Workshop - day of Science @Thomas More university college
Today I followed a technique workshop during "dayof science" at the Thomas More university college campus De Nayer. We learned the basics of soldering and electronics. We learned to program LED lights and write our name on a display.
I was invited to participate at the panel discussion to speak about my experience as European Digital Girl 2014. You can read an overview of the EU Ada Awards ceremony and the panel discussion in de link below. European Ada Awards Ceremony 2019
As member of the Technopolis Youth Council, I was invited to the Beijing Science Festival to give AI workshops to students together with a delegation of Technopolis. Press release of Technolopis: https://mailchi.mp/technopolis/persbericht-technopolis-op-beijing-science-festival-met-european-digital-girl-of-the-year-2014?e=d1787d0f3a&fbclid=IwAR0zxjn5q4NfHTpSahpn7QM5gCG9kzr9orPVBHzo4M4_kXU-QUuJS47Up-8
I gave a workshop Scratch at the Girl Tech Fest in Brussels. I was also invited at Radio 1 to speak about the Girl Tech Fest event in the program Bonus. Radio 1 Bonus we discussed about: Why is it so difficult to get girls in technology? And above all: what can you do? 12 (!) year-old Manon Van Hoorebeke is European Digital Girl 2014. Her mother Ilse Bracke works also in IT. They believe that technology and computers indeed are interesting for girls, they explain it in a duo talk in Bonus.
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