending the finals! We’re asking for any parents or interested girls to mobilize, read about the challenge and fill out this registration form with names and contact information of your team members by Dec 14 so that we can make sure that every registered team is paired with mentors to make their participation a success! In addition, teams will have to sign up on the Technovation website. Currently we have a limited supply of mentors so we are asking for teams of committed parents and high-school girls. Unfortunately, you’ll need to have a team before registering - we are unable to help form teams. No previous coding experience is needed! The main requirements are a parent/coach to lead your team, and a time commitment of ~50 hours (2-4hrs per week) leading up to the April date. You do not need an Android device to participate. Some important dates you should be aware of are: · December 14 is the final date for emailing us with your formed team · Late December/Early January teams will be introduced to their mentors and should set up a meeting · April 23rd is when teams should submit all of their work · Typically in early May there will be a mandatory regional pitch competition where teams present their work. The official dates for this have not yet been announced but we will let teams know once they are. All participants are welcome and we look forward to hearing from you! Best regards, Arden Allen, Kara Deane, Lironne Kurzman GIRLsmarts4tech Workshop Coordinators UBC GIRLsmarts4tech 2019 http://www.cs.ubc.ca/girlsmarts4tech
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