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Event Name
Bilişimci Kızlar Atölyesi / Girls in ICT Workshop (2. Week)
Date of the event
10/03/2020
Country
Türkiye
City
Istanbul
Description of the event

We are going to entertain 50 female students fromvarious high schools at our university every week in scope of our7-week-project that aims to help senior female students at high school and theones getting ready for the university entrance exam recognize the opportunitiesin informatics sector more closely and to direct them to such fields as technology,science, engineering and mathematics while they are determining their careerroutes in scope of International Girls in ICT Day. We are going to organizeworkshops and seminars to be provided by academicians to 350 female studentsthroughout 7 weeks in order to contribute to raising awareness aboutinformatics, the sector of the future, and to direct students to informaticssector from the beginning of their education age.  

We plan to provide a trainingfull of information and practice on fundamental digital skills, robotics,coding, artificial intelligence, digital communication and marketing, careeropportunities to these 50 female students. We plan to get these students visitNishNova R&D centre at our university and help them listen to on-siteapplications and examine the innovations that may increase their enthusiasm inthe sector. We are going to bring together these students and our faculty fromthe departments related to ICT and help them become conscious about the sector.

Website
www.nisantasi.edu.tr
Entity organizing the event, organizers
Nişantaşı University and Istanbul Provincial Directorate for National Education, Informatics Media Association, Digital Development Association, Women in Technology Association, NishNova R&D Centre, EduCat Maker Space.