After the intensive training sessions held in schools in the city and its province (ITE Martini, LCS Siotto Pintor, LSS Pacinotti, IIS Asproni Fermi di Iglesias), yesterday, 100 students, guided by American super coach Anthonette Peña, National Board Certified Teacher and STEM Teacher Lead, participated in a un hackathon at the Faculty of Economics, Law and Political Science at the University of Cagliari.
The Cagliari event was the seventh appointment of the Coding Girls Educational Tour, which will be held on November 5-22 and will involve 10,000 young women in 14 Italian cities. The programme, promoted by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale and the United States Embassy in Italy in collaboration with Microsoft Italy, aims to promote gender equality in science and technology.
Here are the winning teams selected by the Jury. The topic for the Cagliari hackathon was "If you had a magic genie, what would you wish?"
1st Place
Team ANGELS - Liceo Pacinotti
Alessia Pani 16, Emilia Caponigri 15, Laura Muscas 16 (team leader), Valentina Piras 15, Elena Masala 15.
Title: Hey Siri
Description: The project reveals how the genie of our age is artificial intelligence.
2nd Place
Team SUSASMAYRAPATAT - ITE Pietro Martini
Eugenia Brughitta 16 (team leader), Claudia Congiu 16, Bruna Angotzi 17
Title: It Doesn’t Take Much
Description: A Law Professor judges the aspect of her students, a child cries a magician appears, who explains the lesson to the professor.
3rd Place
Team THEBLUETEAM - ITE Pietro Martini
Martina Solferino 17 (team leader), Francesca Caddeo 16, Rebecca Scameroni 16
Title: Timmy and the Genius
Description: Timmy finds a magic lamp and the genie tells him that he has three wishes. However, the genius does not like Timmy’s wishes, because they are not important.
Special Mention
Team GOLDEN - Liceo Fermi
Martina Mastino 16 (team leader), Nicola Pintus 17, Denise Deias 15, Silvia Zaru 15
Title: Life from Waste
Description: The Earth is devastated, but a child has a special encounter and learns it can be saved.
Team New Orleans - Liceo Classico Siotto Pintor
Edoardo Farci 17, Eleonora Marcialis 17, Martina Marcialis 17, Elena Zamboni16
Title: Biosmoke
Description: Limiting environmental damage by making sure cigarette butts do not pollute.
