1. What’s Your Coding Story
ibm.biz/gw-coding-story This is a 6 day campaign encouraging students to submit videos in social media and the Goodwall platform to share their coding story (what inspired them to learn to code…why did they decide to study computer science?). Winner gets $1K in education expenses from Goodwall. Launches December 7th and goes through December 13th.
2. #DoubleTheMeal Social Media Campaign – Tech4Good – goes from 23 November to 26 December
· #DoubleTheMeal Blog to learn more: http://ibm.biz/double-the-meal
· For every student who finishes level one (one hour of work for beginners), IBM donates 4 meals to feed children in need to World Food Programme via their #ShareTheMeal campaign.
3. What’s the IBMZ-4-Good Ideathon?
If you’re inspired by the power of Tech for Good to bring communities together and help make the world a better place….and want to share your vision with a global audience, check out our IBMZ-4-Good Ideathon and register today.
By taking part, you will be part of something bigger and create solutions that enable you to use your passion for digital skills to grow as a leader and changemaker. Oh, and you can even have an opportunity to win $1,000, present on a global, virtual stage, and see receive mentorship from IBM for one year!
Did you know that according to the United Nations, there’s a massive disconnect between the skills required to be digitally literate and reality on-the-ground? This is well noted in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
By participating in the IBMZ-4-Good Ideathon, you’ll hear from student speakers and industry subject matter experts on each of the key skill-building topics below. We look forward to sharing ideas, collaborating with you and empowering students from across the globe with the skills necessary to pay your passion for technology forward in your local community and around the world.
IDEATHON – http://ibm.biz/z-ideathon-blog
4. Master the mainframe with IBM Z +VS Code
Join our Master the Mainframe coding competition.
Skill up on JCL, Ansible, Python, Unix, COBOL & REXX.
3 levels.