By Tate Papworth
Tech-minded girls are being invited to improve and hone their skills.
Code Like a Girl – a Melbourne-based female tech start-up – is bringing its Roaming Classroom for Rebel Girls to the west.
The mobile pop-up classroom comes kitted out with colourful desks, lockers, neon lamps and motivational posters to transform local venues into inspirational spaces.
Its workshops are aimed at increasing diversity in Australia’s future tech industry.
The Brimbank classes will be held at the Visy Cares Auditorium, 80B Harvester Road, Sunshine on Saturday and Sunday, October 20 and 21.
There will be three workshops each day for girls aged six to 18.
Code Like a Girl co-founder Vanessa Doake said the idea was for girls to dive into coding in an inspired setting.
“When girls come into tech companies in the city there’s a real ‘wow factor’, but anytime anything happens in the outer suburbs or regional towns, they’re stuck with a community hall or library,” Ms Doake said.
She said herself and fellow founder Ally Watson had worked hard to create a “cool” space they would have loved themselves as young girls.
“The bright colours, the posters, the little details like programmable lamps … we hope the girls are going to be truly inspired,” she said.
Tickets can be purchased for $5 at codelikeagirl.org/roaming-classroom.
