The Technovation Challenge is a worldwide, 12-week technology entrepreneurship competition in which each team of five middle- or high-school girls identifies a problem in the local community, builds a prototype mobile app for it, develops a business plan, and pitches it to potential investors.  Teams meet for 3-4 hours weekly with female mentors from the tech/business community, February-April, in preparation for regional and worldwide events in May and June.  The Technovation Regional Ambassador for Massachusetts is Kelly Powers, last year’s Massachusetts STEM Teacher of the Year.  If you’re interested in participating as a student, teacher/coach, or mentor, sign up now for the free 2015 Kickoff and Orientation, January 31, 9:30AM-4PM at Microsoft NERD Center, 1 Memorial Drive in Cambridge.  Register online to become a student participant or adult volunteer.  For more information, email info@technovationchallenge.org.