{"id":11392,"date":"2021-11-30T13:05:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T05:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/?p=11392"},"modified":"2021-11-30T16:57:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T08:57:24","slug":"turning-girls-into-agents-of-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/turning-girls-into-agents-of-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning Girls into Agents of Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11392\" class=\"elementor elementor-11392\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b6f5dfc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b6f5dfc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d35bb4b\" data-id=\"6d35bb4b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3823ddb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3823ddb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h5>By Puteri Syarafina<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1c539b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1c539b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Never in a million years had I thought I would be teaching technological knowledge with students. Me? A communications graduate?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the Program Associate in Arus Academy\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/moe-dl.edu.my\/girls4tech-malaysia\/laman-utama?authuser=3)\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agents of Tech<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">programme, I have not only learned valuable insights regarding the digital industry, but also taught these to thousands of students. Our hope is to inspire students, especially girls, to develop an interest in technology and perhaps choose careers in the industry someday. The gender gap in technology must be closed.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So we designed Agents of Tech in collaboration with MasterCard and the Ministry of Education\u2019s digital learning platform, Digital Educational Learning Initiative Malaysia (DELIMa). Our self-paced online programme is integrated with comics, quizzes and interactive graphics with modules aligned to the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iste.org\/iste-standards\">International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Standards<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students become \u2018agents\u2019 and follow a comic character named Agent Aliya to discover cool topics such as:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><b>Cryptology<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students are exposed to positive, safe, legal and ethical behaviors for using technology including social interactions online.<\/span><\/li><li><b>Detection<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Students learn to manage their personal data to maintain digital privacy and security while being aware of data collection technology that can track their navigation.<\/span><\/li><li><b>All things digital<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Students evaluate the accuracy, perspectives and credibility of media and information.<\/span><\/li><li><b>Big data: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Students learn how automation works and use algorithmic thinking to develop a sequence of steps to test automated solutions. <\/span><\/li><li><b>Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Social Good:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Students learn about data collection, data sets and use digital tools to analyze and represent the data to solve problems and make decisions.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc9b12e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc9b12e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4017289\" data-id=\"4017289\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e871531 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e871531\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AOT-Workshop-Promo.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AOT-Workshop-Promo.png 1280w, https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AOT-Workshop-Promo-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AOT-Workshop-Promo-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AOT-Workshop-Promo-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">We ran virtual workshops and contests for children, especially girls, to learn about digital technology and perhaps to make it their career someday.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7d2781 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7d2781\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By completing five missions based on the topics mentioned, students receive a national level e-certificate. What\u2019s best, the course is available in English and Bahasa Melayu and is completely FREE!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students have the opportunity to complete the missions at their own pace and convenience, but we do have excited learners who manage to complete all the missions within a day. Aren\u2019t they awesome?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agents of Tech is open to all students but our core focus is on female students as the program is also designed to empower girls and women participation in the digital industry. We are targeting to have at least 3,000 girls enrolled by the end of 2021. Pssttt\u2026 help us tell a girl about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/moe-dl.edu.my\/girls4tech-malaysia\/laman-utama?authuser=3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agents of Tech<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> today, will ya?<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-094cdc3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"094cdc3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d9c1741\" data-id=\"d9c1741\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e31491 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e31491\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><b>Girl Power in Tech<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My experience with students during the live workshops has been incredible, eye-opening and definitely something to cherish. Students from all over Malaysia gathered together to learn something new and competed excitedly to be the best in their quizzes. They were supportive of each other and were brave to speak up and give opinions. I noticed that having more girls in the session also creates a safe space for them to talk and feel less self-conscious.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think this program needs to run continuously. We need to have more such programmes to encourage the younger generation especially girls,\u201d said Agent Khairunnisa Adriana Bt Abd Razak from SMK Dato\u2019 Sheikh Ahmad, Negeri Sembilan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After we taught students about token encryption in Mission 1: Cryptology, a student told us:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI write my e-diary everyday but my sister always looks at it and I will get angry. So with the knowledge I learned from tokenization, I can create a stronger password that is more secure with varieties of emojis. I can finally write my diary with ease now,\u201d Agent Genevieve Low from SJK (C) Han Chiang, Penang said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Way to go, girl!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cec8672 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cec8672\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/aot-2-1024x511.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/aot-2-1024x511.png 1024w, https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/aot-2-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/aot-2-768x383.png 768w, https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/aot-2-1536x767.png 1536w, https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/aot-2.png 1765w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Who says encryption, big data and AI is too difficult for primary school students? Our role is to pique their curiosity and show them that they can learn anything they put their heart to.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6df4c51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6df4c51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agents of Tech also encourages students to seek knowledge beyond their classroom. We want to give students from different backgrounds the opportunities to explore, and have access to knowledge beyond school textbooks. Of course, it has got to be fun!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We ran a competition for students to solve real world problems by applying the knowledge they have learned. The Agents of Tech Female Innovation Icon saw 70 final video submissions and 11 winners selected from across Malaysia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the winners, Agent Nur Qaseh Alissya from SK Seri Padang Sari noticed an ongoing issue with vaccination cards that the elderly need to bring. Quite a number of them do not know how to use digital gadgets or forget to bring their card. To combat this common issue, Qaseh thought of an idea to programme the vaccination record into their identification card to ease elderly folks\u2019 burden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another innovative idea was given by Agent Foong Sharlyne from SMK Katholik Petaling Jaya which is to create \u201cEagle AI\u201d \u2013 a face recognition and eye ball movement detection technology to combat shoplifting. Not only that, Agent Nur Amniyyatul Zara from SK Pusat Chabang Tiga also came up with a brilliant idea to have a technology to scan vaccination status, temperature, medical history and travel history with iris recognition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If one programme like Agents of Tech can spark so many ideas from young students, surely more progressive thinkers can be born with more tech programmes in the country. Check out the winners\u2019 videos at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLEvnwEjzkb6Np6yWh_GmuYb4IXxgEFNlf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arus Academy\u2019s YouTube<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/arus.cc\/aot\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agents of Tech website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. I personally recommend you to see the excitement and passion in these students as they think of ideas to help the society through technology.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cce6159 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cce6159\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-18-16-1024x521.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-18-16-1024x521.png 1024w, https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-18-16-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-18-16-768x391.png 768w, https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-18-16-1536x782.png 1536w, https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-18-16.png 1909w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c7d8c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c7d8c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><b>Early Exposure for a Better Future<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I always believe that young students have so much potential yet to be unleashed. We need to encourage them to join programmes that can benefit them and also broaden their perspective towards career goal options. Agents of Tech is one of the programmes that can lead students to discover their passion and gives valuable exposure at an early age.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I do admit that 15 years ago if someone asked me what I would like to be, I often went with the typical career choices. I did not have the platforms to actually know there are so many other opportunities out there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I also realized that the younger generation today are lucky to have resources and everything is available at the click of a button. It is time to think of a career beyond movies portrayal, standard templates of job forms and imagine endless possibilities of new career opportunities for our children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides, I am sure there are many other job opportunities in the future that have not even existed yet. Technology is always advancing hence with the early exposure, students will be more equipped to choose when the time comes. No one is too young to think of who they want to be when they grow up because their childhood journey will lead them to become someone they dream of.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visit Agents of Tech programme at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/arus.cc\/AOT\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/arus.cc\/AOT<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Puteri Syarafina Never in a million years had I thought I would be teaching technological knowledge with students. Me? A communications graduate? As the Program Associate in Arus Academy\u2019s Agents of Tech\u00a0programme, I have not only learned valuable insights regarding the digital industry, but also taught these to thousands of students. Our hope is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":11396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11392"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11419,"href":"https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11392\/revisions\/11419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arusacademy.org.my\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}