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Tech for Space

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<h3>Share your children's work</h3>After watching the animation, please share your children’s creative ideas with us on social media using #TechWeCan, or email them to us at <a href="mailto:info@techshecan.org">info@techshecan.org</a>

Drones are unpiloted aircrafts or spacecrafts which are either operated by humans with a remote control, or use computer technology and sensors to move on their own. They vary in size and can be as small as your hand or as large as an aeroplane - and can fly long distances and to high altitudes. Drones are used in many different ways - from taking photos, to delivering parcels and even assisting in emergency rescues. They’re often able to complete tasks more quickly than humans and can tackle jobs which may be too dangerous for us.&nbsp; In this animation, Katie and Tex focus on how drones are being used for environmental sustainability. Drones are powered by electricity and don’t directly emit fumes into the atmosphere. While many only have relatively short flying times before needing to be recharged, they tend to offer a more sustainable form of transport for short deliveries than vehicles such as vans and planes. Drones can also help protect the environment and animals - from planting new trees by dropping seed pods from the air, to tracking endangered animals.&nbsp; <h3>The challenge</h3>Katie asks children to think about how drones could help people in their daily lives. Perhaps you can ask your students or children to create an image of their drone in action and label it to explain how it works and what it’s doing.&nbsp;We’d love to see what they come up with! Please do send us pictures of their artwork and we’ll get back to you with our feedback.

Katie and Tex explore drones

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As cashless payment technology continues to advance, we’re increasingly able to buy things digitally, using smart devices such as phones and watches, without the need for traditional banknotes and coins. However, the way we now make purchases, with just a simple tap of a card or device, can be confusing for children who don’t see any cash being exchanged. It’s therefore important to remind children that cashless payments still involve transferring money to the company or person being paid, as we explain in this animation. <h3>The challenge</h3>If you’d like to explore this topic further with your students or children, take a look at this <a href="https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/parents/worksheets-activities/name-the-digital-payments/">activity sheet for 5-8 year-olds</a> from NatWest MoneySense, with whom we partnered on this animation. See how many digital payment methods they can identify (this <a href="https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/parents/worksheets-activities/digital-ways-to-pay/">handy info sheet</a> will help them with any they don’t know). There’s also a <a href="https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/parents/articles/the-different-ways-we-pay-for-things/">guide for parents</a> on how to explain the different ways we pay for things to children. We’d love to see your students or children interacting with these resources. Please send us pictures of them completing the activities and we’ll get back to you with our feedback!

Katie and Tex explore cashless payments

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In simple terms, a robot is any automatically operated machine that replaces human effort. Robots come in all shapes and sizes - sometimes they look like humans and sometimes they don’t! Robots perform many different tasks and can often do these faster and with more accuracy than a human. Robots can be guided externally by a separate device or they might have controls embedded within them. Most robots are now using artificial intelligence (AI) technology. AI refers to a machine's ability to think, learn and adapt to different situations like a human. It’s already used in many areas of our lives such as personal assistants - like Alexa and Siri - in autonomous cars, and to track our online shopping habits.&nbsp; Robots combined with AI are known as ‘AI robots’. AI robots - such as our character, Tex - learn to perform their tasks as a result of humans coding and programming them. They then use ‘machine learning’ to adapt and change what they do to get better at it. AI robots are currently used in places like hospitals, restaurants, manufacturing and recycling.&nbsp; There are often fears that robots will take over people’s jobs in the future. While this may be true for certain jobs, robotics will also create new jobs and free up time for people to work on more ‘value-add’ activities by making time-consuming processes more efficient. Automation and robotics will continue to advance in the years ahead so it’s important for children to understand the need for people to work in technology to design, create and control the robotics technology of the future.&nbsp;<h3>The challenge</h3>In the animation, Katie asks children to have a go at designing their own robot - especially one which can help others in some way. She asks them to create an image of their robot and label it to explain how it works.&nbsp; We’d love to see your students' or children’s creative ideas, so please do share them with us (see below) and we’ll get back to you with feedback.

Katie and Tex explore robotics and AI

Autonomous shops are shops without any checkouts. Customers walk in, pick up the items they’d like to buy and simply walk out. An app on the customer’s phone, along with special sensors placed all around the store, detect what the customer picks up from the shelves and also if they put something back again. When the customer leaves the store, the app calculates the total price of the products they’ve collected, sends them a notification and then charges their bank. There are therefore no queues and no checkouts in the shop. Some companies call this technology ‘WiWo’ which stands for ‘Walk in. Walk Out’. Autonomous shops already exist in the UK and the adoption of this type of shopping experience is set to grow in the coming years.&nbsp;<h3>The challenge</h3>Here’s a follow-up creative challenge you can set for children to complete after watching the animation on autonomous shopping:&nbsp;Next time you’re out shopping, what technology can you see in shops and how is it used? We’d like you to create a poster, drawing pictures of the technology you see in shops and explaining what it does (ask an adult if you spot something and are unsure what it's used for).&nbsp;For an extra challenge, you could even think about what kinds of technology might replace this in the future. Katie and Tex think holograms might greet you as you enter a shop and augmented reality mirrors could be used in the changing rooms so you won’t even need to try clothes on!We’d love to see your students' or children’s creative ideas, so please do share them with us (see below) and we’ll get back to you with feedback.

Katie and Tex explore autonomous shopping

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Virtual reality (VR) is the use of computer technology to create a simulated environment. Instead of the user viewing something via a screen in front of them, they put on a VR headset and are immersed in an interactive 3D world.&nbsp;Virtual reality experiences have a wide range of uses from entertainment, to education, architecture, healthcare and more. Currently, VR experiences rely on the use of two of our five senses - sight and sound. However, this area of technology is advancing rapidly and likely to play a significant role in children’s future careers and personal lives.&nbsp;<h3>The challenge</h3>In the animation, Katie asks viewers to imagine being a VR designer and create an image of a world they’d like to explore using a VR headset. We’d love to see your students' or children’s creative ideas, so please do share them with us (see below) and we’ll get back to you with feedback.

Katie and Tex explore virtual reality

Understand how technology is used for travel and tourism and broaden my knowledge of careers available in this field.

Travel & Tourism

Understand how technology is used for safety and security and broaden my knowledge of careers available in this field.

Safety & Security

Understand how technology is used for retail and broaden my knowledge of careers available in this field.

Retail

Understand how technology is used for manufacturing and engineering and broaden my knowledge of careers available in this field.

Manufacturing & Engineering

Understand how technology is used for history and broaden my knowledge of careers available in this field.

History

Understand how technology is used for health and inclusion and broaden my knowledge of careers available in this field.

Health & Inclusion

Understand how technology is used for good and broaden my knowledge of careers available in this field.

Good

Understand how technology is used for fun and broaden my knowledge of careers available in this field.

Understand how technology is used for food and broaden my knowledge of careers available in this field.

Food

Understand how technology is used for finance and broaden my knowledge of careers available in this field.

Finance

Understand how technology is used for the environment and broaden my knowledge of careers available in this field.

the Environment

Environment

Understand how technology is used for entertainment and art and broaden my knowledge of careers available in this field.

Entertainment & Art

Understand how technology is used for education and broaden my knowledge of careers available in this field.

Education

Understand how technology is used for communication and marketing and broaden my knowledge of careers available in this field.

Communication & Marketing

Discover how technology is being used to design and create toys which can be used for fun, for learning and to help others.

Toys

Discover how technologists around the world are using technology to protect our air, reduce waste, help clean the oceans and preserve our wildlife.

the Planet

Explore the latest advances in technology across healthcare, communication and transport - from flying suits to robotic guide dogs.

the Future – Part 2

Find out how technology is advancing in areas including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality and robotics.

the Future – Part 1

Learn all about technology in sport - including how it’s being used to train athletes and improve inclusion.

Sport

Discover how technology is helping us to explore, travel and live in space.

Space

Find out how technology is being used to keep us safe online and to prevent cyber attacks

Safety and Security

Find out how technology can be used during a pandemic - from developing vaccines to monitoring and limiting the spread of viruses

Pandemics

Discover how technology is transforming the world of finance and how we manage and move our money.

Money

Discover the different ways in which technology is used in the energy sector - including creating renewable energy to help protect the planet

Energy

Discover how technology is used in live events and celebrations - from carnivals, to sporting events and music festivals

Celebrations

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We’re looking for sponsors to help us fund and create new episodes in our award-winning Tech We Can animation series for children.

Would you like to help inspire chidren about a future career in technology?

We’re looking for sponsors to help us fund and create new episodes in our award-winning <a href="/animated-lessons">Tech We Can animation series</a> for children. These animated lessons aim to open children’s eyes to the wide variety of tech careers that exist and show them that a future role in technology is within their reach. Each animation explores a different area of technology and features our characters, Katie and Tex, as well as an individual who works in that field from the sponsor organisation. Together, they help to explain to children what the technology is and how it’s used in a simple, fun and engaging manner. ﻿<figure contenteditable="false" data-trix-attachment="{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;nightjars.png&quot;,&quot;filesize&quot;:136006,&quot;height&quot;:328,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http://dev-api.techshecan.org/storage/temp/images/nightjars.png&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http://dev-api.techshecan.org/storage/temp/images/nightjars.png&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:495}" data-trix-content-type="image/png" data-trix-id="7121" data-trix-attributes="{&quot;presentation&quot;:&quot;gallery&quot;}" class="attachment attachment--preview attachment--png"><a href="http://dev-api.techshecan.org/storage/temp/images/nightjars.png" tabindex="-1" contenteditable="false"><img src="http://dev-api.techshecan.org/storage/temp/images/nightjars.png" data-trix-mutable="true" width="495" height="328" data-trix-store-key="imageElement/7121/http://dev-api.techshecan.org/storage/temp/images/nightjars.png/443/293"><figcaption class="attachment__caption" data-trix-placeholder="Add a caption…"></figcaption></a></figure>﻿ We want all children to have the opportunity to participate in the jobs of the future and by educating and exciting them about technology, and the people who develop it, from an early age, we’re helping to build a more diverse and inclusive tech industry. If you’d like to get involved by sponsoring and co-creating an episode - highlighting an area of technology that’s important to your business, as well as an employee who works in that area - please get in touch with us by <a href="/contact-us">completing this form</a>. Many thanks to the organisations with whom we've worked on the <a href="/animated-lessons">current animations</a> in the series - UST, NatWest and PwC UK - as well as Computeam, our sponsor for the next episode which will be coming soon!

Share your story of how you got to where you are today and what you love about your role to inspire the next generation of women in tech.

Are you a young woman working in tech? We want to hear from you!

If you’re a young woman working in tech, and would like to inspire the next generation to pursue a career in technology, we’d love to hear from you! Our ‘Young women in tech’ campaign - a collaboration between Tech She Can, <a href="https://workfinder.com/">Workfinder</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-digital-culture-media-sport/about">DCMS</a>, <a href="https://www.everywoman.com/">everywoman</a> and <a href="https://wearetechwomen.com/">WeAreTechWomen</a> - features short self-filmed videos of inspiring young women talking about their roles, highlighting the variety of tech careers that exist as well as the many different routes people take into them. You can <a href="/role-models">explore our exsiting role model videos here</a>. The types of roles we're looking to feature include data analyst, data engineer, software developer, systems engineer, DevOps engineer, intelligence analyst, app developer, data scientist, VR or metaverse designer, privacy analyst, security architect, Natural Language Processing (NLP) engineer, Blockchain developer, UX designer, or Cloud engineer. This isn’t an exhaustive list (see more examples below), but hopefully gives you a good idea of the types of roles we’re looking to profile in this campaign!&nbsp;If you’d like to feature in this video series, share your story of how you got into technology, what it is you do in your current role and what you enjoy most about what you do. <a href="https://techshecan.org/api/storage/files/Filming-guide-for--Young-women-in-tech--role-models-(14.03.22).pdf">Download our detailed filming guide</a> which provides all the information you need, including how to film your videos, the questions we’d like you to answer and how to submit your videos to us. If you have any questions, please get in touch with us at info@techshecan.org.The initial phase of the campaign launched in early March 2022, but we'll continue to add role model videos into the collection on an ongoing basis.&nbsp; Other tech roles we'd love to feature: You work in tech across any sector, domain or discipline whether that’s AI/ML/Quantum, BigData, AdTech, AgriTech, AutoTech, BioTech, CleanTech, Construction, Cyber security, Defence, Design Engineering, E-commerce, EdTech, FinTech, FoodTech, Gaming, Human Centred Design, Human-computer interaction (HCI), IoT, InsurTech, LegalTech, Manufacturing, MedTech, On-demand, PropTech, RetailTech, RegTech, Robotics, Telecoms, TravelTec or VR/AR.&nbsp;

We've created two short videos to help explain the significance of International Women's Day to children.

Celebrating International Women's Day with children

With <a href="https://www.internationalwomensday.com/">International Women's Day 2022</a> approaching on 8 March, we’ve put together two short videos to help explain the importance of this day to children. Our Head of Early Education, Becky Patel, highlights what International Women’s Day is all about and why it’s important for both boys and girls. Becky also explains some of the inequalities that exist between women and men - and shares some of things children can do to help make the world a fairer place.Whether you’re a teacher, parent, or guardian, we hope you find these videos useful. You may be able to use them as part of a school assembly next week, or simply to spark a valuable and interesting conversation with your own children.&nbsp; There are two videos available - one for primary school children and the other for secondary school children.

Our latest Tech We Can lesson, aimed at inspiring kids aged 8 - 14 to consider a career in technology, explores how tech is helping to protect our planet and highlights some of the inspirational people working in this area.

Tech for Planet: new Tech We Can lesson for kids

Since the COP26 climate summit earlier this month, topics such as sustainable living and protecting the future of our planet have dominated the news agenda, as well as entering our everyday conversations, including those taking place in schools and among young people. Today, we’re delighted to announce the release of our latest free on-demand Tech We Can lesson, ‘Tech for the Planet’. Aimed at children aged 8-14, this lesson aims to show some of the innovative ways in which technologists around the world are using technology to protect our air, reduce waste, help clean the oceans and preserve our wildlife. It also highlights some of the role models working in these areas which we hope will inspire young viewers to consider a future career in technology. Many thanks to Lucinda Jones from Unilever and Mikya Rozner from Tesco for featuring in this lesson and sharing what their roles involve. You can watch the lesson, taught by Becky Patel and Katie King in our new studio, below. As with all our Tech We Can online lessons, the content is free of charge and available to watch on demand.&nbsp; Head to the <a href="/tech-we-can">Tech We Can</a> section of our site where you'll fine a wide range of on-demand lessons and lesson packs. Each explores the use of technology in a different area - from sport, to food and outer space - and highlights the types of careers that students could go into in the future.&nbsp;

Tech for the Planet: new Tech We Can lesson for kids

On 28 September 2021, we celebrated Tech She Can becoming an independent charity, committed to improving the ratio of women working in technology roles.

Celebrating our future as a charity

On 28 September 2021, we got together with our members, trustees and guest speakers to celebrate Tech She Can becoming an independent charity, committed to improving the ratio of women working in technology roles.With an opening speech from one of our original founding members, Sandy Lacey-Aberdein, Head of Talent at Zoopla who kindly hosted the event, we went on to hear from our CEOs about future ambitions for Tech She Can. Our <a href="https://www.techshecan.org/about-us#trustees">trustees</a> took part in a panel session sharing stories about the challenges they face in relation to diversity within their own organisations, as well as the importance of visible role models, and how, by working together, we can make a real difference to improving the gender balance in tech. We were also delighted to have Priya Guha MBE join us as our keynote speaker. Priya highlighted how critical it is for women to participate in the design and development of technology if we're to solve today's biggest societal problems.You can hear more about our journey so far and how we're looking forward to working with our members to extend our impact even further in this short video, filmed at the launch event. Whether it's through our <a href="/tech-we-can/">Tech We Can</a> lessons, apprenticeship schemes, career insights programmes, or work experience placements, we're looking to inspire more girls and young women about the exciting opportunities provided by technology - and the fantastic career opportunities it offers.

As a charity, Tech She Can, working together with its board of Trustees and member organisations will be able to extend its reach and impact, inspiring more young girls and women to pursue a career in technology.

Tech She Can becomes a charity with over 200 members

As a charity, Tech She Can can inspire more young girls and women to pursue a career in technologyTech She Can Strategic Partners are PwC, Google, NatWest, Centrica, Credit Suisse, UST, Morgan Stanley, Tesco, Nationwide and ZooplaApprenticeships, career insights, and work experience weeks are a core part of its plansTech She Can is delighted to announce that it has become an independent charity. As a charity, Tech She Can, working together with its board of Trustees and member organisations will be able to extend its reach and impact, inspiring more young girls and women to pursue a career in technology. According to PwC’s <a href="https://www.pwc.co.uk/who-we-are/women-in-technology/time-to-close-the-gender-gap.html">Women in tech: Time to close the gender gap report</a>, only 3% of girls say a career in technology is their first choice.Tech She Can was created by PwC in 2018 along with 18 founding organisations following a <a href="https://www.pwc.co.uk/who-we-are/women-in-technology/time-to-close-the-gender-gap.html">PwC research initiative</a> into why girls and young women are less likely to study technology-based subjects, and pursue tech careers. Today, it is a charity with over 200 member organisations, with the Tech She Can Strategic Partners being: PwC, Google, NatWest, Centrica, Credit Suisse, UST, Morgan Stanley, Tesco, Nationwide and Zoopla. Other members include the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Channel 4 and come from a wide range of industries committed to collaborating to address the gender imbalance in technology roles in the UK.&nbsp;Sheridan Ash MBE and Dr Claire Thorne are the new co-CEOs of the Tech She Can charity. Sheridan Ash is PwC UK’s Technology Innovation Leader and was recognised with an MBE in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours list for services to young girls and women through technology. Dr Claire Thorne has a background in innovation strategy, R&amp;D and commercialisation spanning universities, government and business. The board of Trustees comprises of: Chair of the Board of Trustees Auriol Stevens, Global Technology Director at Unilever; Wendy Redshaw, Chief Digital Information Officer at NatWest; Laura Barrowman, Chief Information Officer at Credit Suisse; Paul Hammond, VP of Engineering at Zoopla; Ben Higgin, Executive Board member and Technology Leader at PwC UK; Rob Harris, Head of Engineering at Centrica; Praveen Prabhakaran, Managing Director and Chief Delivery Officer UST UK; and Rebecca Stephens, Deputy Director of Digital and Policy, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).<h2>Sheridan Ash MBE, Tech She Can Founder and co-CEO, said:</h2>“Tech She Can is going from strength to strength. It is inspiring girls and young women by showing them the exciting opportunities provided by technology and the great careers it offers. At the same time it is addressing the problem of skills shortages in technology and giving voice to female perspectives in the development and use of the technologies that we all use. By becoming a charity we will supercharge all the determination and passion that our members bring and the collaboration that underpins all we do. Our objective is for women to play an equal role in creating the technology that shapes our world.”<h2>Dr Claire Thorne, co-CEO, Tech She Can said:&nbsp;</h2>“With charitable status and a renewed purpose, an extensive and influential member base across all sectors, and a platform reaching schools UK-wide, I’m excited to join Tech She Can to co-lead the team at a time of such opportunity and momentum.“As a young girl, technology careers and the routes into them were invisible to me; the guidance wasn’t there and today’s role models were only then breaking through. Now, as a woman in tech, a returner and a mum, I see first-hand the urgent need to inspire our next generation when they ask ‘what can I be when I grow up?’, to equip their schools and parents with the technology literacy they need to be able to make those routes a reality, and to value and retain our female talent, against the odds.”<h2>Tech We Can now reaches 630 schools</h2>In 2019, Tech She Can launched an online portal - called <a href="/tech-we-can/">Tech We Can</a> - following two successful pilots with schools across the UK. The online portal provides lesson plans for teachers which can be taught to girls and boys aged 9-14, with the aim of inspiring school students across the country to consider a career in technology, and boost the diversity of future technologists. The lesson plans are designed for teachers to adapt based on the technologies available at each participating school and showcase the breadth and depth of tech careers and highlight real life role models, especially females, from across the Tech She Can signatories. Tech We Can now reaches 630 schools across the UK.&nbsp;During the pandemic, Tech We Can at Home was launched giving parents and carers access to lesson plans and a series of shorter online sessions, ‘Tech Tuesdays’ were run for 10 consecutive weeks, designed to be viewed on demand in the classroom or at home. There have now been over 1,300 home users of the lesson plans and over 7,500 total views of the Tech Tuesdays. Students and homeschoolers have taken part across the globe from the UK to Australia, Greece, India, Nigeria, South Africa, Thailand, the USA and Qatar.&nbsp;<h2>New initiatives</h2>Tech She Can piloted its very first apprenticeship scheme during the pandemic when Zoopla took onboard 10 trainee software engineers who participated in a 10 week virtual bootcamp. Findings from the boot camp were also used to help Centrica increase their share of female engineering apprentices to 40%. More recently, PwC, Zoopla, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley joined up to deliver Tech She Can’s first ‘Career Insight Programme’ for Year 11 students to find out how technology is used, the types of tech careers that exist, and meet role models from these organisations. The charity is looking to scale these initiatives with apprenticeships, career insights, and work experience weeks becoming a core part of its strategy.Tech We Can Champions is a newer initiative which allows the employees of the member organisations to receive training in order to give back to their local schools and communities.<h2>Partnerships helping give Tech She Can a greater impact</h2>With the UK facing a critical technology skills shortage, Tech She Can has formed joint initiatives with a number of key partners including the DCMS and the Digital Skills Partnership, Future Dot Now, STEM learning, and Tech Talent Charter. In addition, Tech She Can has sponsored the establishment and participation in an All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPG) on Diversity &amp; Inclusion in STEM with the British Science Association.<h2>Digital Secretary Nadine Dorries said:</h2>“I welcome the work being done by Tech She Can to help the next generation of women and girls to pursue careers in technology .&nbsp;"Helping a broader range of people get the skills they need to work in technology is not only the right thing to do, but also makes good business sense."I am delighted that Tech She Can's new charity status will help its efforts to boost diversity in the sector."<h2>Siân Allsopp, Technology Executive Director, Morgan Stanley said:</h2>“I consider myself to be an accidental technologist, because the importance of technology and the opportunities it opens up were not clear to me or my peers as we made our academic choices at school.&nbsp;“Decades on, technology is crucial for our society; from fashion design and social media influencers to medicine and investment banking, technology is shaping our lives and progressing our economies. If we want products and solutions to meet the needs of all communities, then everyone needs to be included in the innovation, design and decision making. Tech She Can is putting technology and the incredibly diverse career opportunities it brings front and centre for women and girls – inspiring and motivating them to make a difference for all our futures.”

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