Better be a digital girl

Today I participated to the first MegaDojo where more than 1.000 kids learned to code. It was an amazing experience - there also was a techshow and a tech hangout. You can watch the video on you tube.

Tonight I went to the opening ceremony for the 2015 European Ada Awards. This was part of the Girls in ICT Day. I talked about my experience as European Digital Girl 2014 thelast 6 months and how I feel about it. You can participate to the Awards in the following categories: 2015 European Digital Woman of the Year 2015 European  Digital Girl of the Year 2015 European  Digital Impact Organisation of the Year

On 9 March in Brussels, the Digital Leadership Institute and 150 of its closest friends and supporters celebrated International Women’s Day with the grand opening of  DLI ‘s  Digital Innovation Centre for Girls & Women, a first of its kind in Europe!  This very special occasion was marked with fun, hands-on digital activities for all ages ,  a high-level roundtable with Brussels, Belgian and European stakeholders, and a reception for all in attendance. See and read more in the website of the Digital Leadership Institute. http://www.dlii.org/2015/03/19/dli-grand-opening/

It was a unique experience to speech today at the European Parlement about Empowering women through Education. It was very excited that I could do this testimonial. You can have a look at the summary video on the link below of the European Parlement. http://audiovisual.europarl.europa.eu/Assetdetail.aspx?id=3dabb2cc-0601-4d48-8f44-a452009cdf50

Today I was invited to speach at TedXGhentSalon to talk about girls in STEM. I talked about how I got interested in Technology and STEM. I was very impressed that I was invited to speach. I was nervous before the start but afterwards very happy that I had done it.     http://www.tedxghent.be/events/tedxghentsalon-women-stem-feb-12th-2014/#speakers

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