Register for
Explorer Day 2019
April 9, 2019 at the Mountain America Expo Center
Workshops
Advanced Tech Workshops
The advanced track includes workshops tailored to build upon your expertise in a particular area of tech to fully demonstrate some of the awesome career paths ahead of you. You don’t need to be an expert to register for these workshops, the advanced track workshops will include more advanced material for those who already have some experience in these areas or have already attended an introductory workshop about the topic at a previous SheTech Explorer Day.
World Exploration Using VR Virtual Reality |
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Imagine a game environment on your smartphone where the user travels to an airport, a grocery store, the doctor’s office or even Virtual Las Vegas while learning a language in the context of 3d virtual worlds. Come to our workshop and see how Language Training, Artificial Intelligence, Speech Recognition and Gaming technologies combine to “change the world of language learning forever.” FluentWorlds is already rated among the Top 60 Educational Apps in the world out of over 220,000. | |
3D Grafitti 3D Modeling |
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Learn how to work between 3 types of design software to create a super stylish 3D typography illustration. Create custom text in illustrator than make it 3D in the program Cinema 4D to give it textures and lights. Then drop it into Photoshop to add spray paint splats and grafitti like textures. Students will be selected from the audience to come up and draw what we will create together in the class. | |
Train a Computer to Think Coding |
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Students will train a machine learning model to recognize questions by typing examples of how those questions could be asked. They will then use this in Scratch to make a character that answers those questions. This teaches how computers can be trained to recognize the intent behind writing and how chatbots are used to automate answering people’s questions. | |
Capture the Flag Cybersecurity |
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A CTF (Capture the Flag) is a type of competition often found at professional cybersecurity conferences that gives participants a chance to solve riddles and security challenges, submitting their answers (flags) for points. The competition will introduce you to a variety of cybersecurity fields and concepts, while giving you a chance to hunt for the answers yourself. You’ll compete in teams of two and be able to ask for hints if you get stuck. | |
Python for Advanced Learners Coding |
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Advance your skills in Python with this applied coding workshop. | |
Make it Animate Animation |
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Learn how you can bring your characters to life. Adobe Character Animator has been taking the animation world by storm as the first software to do live animation. Making your expressions and movements animate your characters in real-time. So when you smile or nod your head, your character does, too. But that is not all it does‚ it also helps artists transform any Photoshop or Illustrator character into an animation with a very simple, yet robust toolset. |
Tech Entrepreneurship Workshops
Learn what it takes to forge your own path in the world of tech, from conceptualizing new products to conquering the marketplace. Come explore the vast array of STEM careers in smaller companies, from the novel to the niche. Small companies can offer flexibility, speed, fun, and career advancement unheard of in larger companies — come see if you’re ready to take the plunge into entrepreneurship!
Home Buying Tech Tech Entrepreneur |
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If you are not a disruptor, you are being disrupted. Learn how to ask the important questions, analyze business processes, and apply automation and technology to make the world a better place. We will address all of the different positions that exist within a technology company disruptor so you can get an idea of where you might fit. Come open your eyes to the possibility of creating something unique with the education of STEM. | |
Lead like a Boss Tech Entrepreneur |
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In this workshop, future leaders will evaluate feedback from employees of a company and will analyze these employee engagement and employee satisfaction scores. Then, the future leaders will collaborate to find solutions for these employees’ issues and will contemplate what it means to be an effective boss. | |
Invent Your Own Product Product Development |
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First, participants in this workshop will be able to invent their own product. Then, the inventors will build a survey that allows them to collect feedback about their new product. Participants in this workshop will get an insight into how market research is conducted and they will learn how to turn customers into fanatics! | |
Project Management & To Do Lists Tech Entrepreneur |
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Come learn how professionals track, manage, predict, and leverage analytics to keep projects on time and on budget. | |
Teen Startups Design Thinking |
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Have you ever dreamed of owning your own business or inventing something really creative that helps the world become a better place? Or have you ever wondered how teen entrepreneurs get started? In this fast-paced, hands-on, workshop, you’ll take the first steps in putting your ideas into action – including sharing your own 30-sec Shark Tank-like pitch! Plus, we’ll show you how easy technology has made it for teens to start their own businesses with YouTube, Google, and eBay. | |
Your Career DNA Tech |
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Did you know that working in technology is not just coding? You don’t have to be a scientist or mathematician, you just have to be creative with the drive to get things done. Let us show you all the different roles you can play in the tech industry that help bring technology to the masses. From DNA research to predictive forecasting to owning the executive track, you’ll see why we love the tech industry and why we know there is a place for you! This is a fun, interactive session to prepare you for the diversity of roles available to you in technology. | |
"Drive" Your Business Auto Tech |
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You’ve become the new owner of a car dealership and need to get the business up and running. Learn how to manage inventory and design the company’s website to promote and sell your cars. |
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