Fourth edition of the Steam programme for girls
Bringing young people, especially girls, closer to new technologies and technical-scientific disciplines is fundamental for building an inclusive and innovative future. Promoting interest in STEAM subjects not only allows them to explore and develop new passions, but also opens the door to rich and diverse professional opportunities. For this reason, Coding Girls in Turin is back for its fourth edition, also for the 2024-2025 school year. This free project is promoted by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale ETS, in collaboration with the Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo. The project involves secondary school students from the city of Turin and its province, making them the protagonists of an innovative training and awareness programme, with lessons, practical activities and creative challenges, to stimulate interest and passion for coding and new technologies.
OBJECTIVES
- Raise awareness among young people, especially female students, of the opportunities that emerge from studies and professions in the Steam field, with the creative and conscious use of digital technologies.
- Promote university orientation and self-entrepreneurship.
- Educate on gender equality.
- Generate a multiplier effect starting from the girls who participate in the project.
TARGET AUDIENCE
The programme is aimed at students from 10 secondary schools (preferably with a female majority) and 5 lower secondary schools (preferably with a female majority) in Turin and the surrounding area.
ACTIVITIES
Activities for lower secondary schools:
- Three two-hour workshop meetings, at school, to discover coding, in which students experiment with the Scratch programming environment, also with the use of advanced features and the integration of extensions (e.g. use of sensors, artificial intelligence, translator) to customise their digital product.
- A final event in Turin, in May.
Activities for upper secondary schools:
- four two-hour face-to-face meetings at school, in which students explore the world of generative artificial intelligence and its applications together with trainers, and learn to develop a chatbot with the free Botpress platform.
- a two-hour face-to-face meeting at school, for orientation and development of transversal skills and self-entrepreneurship, using the Personal Ecosystem Canvas
- a final hackathon in Turin, in May.
For the three years of high school, the project includes the recognition of 40 hours for the Pathways for Transversal Skills and Orientation (Pcto).
All the courses are enriched with in-depth materials available on the FMD Academy and usable asynchronously.
For information: e.gramatica@mondodigitale.org
