University of Lodz

4/25/2019

Europe, Poland, Łódź, Poland

30 participants

University of Lodz successfully welcomed Girls in ICT Day to Poland

On April 25, for the first time in the program’s history, Girls in ICT Day was held in Poland. University of Lodz, one of country’s biggest and most renowned universities, hosted a workshop as a part of this groundbreaking ITU program. We encouraged girls and young women to consider launching their professional careers in the ICT blooming local industry. We’ll did it by… programing fruit.

The main event included an IT workshop for 30 girls aged 13-15 from Lodz high schools which cooperate with UoL as part of its "open door" program. Girls were invited to the Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics, where they learned the basics of programming and robotics. After a brief theoretical introduction into the world of programming, participants were encouraged to write a simple piece of code that "programmed" fruit connected to a microelectronic systems so that they served as a piano keyboard (please see photos below, © Tobiasz Waclawiak, who also organized and conducted the training).

This practical training was preceded by a meeting at the Faculty of Law and Administration on online threats and cybersecurity. We welcomed speakers from NASK (Ms Anna Borkowska, heading the training and education section within NASK), Marshal Office of Lodz Region (Ms Sylwia Karolak Marcinkowska) and Voivodeship Police Office (Mr Michal Brykowski), who on daily bases deal with the education of children and youth in recognizing and mitigating online threats. This part of the event was open to both: girls and boys from invited high schools, with over 90 kids listening to the presentations, who were not shy to share their comments and ask questions on online trends and ways of effectively protecting yourself against threats lurking in cyberspace (please see photos below, © Promocja UŁ).

The first edition of the workshop was met with great interested and UoL is already planning for a second edition. Please feel free to reach out to us if you’re interested in joining us for GirlsInICT Day 2020 in Lodz.

The University of Lodz is the largest research university in central Poland. Its mission is to educate high-class scientists and specialists in many fields of humanities, social sciences and science. UoL cooperates with business, both at the personnel level, providing qualified employees as well as scientific, offering its know-how to enterprises from various branches of the economy. The University of Lodz is a university open to the world - the number of students studying abroad is still growing, and Polish students, thanks to exchange programs, get to know Europe, Asia, go abroad. The university is part of Lodz, works together with Lodz residents and for Lodz residents, engaging in many social and cultural projects.

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