The first hackathon of the national Coding Girls Tour was held yesterday. The Coding Girls Programme, which is promoted by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale and the United States Embassy in Italy, in collaboration with Microsoft, has the ambitious objective of increasing the number of women in scientific sectors.
The coding marathon, which was held at the Milan Politecnico, was coordinated by Emily Thomforde, an American Code Educator and Science Technology Engineering Art and Mathematics (STEAM) Specialist, who has returned to Italy for the third year in a row to train hundreds of young women.
The young women from the Caterina da Siena, Feltrinelli and Schiaparelli-Gramsci High Schools in Milan used a wide range of creative blocks of code in the challenge amongst peers. The event was kicked off by Francesco Bruschi, Professor of Information Elaboration Systems, who welcomed the young students to the Milan Politecnico, and Franscesca Del Duca, Major Events Manager for the Fondazione Mondo Digitale.
After hours of coding, the winning teams received their awards from Barbara Cominelli (Director Marketing and Operations, Microsoft Italy) and Chiara Daneo (Digital Transformation Councillor, Milan Council).
Winning Teams
1st Place: Narkotek
- Michelina Triglione, 16, IIS Feltrinelli
- Leonardo Xu, 16, IIS Feltrinelli
- Davide Cardamuro, 17, IIS Feltrinelli
Project: History of an alien that is not really an alien. In fact, when the alien turns the light on, it realizes that it lives on a planet populated by aliens that are just as green as it.
2nd Place: Fashion Tech
- Yali Xv, 17, IIS Caterina da Siena
- Sara Aziz, 17, IIS Caterina da Siena
- Altea Oppizio, 16, IIS Caterina da Siena
- Romchel Fuentes, 17, IIS Caterina da Siena
Project: Story of a character that travels to different worlds, all of which are empty and lifeless. The voyage ends when the protagonist encounters a world with a family that welcomes him.
3rd Place: HDMI
- Alessia Lotta, 17, IIS Feltrinelli
- Martina Colombo, 17, IIS Feltrinelli
- Jolanda Chiera, 17, IIS Feltrinelli
- Gabriele Sommella, 17, IIS Feltrinelli
Project: Quiz game based on escape rooms. The protagonist has been kidnapped and questions must be answered to open doors and save him. Once, he steps through the final door the protagonist is free.
Annalisa Cassarino describes the daily activities on the Coding Girls Tour as they build a dedicated website (donne.mondodigitale.org) that will collect everything done to fight the gender divide: projects, programmes, activities, stories, witnesses, etc.
