Greek Girls Code

greekgirlscode.com Greek Girls Code is a social initiative and enterprise aiming to support Greek women’s work and activities in science, research and technology. Visit our site to keep up with our updates, sponsor us or get involved with our team 👭🙏💪 #womenempowerment

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Το Femme Forward στοχεύει στα: ✅ Εκπαίδευση στο Cloud Computing και τα απαραίτητα skills, ✅ Εκπροσώπηση και ενσωμάτωση των γυναικών στην tech αγορά εργασίας, ✅ Ευκαιρίες καριέρας μέσα από το δίκτυο του προγράμματος.

Η Big Blue Data Academy συμμετέχει στο πρόγραμμα και αναλαμβάνει την εκπαίδευση 45 γυναικών στο Cloud Computing, με την υποστήριξη της AWS re/Start. Το πρόγραμμα είναι δωρεάν, online και θα διαρκέσει 3 μήνες.

Few spots left!! #bigbluedataacademy Ενδιαφέρεσαι να εργαστείς στο tech industry αλλά δεν ξέρεις πώς να ξεκινήσεις; Σου παρουσιάζουμε το ευρωπαϊκό πρόγραμμα FemmeForward 🎉 👉🏼 Μπορείς να μάθεις περισσότερα και να δηλώσεις συμμετοχή στο lnkd.in/d8S8F2sW.

👩🏻‍💻 We are really excited to announce our partnership with OpenConf! open-conf.gr OpenConf 2023 is a Women-led initiative powered by Greek Women communities. #womeninSTEM

We, Greek Girls Code, as a Community Partner, are delighted to share the following news! Free online courses for front-end and back-end development with a duration of 15 weeks (October 2023 - February 2024) from WE LEAD. More info: joinwelead.org/el/programmata… Deadline: 05/09

A lovely end to the day…a real pleasure to meet @e_balatsou - one of our #studyukalumniawards winners - and to learn about @GirlsWhoCode and their fab initiatives. Looking forward to finding opportunities to work together. @AAndritsou sorry you missed the photo! @BritishCouncil

Time for me to say goodnight and wish you a great week ahead. Thank you for having me ❤️

"If you want to make everyone happy, don't be a leader, sell ice cream" Steve Jobs

"I have not failed 10,000 times, I have successfully found 10,000 ways that will not work." Thomas Edison

Last day of the week today and election day in Greece. So I thought I'd leave you with a few of my favourite quotes as inspiration.

@technolagnos You know, there are days like this when O really wonder who enjoys these games more, me or the little ones 😄

@GreekGirlsCode Yes, same concept - was torn between one or the other, in the end we went with the intellino. All of these toys are great introduction to coding/algorithmic thinking 👌

It is very exciting to see little children grasping mathematical, engineering, or coding concepts through toys, without the "this is hard" baggage.

@technolagnos Seems great! I hadn't seen it before. We've had lots of fun with the Lego Duplo train which also uses coloured blocks to introduce children to algorithmic thinking.

@GreekGirlsCode There's a good reason why one of the most popular chatGPT prompts is the "explain it to me like I'm a 5yo"... By the way I thoroughly enjoy watching my two -just about- 5 year olds learning through play. The intellino train for example is a big hit in our household.

@amdespotopoulou That being said I was really excited when this book series was translated in Greek.

@GreekGirlsCode I sure wish an editor had the courage to translate this and other similar books in Greek. The language barrier is a challenge for young children whose maternal language is not English.

I also absolutely love books such as this. Because #coding doesn't always require a computer.

@amdespotopoulou The upside is that at this age no-one really expects children to know how to read so the only thing you need to read are the instructions to the parents. The children then "code" through drawing.

@amdespotopoulou So true. I've actually heard people say that you don't really understand something unless you can explain it to a 5 year old.

@GreekGirlsCode I feel that the "this is hard" label, mostly relates to adults having difficulty in explaining things to children in simple terms, than the other way around.