Irvine, CA and Palo Alto, CA, February 14, 2024–(Business Wire)–broadcom foundation announces its “Tech for Good” sponsorship of the inaugural National STEM Challenge, funding 25 of the 126 National STEM Champions. These students will be honored on April 13-14, 2024 at the first National STEM Festival in Washington, DC, co-sponsored by EXPLR and the U.S. Department of Education. here.
“The Broadcom Foundation prepares young women and all underrepresented and under-resourced youth in urban, rural, and tribal communities to compete for highly skilled jobs. “Emerging industries are built on the technologies of the future,” said Paula Golden, Broadcom Foundation Chair. says Mr. “The Foundation’s sponsorship of Her Tech for Good promotes STEM education and Fair access to broadband internet Promote basic coding as a key element 21cent century skills needed to solve the problems expressed in The United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals. ”
“Many of the students selected as National STEM Champions used basic coding for research, data analysis, and prototyping,” Golden said. “Young people are finding innovative ways to solve global problems that directly impact their communities, including health, hygiene, energy, and climate change. National STEM Champions inspire others to It will encourage others to learn this skill to solve problems they care about.”
The Foundation advocates:
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Digital literacy is a critical skill for communicating, getting an education, finding meaningful work, and becoming an informed citizen in modern society.
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Coding allows young people to become creative STEM problem solvers who think critically, communicate, collaborate, and persevere, making them experts in the digital world.
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Learning coding skills to solve community problems that middle school students care about can help reverse the trend of declining interest in math, science, and engineering.
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Basic coding skills are useful in app design, digital arts, entertainment, 3D design and manufacturing, and growth engineering.
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digital literacy outreach programs such as code clubcool project globalsponsored science fairs, and related programs provide opportunities for employees of companies like Broadcom Inc. to volunteer as mentors and judges in the communities where they live and work.
The offer is explanationThe National STEM Challenge invites students in grades 6-12 from across the United States and its territories to participate in STEM innovation, invention, and research across six categories: environmental stewardship, future food, health and medicine, powering the planet, and space innovation. , invited people to devise and submit studies. , and Tech for Good.
The Broadcom Foundation’s support of “Tech for Good” recognizes the importance of coding in solving community problems and challenges.
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