«Sthey were some girls who had participated in Girls Code It Better To ask us for a further step: learn to apply in practice what technologies offer. Thus was born the innovative experience of Girls Code It Better Step Up ». Costanza Torrini, who created GCIB, tells us the novelty of this school year that is ending: A concrete project at the request of a company, which liked it so much that they were adopted.
«GCIB, the largest Italian project to bring girls closer to the STEMs, was born 11 years ago in first grade secondary schools thanks to the W-GROUP ETS Foundation Officina Future. Since 2019 we have also entered the second degree, with aorientation optics for university or work choices»Explains Costanza Torrini. Gcib is free and is divided into clubs, or in teams that always work in a group, in the presence, once a week in the afternoon. «Sometimes they are groups of girls from the same school, sometimes not. But even if they come from different schools and social contexts, have the interest in common, the desire to commit themselves “. In 11 years, 14 thousand girls have participated from more than 400 schools, in all Italy.
In this school year the novelty of GCIB Step up started: «A team of 18 girls, who had already participated in GCIB, was involved in an advanced online path», Torrini continues. “There Mecaer Aviation Group SPA, Borgomanero company that designs and produces components for helicopters, asked the girls to Create a virtual agent to support the entry of new employees and make the company known to them. The girls have created it, and now the Mecaer is using it ».
Girls Code It Better girls at the WE MAKE FUTUE technology Fair last year, in Bologna. This year the fair will be held from 4 to 6 June and Girls Code It Better will participate again.
In September Girls Code It Better starts again
For girls, the work for GCIB is recognized part of the educational path as PCTO, or the former school work alternation. “The students committed themselves very well at a distance, collaborating with each other and with the company’s HR team. It must be understood that this generation uses digital in a different way from us. They prefer to connect remotely in order to carve out more time even for school tasks. According to them, physical presence is not necessary. In any case, the project was successful. THEcompany immediately sent positive feedback and then adopted the IA as a support tool for onboarding».
On June 4 in Bologna, during the fair We make futureGirls Code It Better girls and Stem Your Brain’s children (the program for males and females in primary) will present the works done this year. In September, we start again: «We would like to activate other steps up because we understood from this first experience that girls need to get in touch with the world of work. They want to see it closely. In addition, we will try to hook the less motivated girls. They are our next goal, “concludes Torrini.
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