Four Year 6 students from the Australian International School Malaysia (AISM) were recently selected as Semi-Finalists in the Technovation Innovation Challenge, a global technology entrepreneurship program for girls, that challenges them to build a mobile app, write a business plan and submit a pitch video about their idea which will help address a community problem.
Megan Yap, Mia Tan, Tania Thong and Emily Tan from AISM were among the twelve teams chosen from Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand regions. Under the quirky name MY Tech Mooks, the AISM students created an app called ReShare, which will help the underprivileged. The app allows people or organisations who have things to donate to list what they have available, and for organisations and charities who rely on donations to look through the list and select the things they want to receive. The ReShare app is currently in Beta mode and is due for some final modifications before it is available for download.
The girls are grateful to have received the support and guidance of their coach and Science teacher Ms Susan Skinner. “Statistics show that although many girls are very interested in science, technology and maths in middle school, far too few go on to study these areas at university or pursue careers in technology,” she says.
“We have learnt lots of new skills, like how to write a business plan through market research, working out target markets, analysing competition, knowing how to differentiate their product, calculate market size and potential revenue. We even had the opportunity to use iMovie to make our videos, producing artwork and graphics,” says Mia Tan, the youngest in the group.
The MY Tech Mooks’ pitch video is available for viewing via YouTube link: http://bit.ly/1TThyGN. Follow the team on their Instagram page sharewithreshare and visit the ReShare website reshare.weebly.com. for more updates.
