Tech Immersion Program

The Details

Program Goal

The goal of our Tech Immersion Program is to help underserved students access high quality STEM education and mentorship..

Participant Break Down

Over 100 applications
30 female, high school students registered
28 completed the program
Between 9th -12th grade

Tech Immersion Program Overview

Participant Break Down

3 week online program, 4 hours each day, 60 total hours of programming
All sessions were project based and hands on
Students created a fully developed business plan, website, their own app
Mentored by professionals and peers in each session

BEYOND SUMMER

Continued engagement – STEM webinars
Bi-annual surveys
Help with college portfolio
Inspire to pursue a STEM Major

Detailed Participant Breakdown

Race/Ethnicity	Participants
Asian or Pacific Islander	10
Hispanic or Latino	8
Black or African American	7
White or Caucasian	1
A race/ethnicity not listed here	2

Age	Participants
14	4
15	6
16	9
17	6
18+	3

36% of participants qualify for Free and Reduced Lunch (FARL)

State/Country	Participants
Virginia	10
California	8
Texas	7
Maryland	1
New York	2
Georgia	1
Washington	1
Ohio	1
Iowa	1
Florida	1
New Hampshire	1
Massachusetts	1

International
Kenya	1
Peru	1
Puerto Rico	1
Virgin Islands	1
Dominican Republic	1

Detailed Participant Breakdown

Program Mentors & Judges

Professional Mentors

Latha Narayannan

AVP - IT Applications - Netscout Systems

Annamalai Muthu

Vice President, Finance & Treasury at Temerty Group

Siva Singaram

Sr. Director of Product Mgmt at Imply

Priya Gurumurthy

Director IT at Yanfeng

Peer Mentors

Vishal Sai Chindepalli

Venkat Sundaram

Arun Karthikeyan

Srikar Bangaru

Manas Rajkumar

Prakruthi Raghavendra

Pranav Raghavan

Professional Mentors

Ankur G.

Sr. Product Manager NIKE

Mukta Mukhija

Sr. Director of Engineering, Netscout Systems Inc.

Brian McCann

Board Chairman, Shooting Stars Foundation CEO of Thrive with Growth

Entrepreneurship

Ideation

Discover your passion and expertise
Guided idea generation
Decision Making

Product Design

Idea to Product
Learn User Interface Design
Design Wireframe

Marketing

Logo design & brand aesthetic
Create marketing strategy & sales funnel
Market research

Web Design

Parts of a Website

Understand the parts of a website
Understand Pages and subpages

Website Design

Finalize design
Color and Image Selection
Ensure website is visually pleasing

App Design

Flow of an APP

Understand the parts of the app
Understand movement from pages

APP Coding

Understanding coding app development

APP Design

Finalize design
Color and Image Selection
Ensure website is visually pleasing

Detailed Participant Breakdown

Presentation Day Winners:
First place	$200 per person on the team
Second place	$150 per person on the team
Third place	$100 per person on the team
Other prizes:
Kahoot Winners	$10 per person
Best participation (2 winners)	$25 per person
Attending 13/15 camp sessions (anyone who qualifies)	$50 per person & certificate of completion

Students in Action

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Outcomes

Students worked together to build a business plan from start to finish

Students presented their business plans to judges and competed for first place

More than $3000 distributed to participants in rewards and incentives

Students leave camp with a fully developed business plan ready to be showcased in a college application or job interview

Certificates and winners declared and full class showcase and award ceremony on final day of camp

All students reported a dramatic increase in their understanding of general business principles, web & app design after the camp

Program Impact

Technical Skills

Business Development
Coding
Website development
Mobile app development

Soft Skills

Teamwork and collaboration
Decision making
Time management
Communication

Strategic Skills

Innovative and creative thinking
Design
Influencing

Survey Results

eported that they were very likely to pursue an academic or career path in STEMn STEM

80 %

of students reported their understanding of business concepts and entrepreneurship increased significantly by participating in this camp

80 %

of students reported their understanding of tech concepts (web and app design) increased significantly by participating in this camp

80 %

of students reported that they would recommend this camp to their friends

80 %

of students reported that they would be interested in future SSF camps covering different set of topics

80 %

Feedback

“I enjoyed integrating concepts we learned into real situations was good. It's not very often that educational concepts are displayed in anything but an educational setting. “I’m a beginner in Javascript and the coding section of this program really helped me further immerse myself in learning this coding language.”

Abril

Participant

“I loved when the program brought in mentors and professionals, I learned a lot from them. I also loved how we not only learned coding, entrepreneurship, etc, but also applied all those skills to a project. Ee got to pick a problem that was in someway important or meaningful to us that we could then solve and promote.”

Harshitha

Participant

“I enjoyed that we got to be creative, Also that I got to learn from people who have experience working in the STEM community. Lastly I enjoyed that I got to interact with other campers.”

Aaryion

Participant

“We have instructors that are from all different fields which I learned a lot from and the camp is a great combination of both STEM and business. I learned how to apply STEM skills to the real life. I love the collaboration between groups, really learned a lot from other groups!”

Layla

Participant

GOING FORWARD

Shooting Stars Mission

Inspire youth to take a STEM Major in college

What to expect Going Forward

You will be added to communication group – Get informed of future STEM Programs
Participate in as much programs / webinars Possible College
Application Guidance seminars
Every 6 months survey – for your interest and next steps till applying for college

OUR IMPACT

>1000

Underrepresented and underserved students

10+

Community partnerships

>1000

Community partnerships – IBM, Amgen, Netscout, Neustar, nVidia, Google

THANK YOU

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