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Introduction to Scratch by the mJangale Team4/29/2017Africa, Senegal, Thies, SenegalLearning to code with Scratch Senegal This workshop will take place at the Bassirou Mbacke School in Thies on April 29th, 2017. It will gather 25 girls. Participants will be introduced to coding with Scratch. Scratch https://scratch.mit.edu is a bloc language used to initiate children (and adults) to programming. It was developed at MIT in the US and has been used widely around the world. Participants will work on a project in teams and present their work. The workshop is organized by mJangale. It will be led by Tech Senegalese women who will share their experience on studying computer science and working in tech in Senegal. mJangale The workshop is organized by mJangale. mjangale@mjangale.com http://facebook.com/mjangalesenegal mJangale is is an after-school program that introduces children (primary school to high school) to STEM ("Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics") and uses mobile applications to improve their skills in math, reading and foreign language. |