The decreasing interest in technology among children and young people is a downward trend that needs to be reversed. Sigma has taken note of this and is launching the Experts of Tomorrow Innovation Race. An innovation competition for all middle school students in Sweden. To inspire them to find the joy and playfulness of technology and innovations.
Interest in technology is dropping drastically
Skool, a non-profit organization in Hungary that inspires girls to choose technology for their future, usually arranges physical events and workshops, programming boot camps, and mentoring sessions. The quarantine and lockdown period didn’t stop them in their mission of spreading knowledge and inspiration. This May, we took part in the first online workshop for girls together with Skool.
Encouraging girls to choose technology as a possible career – this is the vision of the Skool project, the initiative started by the Technology in Education Foundation, Hungary, Budapest. We have gotten a chance to meet the co-founder of the project and CEO Szilvi Koleszár, and Péter Guzsaly, Unicorn Whisperer.
Utbildning, jämställdhet och mångfald är tre utmaningar, och i förlängningen möjligheter, som Sigma identifierat för att säkra kompetens till att driva det svenska IT-undret framåt. Sigma går därför in som huvudsponsor till Kodcentrum, en förening som introducerar programmering och digitalt skapande för 9–13-åringar och skapar möjligheter för nästa generations kodare i Sverige.
During three years we have been supporting the Tempus project NEFESIE that aims to enhance innovation and entrepreneurship among Ukrainian IT students. Last week we had a final meeting with the Tempus partners, leading tech universities, in Växjö.
Sigma Technology has become a supporter of Bridge Budapest, the Hungarian non-profit organization that empowers young Hungarian talent to believe in their ideas.
Sigma Technology together with Sigma Ukraine was involved in creation of a fascinating web-based adventure game the Minnits for Universal Learning Games AB since 2012. During this time we developed from scratch a Unity 3D learning game, which is aimed at helping students of age from 10 to 13 learn English in a fun and engaging way.