Better be a digital girl

Today I learned my classmates how to code. It was such fun ! Ketnet came to film it.   See the link below : http://www.ketnet.be/karrewiet/5-november-2014-digitalgirl    

Today was a super day because I was elected European Digital Girl of the year 2014 in Rome. Bedankt iedereen voor alle berichtjes en felicitaties. We werden in Rome opgebeld door Datanews voor een artikel. Je kan er hier meer over lezen:  Datanews artikel over Ada Awards - Rome

Terzake kwam filmen op de Coderdojo in Antwerpen. Met als onderwerp "Coderen is een basisvaardigheid zoals rekenen en taal". Wat denk jij? Hier kan je de reportage bekijken.  Terzake reportage

This week I went to a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) event in Antwerp. I was very interested in the testimonials of the speakers (all ladies with a passion for STEM). More info on this link:  ADM - STEM event You can watch the video summary of the event here. You can see me in the video.

Proud to be selected as finalist of the EU Digital Girl Award 2014. Have a look at the Digital Girl Award website http://www.digitalgirlaward.com/2014/10/06/2014-finalists/ Stay tuned and be cool ! Manon

Just submitted to participate to the Digital Girl Award. Fingers crossed.... http://digitalgirlaward.com/

Today we surprised Neelie Kroes and het kabinet with a special Coderdojo workshop in Leuven. We went to it with a hole Coderdojo team and learned Neelie Kroes and her team to code with Scratch and MakeyMakey.  It was a fantastic day! Neelie Kroes is the Vice President of the European Commission. She is in charge of the digital agenda of the EU.

Today I participated to the STEM-event in Brussels. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths and wants to make young people aware of the many perspectives that have technical and scientific  jobs to offer. A lot of ministers were present at the STEM event: Ministers Kris Peeters, Pascal Smet, Ingrid Lieten en Philippe Muyters With Pascal Smet (Minister of Flemish Education) Above all be cool ! (with Juno and Young ICT lady of the year 2014 Wendy Vermoesen) For the event a STEM promo film was launches. For the film I went with Digital Girl 2013 Lune Van Ewijk to Kris Peeters and we learned him the basics of code. You can see it in the film on You Tube: STEM_event_making a social robot