Heading off to summer vacation, AMIT girls from Ma’ale Adumim (Wasserman) concluded their studies in technology and participation in the municipal incubator program.
This is the second year that the school has been studying technology, exposing the students to a foundation of programming, and working with a 3D printer to prepare the girls for the 21st century labor market.
But this year, Ma’aleh Adumim opened a technological incubator, which makes use of the innovative technology of high-tech products for the general public. After its opening, girls from Wasserman visited the incubator and created a device for the cell phone using a laser cutter. Following that workshop, eighth-grade girls asked to be mentors in the incubator and to volunteer in it. Ms. Daniel Tsrum, Director of the incubator, welcomed the request and seized the opportunity. Together with Dina Handler, IT Coordinator at Amit Bnot, a professional training course for female students was built in order to acquire knowledge of the operation of the software and instruments in the incubator.
After completing the course, the students joined the training team of the incubator in the various workshops. Some of the students regularly taught technology courses once a week in the city’s elementary schools. In addition, the students taught courses for the general public, for mentally disabled women, and more. In a summary meeting this week it was agreed that in the summer the students will also continue to train workshops for the general public.
Ruchama Vogel, Director of AMIT Girls said, “The students in the school take part in various technological programs, in order to promote them to select scientific-technological-related study tracks and to open up as many academic opportunities as possible.”
