Join us for the girls' code party in Bergen
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Last week, the "Girl Tech Fest" event took place in Bergen. Here, hundreds of 4th- and 5th-grade girls from various schools in the local area met up for an exciting and educational day.
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In today's digital era, technological expertise is becoming increasingly important. Wherever you go or whatever you are working on, you can hardly avoid being exposed to software and hardware. Technology has become an integral part of our lives. It affects our choices every single day - whether we like it or not.
The digital revolution
According to reports from the OECD, almost 40 percent of today's jobs in Norway could disappear as a result of technological development. Increased expertise in technology is therefore becoming increasingly important for Norway to be able to continue to be competitive in the future. The foundation of the future society is now being formed, and Norway needs wise heads ready to solve tomorrow's challenges.
But what about the girls?
In recent years, a lot has been written about the low proportion of women choosing technological education - and not least about how to increase it. The scholars dispute whether girls fundamentally have different inherent interests than men, and that this is due to the dismal statistics. Others believe the trend can be reversed.
This has the gang behind Girls Codes wanting to do something about it. These days, the "Girl Tech Fest" event is taking place around Norway. By inviting 4th and 5th grades one hopes to be able to awaken the interest in technology early. The goal is for students to be inspired by all the opportunities that technology offers, and that this will get more girls to choose science and computer technology later.
200 fun loving girls
Last week the trip had come to Bergen where approx. 200 girls from various schools in the local area had gone to the Bergen Public Library for an exciting and educational day. Knowledge and interest in mathematics is undoubtedly one of the most important areas in the years to come. Therefore, Eduplaytion was invited to have a booth this day so that we could showcase our work on the math game "Numetry" to the students.
In addition to showing the girls how to develop a learning game, they also got to see how learning math now is both fun and easy. The reception of Numetry was very good. The girls were inspired and came up with many good tips and feedback that we take with us in the work.