We have been hosting a volunteer-based event, Coding Summit, at our school for the past four years. At this day-long event, we administer workshops on different coding and electronics platforms. Last year we had over 250 participants consisting of teachers and students, and a total of 15 different workshops like Scratch & Makey Makey, Programming with Arduino, Raspberry Pi & Python, MIT App Inventor & Mobile Application, Java / Processing, 3D Design with Maya, IOS Mobile Application, Game Development with Unity, Adobe Illustrator & After Effects, 3D Design with Fusion 360, ChucK And Music Programming with Sonic Pi, Image Processing, Machine Learning, LabVIEW, Robotic Programming with LEGO EV3. This completely free summit creates an opportunity for people who don’t know where to begin learning to code, or don’t have the resources to do so, to gain an introductory level of understanding about the topic.
Some of our team members have been participating in Technovation, which is a challenge that encourages girls to become technology entrepreneurs and to participate in STEM. In this competition, participants need to develop a mobile application that solves a problem in their community. Last year, 4 members in our team got the chance to participate in the finals of Technovation in Silicon Valley, San Fransisco with their application, "Tap-Tap Trees" that they coded in MIT App Inventor.